Mayan Yisroel Daily Tanya

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Tanya 2 Kislev - Kuntres Acharon 4a

Nov 12, 2026

9:55

The main work of lifting up the sparks in our times is through davening, even though learning Torah is greater. When we learn Torah, we draw Hashem's light down, but it reaches this world wrapped up in the Torah and mitzvos themselves. Davening does something different. We lift ourselves up to Hashem, and that brings His light right down here, to change things: a sick person should get better, the rain should fall.

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Is There a Secret to Raising Frum Kids?

Nov 11, 2026

44:35

A teenage daughter tells her father, "I can ruin your life." His response opens a much bigger question: how much can parents really control about who their children become?Through the story of Yaakov and Esav, this shiur explores different temperaments, difficult questions and what it means to raise holy children. A thought-provoking look at chinuch for every parent and teacher.#JewishParenting #Chinuch #RaisingJewishKids #Torah #Shiur #YaakovAndEsav #FrumKids #JewishWisdom

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Tanya 1 Kislev - Kuntres Acharon 3 (cont.)

Nov 11, 2026

9:52

Does a tefillah said without kavanah go anywhere? The Zohar seems to say yes in one place and no in another. Today the Alter Rebbe explains that both are true: there are different levels of going up. Words said without heart do rise, and they are even registered above, but they don't connect. Rising is not connecting. And those tefillos are not lost: one day you will daven with real heart, and that tefillah will gather the whole year's tefillos and lift them together.Torah learning has its own levels. Learning without kavanah still rises, and so does a child's learning - even when he learns only because the teacher has a belt, that learning is so pure and holy that it rises anyway. What does not rise is learning for the opposite reason: for honor or to make a name. The real way to learn is lishmah, learning for its own sake - and that goes all the way up.

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Tanya 30 Cheshvan - Kuntres Acharon 3 (cont.)

Nov 11, 2026

6:22

You learned without much feeling. You davened without much feeling. Do the words go to the same place? In the Torah learning discussed here, understanding is part of the learning itself, and the natural love within every Jew helps it rise. But words of davening said without understanding or feeling remain below. Learning Torah for honor is a separate issue: self-interest holds even that learning back.But those tefillos are not lost. They are waiting. One day you will daven with real connection and love, and that tefillah will gather the whole year's tefillos and lift them with it. So keep going. That one is coming.

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Tanya 29 Cheshvan - Kuntres Acharon 3

Nov 10, 2026

5:12

Where do your learning and davening go? The very same act can rise through spiritual worlds, or stay right where you are. What decides is intention: learning or davening with a heart awake, meaning to connect to Hashem, rises to the world of Beriah.Then a surprising difference opens. Words of Torah learned even without any feeling still rise to the world of Yetzirah, carried by the natural love and awe hidden inside every Jew. Davening without any intention goes nowhere; it stays here in this lowest world. Why should Torah keep rising while davening stays behind? The Alter Rebbe opens the question today, and the answer continues in the next shiur.

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Tanya 28 Cheshvan - Kuntres Acharon 2

Nov 10, 2026

14:39

Why does a mitzvah need your hands, your money, your body? Because this physical world is exactly where Hashem wants His light to reach. Every physical mitzvah trims away the thorns, the negativity that feeds on holiness, and lifts the sparks of G-dly light hidden all over this world back upward. Tefillin on your arm, charity from your hand - that is what turns this world into a place Hashem wants to enter.And your inner avodah counts too. When you daven and your soul catches fire with excitement for Hashem, that excitement is already a giving of yourself, right here in the physical world. That yearning is what draws Him down, until Hashem Himself comes to dwell in this world through us.

