Questions tagged [tanya]
Questions about the book Tanya, written by R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of Lubavitch Chassidus.
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Is the Tanya the first rabbinic work to reflect a new scientific understanding of the circulation of blood?
The Tanya was first published in 1796.
In chapter nine of the Tanya (in the shi’ur for today, Teves 9), the Alter Rebbe writes:
The abode of the animal soul… is in the heart, in the left ventricle,
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Detailed sources of the Sefer Hatanya
In the standard edition of the Tanya, the Mare Mekomot are not given accurately, e.g Avot Person 2, Nidda Peek 5. Is there a way to reach accurate Mare Mekomot?
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Difference in attitudes between the Tanya and Mesilat Yesharim
As far as I understand both Sefer Ha'Tanya and Mesilat Yesharim consult the man how to improve his characteristics and to be a better person. They instruct the man step by step. What are the ...
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Where in the Tanya is a discussion of the concept of one soul - connection
The alter rebbe discusses the notion of one soul counteracting the notion of otherness. Where in the Tanya is this discussion?
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What's the difference between a makor and a shoresh in the Alter Rebbe’s Tanya?
What's the difference between a makor and a shoresh in the Alter Rebbe’s Tanya? My melamed told me in yeshiva but I forgot. I think one is from a higher source. I think it's in the Rebbe's notes but I ...
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Jewish Views of the Tanya outside the Chabad movement
Do non-Hasidic (i.e., Litvak/Yeshivish) and Hasidic dynasties other than Chabad (i.e., Satmar, Ger, Bobov, Breslov, etc.) ever study the Tanya?
And have their leaders ever commented on the Tanya ...
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Where is Olam HaPirud? And what are the forces therein?
I see this world mentioned vaguely but I can't find where Olam HaPirud/Peyrud/Peirud or alma de-peruda is located in the hishtalshelut.
I read today's Tanya:
such service remains below in this “...
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Machloket about the goal of the creation
The book Mishnat Chasidim from Rabbi Emanuel Chy Ricchi, begins by a presentation of the project of creation.
He gives two reasons, for Ish Yare (man who fears God):
To make known His perfection,
To ...
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Acronyms in Tanya
At the end of known editions of sefer hatanya, there is a a Luach Rashe Tevot, table of Acronyms. But through the lecture of the book I didn't find the significance of "דש''ע".
It's in daf 104b (page ...
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Who says the wicked are full of remorse? Help tracking down a supposed statement of Chazal
One section of the Tanya is called Likutei Amarim. Chapter 11 of this section contains the statement “Concerning such a person, the Rabbis of blessed memory have said, “The wicked are full of remorse.”...
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Answer to question in first chapter of Tanya
In the first chapter of the Tanya the Alter Rebbe points out a seeming contradiction between a Gemara in Niddah and a Mishna in Avot, concerning the question if one should see oneself as a Rasha or ...
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Does a Tzadik have a Yetzer Harah?
Was Yitzchok a Tzadik? Rashi in Bereshit 28:13 says Yitzchok was blind and that his Yetzer Harah left him. Does that imply that he had an evil inclination when he wasn't blind?
What about King David?...
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Is the Baal Hatanya being too harsh with his definition of Rasha?
Is it just his opinion? Cause it is kinda depressing.
From "Lessons in Tanya":
As true definitive terms, tzaddik and rasha describe the quality of the good or evil in one’s soul. Viewed in this ...
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According to the Tanya, is one never permitted to be sad at all?
In Iggeret Hakodesh chapter 11, the Baal Hatanya says :
In truth, however, “No evil descends from above,” and everything is good,
though it is not apprehended [as such] because of its immense and ...
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What is the phrase “sin of youth” (חטאת נעורים) referring to, as used in the Tanya?
"Sin of youth" (Heb. חטאת נעורים) is a phrase found in various places in the Tanach. (For example, Tehillim 25:7 and Shmuel I 2:17.)
I was told that in Tanya, Chapter 42, "sin of youth" is a ...
