Tanya Chapter 31 The secret to achieve "Great Joy" Thru appropriate "Sadness or Bitterness" There are 3 levels of עצבות sadness. Level 1 of sadness is where your totally sad & that is NOT Holy & stems from a impure place. Level 2 of sadness is where your sad of your lack of G-Dly inspiration in your heart that stems from Kelipat Noga & is needed at times to combat the evil inclination is needed to transform the dullness of the heart to a passion for G-D. Level 3 of sadness is מרירות bitterness that is energized with חיות a Life force to overcome the dullness of the heart to serve G-D with Joy this level is actually קדוש Holy however it is from גבורה דקדושה to be ממתיק דינים sweeten the judgements. A persons natural state should be pure Joy שמחה however when when is not experiencing simcha & is in a state of עצבות מקליפת נוגה או מרירות sadness of Kelipat Noga or merirut one can achieve "Great Joy" ״שמחה רבה״ as it's coming from גבורה דקדושה strength of holiness. The "Great Joy" is that even though I am entrenched in the coarse selfish world nevertheless I have A G-Dly Soul that is pure & holy & as I study, pray or do Mitzvot I unite my G-Dly Soul with Hashem & free the G-Dly Soul from slavery in the Kelipah of my Body & I also elevate my animal soul by Praying, studying & doing Mitzvot with my thought speech & action of my animal soul thereby elevating my animal soul as well & that is cause for "Great Joy" ״שמחה רבה״ Live Tanya Class at Chabad Thursday Evening at 6:30P.M. A Project of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida 5620 Winkler Road Fort Myers, FL 33919 239-433-7708 www.Chabadswf.org Rabbi@chabadswf.org A Special thanks to David Perez for Video Taping the Class Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/Ro99k_JGtsE Brought to you by: ALL THINGS PODCAST Contact us for all your podcast needs: podcast@habet.dev