A New Tanya class By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Tanya Shar HaYichud Veemunah Chapter 4 "G-D's concealment allows us to think that we exist" The verse says שמש ומגן ה׳ אלה-ים so the there is. In the analogy: The Sun & the shield. In the spiritual reality the divine names of ה׳ & the name אלה-ים. The י is constantly being מהוה creating & the name אלהים is protecting the flow & revelation that we are able to see & feel the G-D ly light. In the praise of G-D there are the terms גדול & the term גבור. The meaning of גדול is: Chesed, expansion, creation something from nothing, free flowing of energy. Just like humans can't comprehend the way G-D creates something from nothing the same way we can not comprehend any of G-Ds attributes. The same way we can't comprehend how we are alive from G-Ds infinite light & at the same time G-D is concealed up to the point that we feel & think that we are an independent entity. In brackets the Alter Rebbe adds that the concealment is called Vessels (כלים) & the energy is called light (אור) the idea of a vessel versus a shield is that a shield blocks the light versus a vessel contains the light however in a finite capability. Vessels are concealments like letters that are limited, the root of the limits in letters are the 5 final letters of מנצפ״ך & the source of this limitation is בוצינא דקרדוניתא שהיא גבורא עילאה דעתיק יומין & the source of chesed is also of chesed of עתיק יומין as ultimately it all comes from the same place. 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/qJlq33FWHwc Brought to you by: ALL THINGS PODCAST Contact us for all your podcast needs: podcast@habet.dev