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Tanya Chapter 30 part 3
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - November 06, 2020 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn this exercise of humility, the thinking person considers his own struggles and compares them to those of the sinful person. The struggle that we expect of the impassioned man is the struggle that we must demand of ourselves. And we fall short, unfortunately. This is true not only in the realm...
Tanya Chapter 30 part 2
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - October 30, 2020 03:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIt's easy to feel smug when you measure yourself up against someone who seems to fail miserably. But let's look at things beyond the superficial level, by a deeper set of criteria. The person who sins repeatedly doesn't fight to overcome his burning desires. To do so would require a valiant stru...
Tanya Chapter 30: True humility for every person, no matter who. part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - October 23, 2020 01:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsOur Sages instructed us to be truly humble before every other human being. And that means having humility even towards someone who is on the lowest spiritual level. Can a great person be truly humble before an evildoer? Yes: By taking the Sages' advice not to judge another until you have come to...
Tanya: Chapter 30 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - October 23, 2020 01:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsOur Sages instructed us to be truly humble before every other human being. And that means having humility even towards someone who is on the lowest spiritual level. Can a great person be truly humble before an evildoer? Yes: By taking the Sages' advice not to judge another until you have come to...
Chapter 29 part 6
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - October 15, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsBreaking out of the illusion created by our dark side is simply about crushing it. Amazing! Is humility all it takes to fight this complex illusion? Yes. After all, the sitra achra, the "other side," is essentially substanceless -- like darkness, which is simply the absence of light. Light appea...
Who Am I?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - September 17, 2020 02:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsDoesn't everyone ask themselves this question? It is an important part of growing up. Get in touch with your truest, deepest essence. Your soul is calling and it won't be satisfied with anything but the real thing.
Tanya Chapter 29 part 5
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - August 28, 2020 02:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsTo access our deepest, truest space, the superficial self must be broken. That was position one -- the place from where we identify with our external self. Now, moving further into the chapter, we go into second person position. Now is the time to take the standpoint of the Divine soul and from ...
Tanya Chapter 29 part 4
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - August 14, 2020 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWalking down the path to humility, we are enjoined to examine our thoughts, utterances and deeds. Were all of them an expression of holiness, allowing us to be a vehicle of the holy chambers? Or did some of our behaviors cause us to act as a chariot for the chambers of impurity? This is a most h...
Tanya Chapter 29 part 3
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - August 06, 2020 23:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsTo relieve the heart of numbness, the shell of the sitra achra -- the dark side -- must be shattered. In this exercise, a person is called upon to look at the misdeeds of their youth from their current standing. True, you've moved on. But there is a place deeper still that must be reached. And f...
Tanya Chapter 29 part 2
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 24, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWhy is the animal soul considered "the very person"? It's all a matter of the energy source with which you identify. The fact that most people identify with their animal soul, means that "this is me." And if that is who you are ... just this very thought is utterly humbling.
Tanya Chapter 29 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 17, 2020 01:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe now begin to examine the spiritual sickness of a "dull heart." You are doing everything right as far as your meditation goes, but your heart won't respond. It is numb. It won't produce a corresponding emotion. This has serious repercussions as far as prayer is concerned, and as far as exercis...
Tanya Chapter 29: Curing a spiritually insensitive heart. part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 17, 2020 01:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWe now begin to examine the spiritual sickness of a "dull heart." You are doing everything right as far as your meditation goes, but your heart won't respond. It is numb. It won't produce a corresponding emotion. This has serious repercussions as far as prayer is concerned, and as far as exercis...
Tanya Chapter 28 part 2
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 10, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThere is a common error that if you are suddenly distracted in middle of your devotions, you weren't doing a good job. That would be true if you had but one soul –– but you don't. You have two. Just ignore that distracting voice as though it were a stranger outside of you. And if the going gets ...
Tanya Chapter 28 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 03, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHow are we supposed to handle extraneous thoughts that come our way while seriously engaged in Torah study or prayer? Should we try to sublimate the driving emotion? Or should we perhaps feel dejected and despicable? Here's the rule: certain exercises are only meant for the tzadik who eradicated...
Tanya Chapter 28: Unwanted thoughts in middle of holy endeavors –– what to do? part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - July 03, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHow are we supposed to handle extraneous thoughts that come our way while seriously engaged in Torah study or prayer? Should we try to sublimate the driving emotion? Or should we perhaps feel dejected and despicable? Here's the rule: certain exercises are only meant for the tzadik who eradicated...
