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Hold Him Tight (Tanya Chapter 5)

Hold Him Tight (Tanya Chapter 5)

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Religious Studies

9th Grade

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Yosef Abramov

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6 Slides • 6 Questions

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לְשׁוֹן ״תְּפִיסָא״ שֶׁאָמַר אֵלִיָּהוּ: ״לֵית מַחֲשָׁבָה תְּפִיסָא בָךְ כוּ׳״.

No Thought can grasp you!

Hashem is only grasped through the Halachos in His Torah.

Otherwise, we cannot grasp Him.

What exactly does does "grasping" Hashem mean?

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לְשׁוֹן ״תְּפִיסָא״ שֶׁאָמַר אֵלִיָּהוּ: ״לֵית מַחֲשָׁבָה תְּפִיסָא בָךְ כוּ׳״.

Please read this Hebrew phrase to the camer

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  • While your mind is processing an idea, the idea surrounds your mind.

  • When the idea set in the mind the mind surrounds it.

  • During learning both are happening at the same time.

Surrounded & Surrounding

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Draw

Draw a picture of your brain surrounded by and idea while your brain surrounds the ides.

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When a person understands and grasps a halacha, mishna or a gemara. And get its very clearly. Then his intellect grasps and surrounds it.

כְּשֶׁאָדָם מֵבִין וּמַשִּׂיג אֵיזוֹ הֲלָכָה בְּמִשְׁנָה אוֹ בִּגְמָרָא לַאֲשׁוּרָהּ עַל בּוּרְיָהּ הֲרֵי שִׂכְלוֹ תּוֹפֵס וּמַקִּיף אוֹתָהּ

Halacha is Hashem's wisdom and His will.

וְהִנֵּה, הֲלָכָה זוֹ, הִיא חָכְמָתוֹ וּרְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא

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כְּשֶׁאָדָם מֵבִין וּמַשִּׂיג אֵיזוֹ הֲלָכָה בְּמִשְׁנָה אוֹ בִּגְמָרָא לַאֲשׁוּרָהּ עַל בּוּרְיָהּ הֲרֵי שִׂכְלוֹ תּוֹפֵס וּמַקִּיף אוֹתָהּ

וְהִנֵּה, הֲלָכָה זוֹ, הִיא חָכְמָתוֹ וּרְצוֹנוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא

When a person understands and grasps a halacha, mishna or a gemara. And get its very clearly. Then his intellect grasps and surrounds it. Halacha is Hashem's wisdom and His will.

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Paraphrase of Tanya

Even if it never happened... when you understand that part of Torah you thereby understand, grasp and engulf with your mind the wisdom and will of the Blessed Holy One.

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Open Ended

So why would we learn halachos in situations that never happened and never will happen?

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וְהוּא יִחוּד נִפְלָא שֶׁאֵין יִחוּד כָּמוֹהוּ וְלֹא כְּעֶרְכּוֹ נִמְצָא כְּלָל בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת, לִהְיוֹת לַאֲחָדִים וּמְיוּחָדִים מַמָּשׁ מִכָּל צַד וּפִנָּה.

This is Where we Get G-d!

When we learn Torah, we are united with Him in such a way that no physical phenomena can be united. He is absorbed in us and we are absorbed in Him.

This is the secret of the Jews - The Torah - G-dly people.

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When we learn ​
, we are united with Him in such a way that no physical ​
can be united. He is ​​
_ in us and we are absorbed in Him.

This is the secret of the Jews - The Torah - ​
people.

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Draw the difference between Torah and Mitzvos

לְשׁוֹן ״תְּפִיסָא״ שֶׁאָמַר אֵלִיָּהוּ: ״לֵית מַחֲשָׁבָה תְּפִיסָא בָךְ כוּ׳״.

No Thought can grasp you!

Hashem is only grasped through the Halachos in His Torah.

Otherwise, we cannot grasp Him.

What exactly does does "grasping" Hashem mean?

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