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Tanya 27 Cheshvan - Kuntres Acharon 1

Nov 9, 2026

13:27

Why say the words when Hashem knows your thoughts? Learning Torah silently already unites you with His wisdom. But the Alter Rebbe opens the final section of Tanya with something thought alone cannot accomplish: drawing G-dly light into this physical world through the words you actually say.Love and awe lift your words upward. Speech brings the light down. The feeling inside gives the words their wings, but the purpose is to bring holiness here, into the physical world. That takes the physical act of speaking.So don't leave the words in your mind, and don't leave your heart out of the words. Say them, even quietly, even when learning alone. Bring your understanding, your love and your awe into your speech. We need both: words that rise from the heart and light that reaches this world.

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Tanya 26 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 32

Nov 8, 2026

11:49

A flame needs a wick. The excitement and generosity you pour into giving become the wick for a G-dly fire that this physical world could never otherwise contain. You become the vessel for that light.The more you awaken your heart to give, the more you draw down from above. "Plant charity, reap kindness." Today, in exile, that light is hidden. At the resurrection of the dead, it will be revealed openly, right here in this physical world.This is how the Alter Rebbe closes Igeres Hakodesh: with a blessing for the givers and a renewed enthusiasm for giving. When you understand what your generosity can hold, how can you stay where you are? Give more, love your fellow Jew more, and bring your whole heart into it.

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Tanya 25 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 31

Nov 5, 2026

13:25

What does it mean that the Shechinah is "ill" in exile? The Tanya explains it through the human body: the Shechinah is the heart, and every Jewish soul is a limb. A Jew isn't merely another creation. He's a part of Hashem, connected to that heart.A body becomes sick when blood can't reach its limbs. When Jews can't stand each other, that flow is blocked. The cure isn't agreeing with every Jew. It's knowing you're one body with the Jew you disagree with most.You can disagree without cutting yourself off. Keeping that bond alive allows the heart to nourish every limb. Jewish unity isn't just a way to get along. It heals the sickness of exile and brings redemption into the world.

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Tanya 24 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 30

Nov 4, 2026

9:56

Your tzedakah does more than help someone else. It brings Hashem's limitless presence into a limited world. Every gift counts, and each day's giving adds something that wasn't there before.When someone who never misses shul stays home, Hashem asks: where is he? Every mitzvah matters that personally. The same is true of your giving: no coin, no act of kindness, no day's effort is overlooked.Want to see Hashem's eyes? Watch a Jew giving tzedakah, again and again. Through those small, repeated acts, you become His partner, bringing His kindness into one more corner of the world.

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Tanya 23 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 29e

Nov 3, 2026

9:43

The Written Torah is the father. The Oral Torah is the mother.The father's seed contains the child in a concealed form; the mother develops and reveals it. Similarly, the Written Torah contains Hashem's will, but the Oral Torah explains exactly what He wants us to do."Don't work on Shabbos" needs the Oral Torah to explain what work means. Halacha brings the hidden will into clear, practical detail. This is why halacha is called the crown of Torah.

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Tanya 22 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 29d

Nov 2, 2026

7:32

The physical mitzvah gives the soul its garments in Gan Eden HaTachton, the lower paradise. The intention behind it opens Gan Eden HaElyon, the higher one.But intention never replaces the deed. Its power comes from the fact that G-d wants the deed itself. The purpose of deeper understanding and feeling is to strengthen the physical mitzvos we actually do.The garments that carry the soul into both levels of Gan Eden are woven from those mitzvos, with the intention inside them.

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Tanya 21 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 29c

Nov 1, 2026

8:40

The word כתר, crown, has the numerical value of 620. It represents Hashem's will, revealed through 620 pillars of light: the 613 Torah mitzvos together with the 7 Rabbinic mitzvos, which are included within them.Like pillars connecting a roof to the ground, the mitzvos connect Hashem's highest will to physical action in this world.The 613 mitzvos correspond to the body's 248 limbs and 365 sinews, and clothe the soul's corresponding powers in G-dly light. A seemingly small mitzvah reaches to the highest level and helps sustain the world.

