A New Tanya class By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz “Halacha of Torah is much higher than anything we can imagine” Tanya Last Essays Number 6 In last chapter we learned that Mitzvot & Halacha of Torah Draws down G-Dly light as well as elevation of the holy sparks. This chapter the Alter Rebbe teaches us that Halacha of Torah is so high in relation to the world as the world does not exist. When King David recaptured the Ark from the philishtim he carried it on a wagon as he forgot the Torah requirement of בכתף ישאו the reason why he forgot as he called the Halachas of Torah זמירות. Why was he punished for calling the Torah זמירות ? What is the connection to forgetting how to cary the ark as the appropriate punishment? The Alter Rebbe quotes the Talmud that says דוד זמירות קרית להו כו & we know he was punished for that. Why? The Zohar says שבחא דאורייתא ורננה that Torah is praise to HaShem. What is the praise to HaShem when you say something is forbidden or permissible? In psalms king David says מה גדלו מעשיך ה׳ מאד עמקו מחשבותיך seemingly Thought comes before action how come it says מעשיך before מחשבותיך? The Alter Rebbe explains that thru the גדלו מעשיך we know the מאד עמקו מחשבותיך. As we see that all the worlds higher & lower are dependent on the minute detail of the fulfillment of the Mitzvot. For example: A sacrifice when done correctly creates a high level union that all the worlds receive its life from. If not done correctly so the worlds are not elevated. When we put on kosher Tefilin the intellect of ז״א ומלכות דאצילות is revealed as a source of life for the worlds. If it’s not kosher so the intellect disappears. The same applies to all the negative precepts that it affects all the worlds. This is the meaning of מה גדלו מעשיך ה׳ when you think about all the worlds that are totally nullified to a minute detail of the Torah & The Torah is the depth of מחשבה עליונה וחכמתו יתברך so you see the infinite power of עמקו מחשבותיך. In other words thru the worlds that are dependent on the Torah that is dependent on the depth of the thought of HaShem we see the real power of HaShem. Just like our hair comes from our intellect. As the Zohar says that Halachas are like the hair that comes from the intellect. This is the reason for king David’s rejoicing as he was so happy with his Torah study in the midst of all his challenges. As he felt that the whole world & everything taking place in it has no value in comparison to one point of Torah study. For this he was punished. As this idea that the whole world is nullified by one nuance in Torah this Torah only comes from חיצוניות of the עומק המחשב of HaShem. As the Arizal says נובלות חכמה שלמעלה תורה. However the פנימיות שבעומק of the מחשבה עליונה which is the פנימיות התורה is unified with the infinite light that is totally one with the infinite light. In reference to the infinite light all the worlds are like nothing as if they don’t exist. As HaShem has not changed from before to after creation. Therefore even for פנימיות התורה which is unified with the infinite light there is no room to praise HaShem based on the worlds as the worlds have no value. The פנימיות התורה is not for humans to rejoice rather it’s for HaShem to rejoice as HaShem is the only one that understands it & knows it’s place & value as he’s one with the Torah. As it’s concealed from humans as the verse says ופני לא יראו as the arizal explains this to mean פנימיות התורה. And as the verse says in proverbs ואהי אצלו שעשועים that it’s for HaShem an enjoyment. This level of פנימיות is the source of the Neshamot as the verse says ואהיה אצלו אמון & the Medrash says to read it אומן like a child being fed from the פנימיות. The level of חיצוניות is what gives life force to the world. As the Torah has פנים ואחור says והיא כתובה פנים ואחור. Since king David praised חיצוניות of Torah that’s connected to the world therefore he was punished with שכחה as that comes from אחוריים as in פנימיות there is no שכחה. Why did King David specifically forget the mitzvah of עבודת הקדש עליהם בכתף ישאו as tue purpose of carrying the Ark on the shoulders is to connect the shoulder which is in the אחוריים with to tie עבודת הקודש which is חכמה עילאה the level of פנים as from there comes the לוחות שבארון that are written from both sides as there was only פנים the idea is to connect the חיצוניות to the פנימיות. 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 Warren Kahminsky for Video Taping the Class Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/Ey8H4vUzEqg Brought to you by: ALL THINGS PODCAST Contact us for all your podcast needs: podcast@habet.dev