Tanya Chapter 27 part 3
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 26, 2020 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis class, we finish the chapter. We explore how the practice of self-restraint, of "self-made holiness" creates immense Divine repercussion. The very holiness that we unleash above is drawn down to us, granting us great Divine assistance in our unique mission.
Chapter 27 part 3
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 26, 2020 05:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsThis class, we finish the chapter. We explore how the practice of self-restraint, of "self-made holiness" creates immense Divine repercussion. The very holiness that we unleash above is drawn down to us, granting us great Divine assistance in our unique mission.
Tanya Chapter 27 part 2
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 19, 2020 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsEach and every time we resist our dark side, we cause a corresponding effect above. The unique flavor of the beinoni's struggles has the power to bring down the root of the evil above. His service is similar to the naturally unpleasant substance that has been seasoned and tempered to become a de...
Tanya Chapter 27: Struggling is hard, but precious. part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 12, 2020 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWorking through different causes for depression, we now visit the problem of having involuntary sinful thoughts. This can bring a person down, feeling that they have not made any spiritual progress. The Alter Rebbe turns this scenario around, and brings us to realize that this in fact is a reaso...
Tanya Chapter 27 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 12, 2020 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsWorking through different causes for depression, we now visit the problem of having involuntary sinful thoughts. This can bring a person down, feeling that they have not made any spiritual progress. The Alter Rebbe turns this scenario around, and brings us to realize that this in fact is a reaso...
Tanya Chapter 26 part 3
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - June 05, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsA person who rejoices in sufferings is called a lover of G-d and is rewarded measure for measure. Now, we move to understanding sadness that comes from spiritual disconnection. While truly, separation from the Divine is a reason to be sad, you still have to be happy. For this kind of sadness, yo...
Tanya Chapter 26 part 2
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - May 22, 2020 02:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsJoy is required! To free the heart of any trace of worry or sadness, the Alter Rebbe first explores sadness originating from worldly matters. Examining the advice of our Sages, we come to an incredible realization –– that a person can actually experience joy even in the midst of challenges.
Tanya Chapter 26: What's so good about being happy? part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - May 14, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYour Divine soul is the stronger of the two souls. But being stronger is not enough! If you want to be victorious in the inner struggle of light over darkness, happiness is key. Sadness is dangerous, and although it has its place, it must be employed only under very specific conditions. This Wo...
Tanya Chapter 26 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - May 14, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYour Divine soul is the stronger of the two souls. But being stronger is not enough! If you want to be victorious in the inner struggle of light over darkness, happiness is key. Sadness is dangerous, and although it has its place, it must be employed only under very specific conditions. This Wo...
Tanya Chapter 26 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - May 14, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYour Divine soul is the stronger of the two souls. But being stronger is not enough! If you want to be victorious in the inner struggle of light over darkness, happiness is key. Sadness is dangerous, and although it has its place, it must be employed only under very specific conditions. This Wo...
Tanya Chapter 26: Why the need for joy? part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - May 14, 2020 19:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsYour Divine soul is the stronger of the two souls. But being stronger is not enough! If you want to be victorious in the inner struggle of light over darkness, happiness is key. Sadness is dangerous, and although it has its place, it must be employed only under very specific conditions. This Wo...
Special Edition: Tanya Chapter 36 part 1
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - March 29, 2020 21:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHashem has a desire to dwell in these lowest realms. In order to understand the scope of this desire, we must first define "lower" and "higher" from a new frame of reference. With our new realization, we can come to the astounding realization that Hashem is equally present in all of the worlds, ...
Moshiach - does it really matter?
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - March 26, 2020 23:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsIn this introduction to Tanya Chapter 36, we discuss the fact that belief in Moshiach's coming is one of Maimonides' 13 principles of faith. A principle of faith means that everything we do in terms of Torah and Mitzvos is affected by this. Why does it matter that much if someone believes or not?
Tanya Chapter 25 part 5
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - March 06, 2020 19:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsTo live a life truest to yourself, remember what you would give up life for. The generation of Jews entering the Land of Israel was commanded to say the Shema for this very reason. Although no one would stand up against them from without, there is always the battle within. And to win this battle...
Tanya Chapter 25 part 4
Tanya with Rochel Schmukler - February 27, 2020 19:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsHashem is forever, His Will is forever. Any contact with the Eternal lasts forever. The act of Torah study, the performance of a mitzvah, are contact with the Divine - creating a fusion that lasts forever. As long as the soul's sensation within the confines of time and space has not been interru...
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