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Tanya 20 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 29b

Nov 1, 2026

9:41

Behind every desire is the pleasure that draws us to it. Pleasure is the inner force; desire is its outer expression.When a new Torah idea becomes clear, we feel a flash of delight. This helps us understand how Hashem's delight is revealed through the wisdom of Torah.In Gan Eden, souls receive that delight through understanding Torah. The light is too intense to receive directly, so the mitzvos provide the soul with garments that enable it to receive it.

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Tanya 19 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 29a

Oct 30, 2026

11:33

Why are the practical laws of the Oral Torah called the crown of Torah? They express Hashem's Will, which is higher than the wisdom of Torah itself. By fulfilling the mitzvos that express His Will, we prepare our souls to receive His light.In Gan Eden, that Divine light is too powerful for the soul to receive on its own. The mitzvos we do in this world provide the soul with garments through which it can receive that light. This is why the soul needs to return to this world through reincarnation, coming back to complete its mitzvos and acquire these garments.

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Tanya 18 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 28b

Oct 29, 2026

10:57

Where did all the good a tzaddik ever did go? It was never lost. Every Shema said with mesiras nefesh, every word of Torah and all the toil of his lifetime remain stored above, hidden.At his passing, that avodah is revealed in an eis ratzon: a time of Divine favor, shining from above downward. This illumination is so high that it transforms darkness into light and atones for the sins of the generation. His life's work continues to act in the world after his passing, more powerfully than before.

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Tanya 17 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 28

Oct 28, 2026

13:48

Why is Miriam's passing placed next to the parah adumah? Both bring kapparah, but through an influence higher than that of ordinary korbanos. Korbanos elevate from below; the parah adumah draws down a light that can transform darkness itself into light. The passing of a tzaddik likewise brings an illumination from above.In our own avodah, the animal soul's energy can also be offered to Hashem. Anger, anxiety and fear need not remain forces of chaos: through davening and giving ourselves over to Him, that very energy can carry us closer.

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Tanya 16 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 27e

Oct 27, 2026

9:04

A tzadik gives on two levels. The first enters us: his emunah, awe and love become part of our own avodas Hashem. The second is too lofty to be absorbed in our minds, so it shines upon us from above.This higher illumination comes through the ascent of the tzadik's soul to its source. It is the "growth of the growth": what we receive not only from what he taught, but from who he is.After his passing, both forms of influence continue reaching those attached to him. The greater the attachment, the more they receive.

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Tanya 15 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 27d

Oct 26, 2026

11:51

While the tzaddik was alive, his faith, awe and love of Hashem were clothed in a body. His students received a ray of that life through his words and guidance.After his passing, those spiritual qualities are no longer limited by the body. The connection can become even deeper - but it doesn't happen automatically.Spirit draws spirit through love. Learn his teachings, think deeply about them, and build the bond. The more you invest in that connection, the more his faith, awe and love can become part of your own life.

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Tanya 14 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 27c

Oct 25, 2026

4:30

How is a tzaddik more present in this world after his passing than in his lifetime?His life was never just his body. His real life was emunah, yirah and ahava - faith, awe and love of Hashem."He left life to the living" means that this life remains in the people connected to him. These are called life in every world, each on its own level.

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Tanya 13 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 27b

Oct 23, 2026

5:53

A tzaddik is more alive in this world now than he was in his lifetime.Not as a legacy - as his actual life. His students make students, and they make students, and his light keeps growing.Bind yourself to his teachings and you're connected to him, even a student of a student.

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Tanya 12 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 27a

Oct 22, 2026

9:59

A tzaddik doesn't die. His life was never his body to begin with.His real life was faith, awe and love of Hashem - all G-dliness. That doesn't get buried. It stays right here for the people connected to him.How do you tap in? Learn his teachings and walk his path. Spirit draws spirit - the closer you hold on, the more alive he is in you.

