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In this 47-minute episode of the #TANYALIFE podcast series (Part 4), the study of Chapter 6 (Perek Vav) in Tanya continues as the Alter Rebbe explains that the Divine energy giving life to Kelipah comes down through countless levels and is there in a state of exile, which is why our world is so full of bad, and then begins dividing the Sitra Achra into two levels: the three completely impure Kelipos and Kelipas Nogah. Key Themes Covered: Finding the Right Balance: The shiur opens by clarifying that Tanya is not telling us to cut ourselves off from all worldly matters. The real challenge is keeping a healthy balance between holy things and worldly things, aiming for the middle path, knowing yourself, and always pushing to grow, with the details different for every person. Energy in Exile: Learn what galus really means: not being in your natural place, like the Rebbes who were banished to faraway towns, or a Jew at home who still doesn't feel Hashem. Through stories of gilgulim, including a hypnotized man who described a palace room as a stable, tzaddikim who remembered being Yaakov Avinu's sheep, the Arizal sending away a bird that carried a sinner's neshamah, and the Baal Shem Tov freeing a debtor's neshamah trapped in a hardworking horse, we see how painful it is for a neshamah to be stuck where it can't express itself. That is how Hashem's energy sits inside Kelipah, hidden and unfelt, while still keeping it from returning to nothingness. Why the World Is Full of Bad, and Where the Light Still Shines: Because Hashem's life force is so hidden here, our world is called the world of Kelipah, where the wicked have the upper hand, like chassidim who get along perfectly in front of the Rebbe but clash once they're far away, or a class that goes wild when the teacher doesn't show up. Yet the Ohr Ein Sof still filters down through Atzilus, Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah, like light that a long-exposure camera can capture in a sealed room, and like Yitzchak Avinu digging wells to reveal the water hidden underground. The shiur then starts on Yechezkel's vision of the Merkavah, with the storm wind, the cloud and the fire representing the three impure Kelipos and the glow (Nogah) around them, explaining that "no good at all" means the good is so diluted we can't reach it, like the tiny flecks of gold in the ocean that cost too much to extract.