Daily Tanya Wednesday 6th Tamuz Shaar Hayichud Viemuna Chapter 12 Part 2: The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet

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1.      Reflective Nature of Divine Light

  • Just as moonlight is a reflection of sunlight, the substituted letters are a reflection of the divine energy that sustains creation.

2.      The Letters as Channels of Life-Force

  • The letters of the divine utterances are channels for the life-force, light, and power from the Holy One, used to create and sustain worlds.

3.      Creation through Letter Combinations and Transformations

  • The aggregate flow from these utterances, through substitutions and transpositions of letters, results in the formation of various creatures and entities in each world.

4.      Descent to the Lowest Levels

  • The energy radiates and descends level by level—through successive substitutions and transformations—down to the creation of inanimate objects, such as stones and earth.

5.      Names as Sources of Life-Force

  • Even the names of objects, like אֶבֶן (stone) and עָפָר (earth), are derived from these processes and serve as their spiritual life-force.

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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