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Tanya 11 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26h

Oct 21, 2026

11:33

When Moshiach comes, the halachos stay. The struggle to know them doesn't.Avraham figured out everything Hashem wanted without being told a word - he was that aligned with G-dliness. That's where we're all headed: no more fighting the yetzer hara just to know right from wrong.Torah is eternal. What changes is what it's for - not breaking evil anymore, just pure connection with Hashem.

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Tanya 10 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26g

Oct 20, 2026

7:55

AI can learn the whole Gemara. It can't do the one thing learning is for.Only a human - in a body, wrestling jealousy and anger - can break through to a verdict. And when you do, you're not just finding out what Hashem wants. You're releasing a spark of G-dliness no angel can touch.That's why the angels come down to hear YOUR learning. Torah was given to earth, not heaven.

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Tanya 9 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26f

Oct 20, 2026

6:25

Why is learning Gemara so hard? Because it was never meant to be information transfer. The halacha you're chasing is a spark of G-dliness stuck under cover - and the back-and-forth, he says this, she says that, the missing word in the Mishnah, that's you breaking through to it.So "just tell me the conclusion" doesn't work. The wrestling is the refinement. And when you finally reach the verdict, you didn't just learn what Hashem wants - you released it.

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Tanya 8 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26e

Oct 19, 2026

10:32

Why do Jews have to become American in America, Brazilian in Brazil? Because you can only elevate a place by entering it. Exile is a treasure hunt: 288 sparks of holiness fell into this world, and the job is to find them and bring them back.That's what learning Gemara really is. He says yes, he says no, forbidden, permissible - you're digging through the arguments to extract one thing: what does Hashem want here?The descent is the mission. The sparks are waiting.

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Tanya 7 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26d

Oct 18, 2026

8:23

Four kinds of Torah learning, four levels of you: Kabbalah is your soul talking, Gemara your intellect, Mishnayos your emotions, Tanach just the doing. So is the Mishnah in Atzilut or Yetzirah? Both - how Torah reaches you changes, what it is doesn't.Like a maid before her master: no agenda of her own, only his. Whatever level you learn on, what's coming through is entirely Him.Different garments. Same G-dliness.

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Tanya 6 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26c

Oct 18, 2026

9:48

So what actually ceases when Moshiach comes? Not Torah - that's eternal. What goes away is the tree of good and evil itself: the forbidden things in the world that are tied down and can't be elevated.But the halachos you'll always learn. When you learn the laws of a cow, you're learning Hashem's wisdom - and He and His wisdom are one. It's all G-dly.The world changes. The learning never does.

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Tanya 5 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26b

Oct 16, 2026

7:46

Yesterday's question: how can the Zohar call the revealed Torah the tree of good and evil? It can't mean there's evil in Torah.Halacha is eternal. Even when Moshiach comes we'll still need to know what's permitted and what isn't - shechita, purity, all of it. If reality changes, halacha adapts - but it stays.Revealed Torah and Kabbalah are both part of the eternal Torah. It's all G-dly.

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Tanya 4 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 26a

Oct 16, 2026

13:32

The Zohar calls Kabbalah the tree of life - pure G-dliness, no arguments. The revealed Torah, with all its back-and-forth of pure and impure, permitted and forbidden, it calls the tree of knowledge of good and evil.But wait. Torah is the holiest thing there is. Rashbi spent 13 years in the cave learning it, and learning Torah pushes aside even davening. You cannot say Torah is not the tree of life - everything in it is good.So what does the Zohar mean? That's the question.

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Tanya 3 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 25i

Oct 16, 2026

10:59

Can a goy disturbing your davening be an expression of Hashem? The Alter Rebbe's opponents said it's unthinkable - that's an insult to Hashem.The Alter Rebbe answers: this is clear in the Arizal, and nobody argues on it. Every world gets its life from the one above it, and the Shechinah is enclosed even in the lowest places. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth" means exactly that.So even this goy is G-dliness - veiled, and there to lift your davening higher.There is nothing besides Hashem.