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Source for Rema re: Fasting in Sefer Tanya
Orach Chaim Simman 580 Seif 1 the SA writes
אֵלּוּ הַיָּמִים שֶׁאֵרְעוּ בָּהֶם צָרוֹת לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְרָאוּי לְהִתְעַנּוֹת בָּהֶם; וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמִּקְּצָתָם בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, יֵשׁ מִי שֶׁאוֹמֵר ...
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Advanced Tanya Shiurim
I've heard it said many times that Lubavitch hasidim learn chassidus like it's gemara. It's easy enough to see what an advanced gemara shiur looks like, being something that presupposes a familiarity ...
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Are Chasidei Umot haOlam a mixture of pure and impure, or just pure?
It's stated in Lessons in Tanya Ch.1 that Chasidei Umot haOlam emanate from klipat nogah. Klipat nogah contains purity and impurity. Do Chasidei Umot haOlam retain the purity and impurity, or do they ...
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Is learning the Tanya dangerous?
There seems to be a negative connotation around Chabad Lubavitch - mostly caused by the mashichists. For someone that does not adhere to the beliefs of the mashichists (someone who believes that the ...
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“Upper Level Teshuva” for Zera LeVatala
In the Tanya, Iggeret HaTeshuva Perek 4, the Ba'al HaTanya writes that the statement "there is no teshuva for spilling seed" applies only to "lower teshuva" ("re-attaching the second hei to Hashem's ...
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Did the high-ranked angels merit to have their place or they had them already when they were created?
We read from Tanya (excuse me for not having the number of the verse) that:
כי מיכאל שר של מים וגבריאל שר של אש, ואין מכבין זה את זה
“Michael is the prince of water and Gabriel is the prince of fire,...
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Rebbe maamer modifying Tanya on non-Jew's soul root?
I heard from a friend that the Rebbe gave a maamer somewhat modifying the statement in Tanya that all non-Jews' souls are from the klippot. Can anyone provide the exact source for it?
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Humans have 613 organs?
Does the human nefesh (nefesh haAdam) have 613 spiritual organs? Tanya CH.4 says that a soul has 613 organs like the "organs of the King". I'm assuming that since man is made in the image of G-d, then ...
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What is the significance of “mayim nukvin” according to chassidus
What is the spiritual significance of "Mayim Nukvin" (feminine waters) according to Chassidus? I have seen it plenty of times in Tanya and various Maamarim, but I never really understood the concept.
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Comparative analysis of Tanya vs. Nefesh HaChaim
Has anyone done a comparative analysis of the Tanya vs. the Nefesh HaChaim in terms of what they agree about and what they disagree about?
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Where does the Zohar hold the nefesh resides?
According to the Tanya, the part of the soul called "nefesh" resides in the heart (specifically in the left side of the heart):
והנה מקום משכן נפש הבהמית שמקליפת נוגה בכל איש ישראל הוא בלב בחלל ...
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Is the Nefesh HaChaim truly representitive of the Gra's position?
There's a popular understanding that the Gra asked R Chaim of Volozhin to write a sefer based on his teachings that would deal with many points that the sefer Tanya dealt with and this is the Nefesh ...
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Was Moshe a Tanya-tzadik?
In the terminology of Tanya, if I understand it correctly, a tzadik is someone who has so perfected himself that his yetzer hara (inclination to do evil) never rears its head, whereas a benoni still ...
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reprinting of tanyas in many locations, why?
Why do Lubavitcher חסידים print “ספר של בינונים" in many different places — something about outward expansion of wellsprings?
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Are non-Lubavitch Tanya editions listed?
Every edition I've seen of Tanya includes a list, in chronological order, of every edition of Tanya ever printed, including bibliographic information. I assume some central Lubavitch office maintains ...
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Why does Tanya list editions?
Every edition I've seen of Tanya includes a list, in chronological order, of every edition of Tanya ever printed. For each edition, bibliographic information is included: the publisher, the city and ...
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The value of the daily study of Chitas (Chumash, Tehilim, Tanya)?
What's the value of learning "Chitas" compared to any other daily Torah study?
Side question: If it's so important, why was it introduced only recently?
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Do gentiles have neshamot?
As I have seen here, some say that only Jews have a neshama, others say that all humans have one. There was a reference there only of the former opinion (Jews only), and I know from elsewhere that ...