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Tanya 2 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 25h

Oct 15, 2026

11:52

Someone is blocking you from davening. If there's something you can do, do it - and if getting angry would help, sometimes in matters of heaven you have to. But sometimes there's nothing you can do. The person blocking you isn't interested and doesn't care. That's when it turns inward: go deeper, because it's really the Shechina talking to you. The Shechina is in exile inside this person - that's why he's expressing himself this way. So what is the Shechina telling you? To daven better. And how? By meditating on this very thing - the Shechina is enclosed in him, and all of this is designed to make you daven better. That itself lifts your davening. This is what the Baal Shem Tov meant: the Shechina isn't resting on him, it's enclosed in him - expressed in every single person.

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Tanya 1 Cheshvan - Igeres Hakodesh 25g

Oct 14, 2026

7:16

Hashem made one thing opposite the other: whatever exists in holiness has a counterpart on "the other side" - the sitra achra, the forces that oppose holiness. Just as a Jew's soul has 10 holy faculties, the other side has 10 crowns of impurity, and the souls of the nations come from there. Its power in exile is the secret of golus: it has no life of its own and only gets what holiness throws it, like scraps under the table - which is why it can look like it's winning. But it's a parasite feeding on holiness and ultimately self-destructs, while every Jew receives directly from Hashem's face, His true desire.

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Tanya 30 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 25f

Oct 14, 2026

5:21

You are created in the image of Hashem - your 10 soul faculties mirror His 10 sefiros, and your power of speech mirrors His supernal speech, the speech He used to become King over the world. So when you speak words of Torah and tefillah, you arouse and ignite the supernal speech above. That's why thinking isn't enough - we must actually say the words.

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Tanya 29 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 25e

Oct 13, 2026

5:57

Hashem is one, and His name is one. His name is His speech, the divine force creating everything, every single second.But the life force of G-dliness subdivides into four worlds. Atzilus, Beriah, Yetzira, and Asiya. Emanation, creation, formation, and action.Each world covers over the divine light a little more. And so you do not see it.But the Or Ein Sof is really everywhere. Hashem is right there, even in the lowest world of Asiya, even in this physical world. He is simply enclosed within contractions and limitations.The concealment is not absence. It is hiddenness.

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Tanya 28 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 25d

Oct 13, 2026

10:52

The Shechina is everywhere. But outside Eretz Yisrael, it comes through the ministering angels of each nation. They are the channel through which life flows to every being, every animal, every human in their domain.But that channel is nothing compared to the truth behind it. The spark of G-dliness actually creating them.Even the nations sense this. They may serve idols, but at the end of the day they recognize there is something above it all. They call Hashem Elokei Elokim, the G-d of gods. They know everything traces back to G-dliness.When Mashiach comes, the nations will be transformed and the Shechina will be revealed openly.Right now we are in galus. That galus began with the sin of the Eitz HaDaas, and then the Jews went into exile. We do not see the divine life force. But it is right there, inside everything, every single moment.A Jew carries godliness wherever he goes. Our mission is to uncover it. With the Geulah, that hidden truth will become clear to the whole world.

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Tanya 27 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 25c

Oct 12, 2026

5:07

The force that creates the world and sustains it every moment is called Malchus, the Shechina.In each world it operates according to what that world is. In the higher worlds it creates the holy souls, Adam, the prophets, and others like them. In the world of Asiya, the lowest world, it creates this physical world.And it is this same force that makes it so you do not see Hashem in the world.Hashem wants to be a King. And in order to be a King, He hides Himself. He conceals Himself so that you cannot feel Him, so that the world can exist as a separate reality, so that you can serve Him with free choice.The ongoing creation of yesh me'ayin is Hashem hiding Himself. Every single moment. So that you can find Him.

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Tanya 26 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 25b

Oct 12, 2026

10:47

The Baal Shem Tov explained the posuk: Leilam Hashem Dvarcha Nitzav BaShamayim. Hashem's word stands forever in the heavens. Meaning: Hashem is creating the heavens, and everything in the world, every single second.And this is not like creating something from something. When you create something from something, you can step away and it remains. But when you create something from nothing, you cannot step away for even a moment. The instant you do, it ceases to exist entirely.This is actually a greater chiddush than Kriyas Yam Suf. At the splitting of the sea, Hashem was constantly pushing the waters to stand like a wall. But a wall of stone stands like a wall on its own. All He did was transfer the nature of water to the nature of stone. That is something from something.Creation is yesh me'ayin. Something from nothing. And therefore Hashem's life force is actively creating every single thing, even the most inanimate object, at every single moment. Everything in existence has the life force of G-d pulsing through it right now.

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Tanya 25 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 25

Oct 12, 2026

9:11

This letter is written to the opponents of Chassidus.The Baal Shem Tov taught that when a non-Jew stops you from davening, it is the Shechina enclosed within him. The opponents could not understand how the Shechina could be enclosed in a non-Jew.The Alter Rebbe explains. When a person gets angry, it is as if he serves idols. Because emunah means knowing that Hashem is right in front of you at every moment, no matter what happens and no matter who is standing in front of you.The proof is from Shimon ben Gera, who cursed King David publicly. David's men wanted to strike him. David said: leave him. Hashem told him to curse me.Did Hashem literally tell Shimon to curse? No. But the decree of humiliation came from Hashem. Shimon was the channel. He bears the consequences of what he chose. But for David, it was Hashem. Only Hashem.Everything that happens to you comes directly from Hashem. There is no reason to get angry. It is all G-d. And He is only good.

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Tanya 24 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 24

Oct 12, 2026

13:09

Davening is the moment Hashem chose to be revealed. The words of davening carry that revelation for everyone. Every single person can grab it for themselves. This is the moment.How foolish is the person who lets it slip by. Who talks during davening. Who disgraces the Shechina that is right there, present, waiting.The Alter Rebbe says: if you talked during davening, consider yourself as if you are in a state of excommunication. And you should sit on the ground and ask for that excommunication to be undone.Because talking during davening is not a small thing. It is pushing away the greatest revelation available to a human being.

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Tanya 23 Tishrei - Simchas Torah - Igeres Hakodesh 23d

Oct 11, 2026

9:50

Between Mincha and Maariv, when ten Jews are gathered, learn Torah together. Learn the secrets of Torah. It atones for the transgressions of everyone present.On Shabbos Kodesh, by Mincha, when ten are gathered, learn halachos together. Especially the halachos of Shabbos. And no one should leave. Stay with the tzibur. Learn what they are learning. Do not slip away.And whoever does this brings the Shechina down to earth and hastens the coming of Mashiach.

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Tanya 22 Tishrei - Shmini Atzeres - Igeres Hakodesh 23C

Oct 11, 2026

6:39

Ten Jews walk into shul. The Shechina is there. That is a fact.And then what happens? Before davening, the shul becomes a place of scoffers. Idle talk, meaningless conversation. The Alter Rebbe says: there is no Torah, and that is considered scoffing.The King is present. And you are pushing Him away with your wandering thoughts and empty words.The Alter Rebbe's call is simple. Use the time correctly. You are standing in the presence of the Shechina. Act like it.

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Tanya 21 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 23b

Oct 9, 2026

8:47

When one person learns Torah, he receives a reward. And he can feel something of what he is learning. Torah is garbed in a garment, and through that garment, when you learn, when you daven, you get to feel a little bit of it.But ten Jews together is completely different.When ten Jews gather, the Shechina hovers above them. And it is so powerful that they cannot even feel it. It is beyond what they can contain.The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid said: when an angel encounters ten Jews together, even if they are not learning Torah at all, the angel is filled with absolute awe and fear of the Shechina resting there.Ten Jews together. Something an angel trembles before.

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Tanya 20 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 23a

Oct 9, 2026

5:15

The Shechina rests on ten Jews together.One Jew alone is beautiful. The Shechina is present and he receives his reward for that. But it is not comparable to ten Jews together. The actual resting of the Shechina, in its full sense, only happens when there are ten Jews as one.

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Tanya 19 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 22b (addendum)

Oct 7, 2026

7:20

Hashem made your life exactly what He wanted it to be. Do not look at what others have.When you think about other people, think only good. How much better they are than you. How much good is in them. If a negative thought about another Jew creeps in, push it away like smoke. Do not let it settle. Thoughts are even worse than speech.This is part of the same letter about davening properly. You cannot daven properly with toxic energy toward another Jew inside you. The inner state has to be clean. Only good. Only love.

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Tanya 18 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 22a (addendum)

Oct 6, 2026

7:21

The Alter Rebbe advocates for intense davening.Daven loud. Push through every obstacle, internal and external. And make a firm resolution, above seichel, that this is the way it is and this is what you are going to do. No matter what.Because that is where slicha comes from. That is where a real relationship with Hashem comes from. Not from reasoning your way there. From deciding, above reason, that this is who you are.

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Tanya 17 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 22c

Oct 6, 2026

5:40

Suffering is not the opposite of good. It is good.Hashem is always good. Even when He sends pain, it is entirely from a place of love. The Alter Rebbe puts it this way. A great and mighty king who changes his child's diaper. The child might feel discomfort. But the king is not hurting the child. He is caring for him in the most intimate way possible.So too when pain comes from Hashem. It is all care. It is all love.The long approach is not to run from the pain and seek someone to make it go away. It is to stand there, receive it with love, recognize it as Hashem, and do teshuva.That is what the Alter Rebbe is saying throughout these letters. Do not come to me with your physical problems. Go straight to Hashem. Do teshuva. The Chassidim kept coming anyway. But the standard the Alter Rebbe is setting is this: recognize how good it all is, even when it hurts.

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Tanya 16 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 22b

Oct 6, 2026

10:00

Yesterday the Alter Rebbe gave one reason not to seek a tzaddik for material brachos. He does not know. He is not a prophet.Today he gives a second reason. Everything comes from Hashem.Think of a father who loves his child completely. He is wise, compassionate, and entirely devoted to the child's good. If he disciplines that child, the child does not run to find someone else to intercede. He understands it is all from a place of love. It is all for his good.When you run to get a bracha to escape what Hashem is sending you, it means you do not truly accept that it comes from Him. You are not sitting in the pnimius, in the inner reality, that Hashem is right in front of you and everything He does is for you.Why do bad things happen to good people? We do not know. But good people get closer to Hashem when they do.

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Tanya 15 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 22a

Oct 6, 2026

6:25

The Alter Rebbe rebukes his Chassidim directly.They were coming to him for advice on material matters, on parnasa, on physical life. And he tells them: this is not what a Rebbe is for.Knowing how a person will make money, knowing what will happen in the physical world, that belongs to prophecy. No human being of flesh and blood has that knowledge. Just as no one knows when Mashiach is coming, no one knows how another person's livelihood will unfold.Stop coming to me for this. Turn to Hashem directly. He is the one who knows. He is the one who provides. Go to Him.

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Tanya 14 Tishrei - Igeres Hakodesh 21b

Oct 6, 2026

9:59

Yesterday was about alacrity. Today is about frequency.The Shechina fell into exile. Wherever the Jewish people went, the Shechina went with them, detached, scattered into the dirt of this world. And every single time a Jew gives tzedaka, he draws divine power back into this world. He lifts the Shechina up a little more.So the more times you give, the more you bring Hashem back into the world.The Mishnah says it all goes by the amount of actions you did. The Rambam explains that the reason is to refine our souls. And this is what that means. Every single time you give tzedaka, you are drawing the Shechina further out of exile and back into this world. Each act is a separate refinement. Each act brings Hashem in a little more.Do not give once. Give again and again and again.

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