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Subject: Tanya, Epistle 1, part 4 of 4
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:30:00 GMT
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10. It is then 'whole in this [literal] sense as well. (Note of the
    Rebbe Shlita.)
11. Perhaps this phrase is intended to point out that this public
    study intensifies the learning of each individual participant,
    insofar as he is part of a multitude, and intensifies its effect
    upon him, by forti-fying his heart. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
12. Bereishit Rabbah 61:4.
13. This being the subject at hand - the [study of the] Talmud.
    (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
14. In accordance with the conclusion of Epistle 29 of Iggeret
    HaKodesh.  (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
15. The following interpretation appears to be preferable: The Written
    Torah and the Oral Torah correspond respectively to the Six Middot
    and to the attribute of Malchut. The former Sefirot are
    predominantly Chassadim; the latter Sefirah is dominat ed by
    Gevurot. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
16. Mishlei 3:2.
17. Ibid. 31:17.
18. See Torah Or (and Or HaTorah) at the conclusion of Parshat Yitro.
    (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
19. Sifri, Haazinu 32:2 et al.
20. 3:3 et al.
21. Tehillim 148:14.
22. Devarim 11:22.
23. Avot 4:17.
24. Menachot 29b.
25. Yeshayahu 26:4.
26. Tehillim 148:13.
27. Ibid., v. 14.
28. As in the [Talmudic] phrase keren vachomesh. [Here keren signifies
    the principal, the capital value of an object, as opposed to an
    added payment; cf. Kerisos 26b.] (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
29. Cf. Siddur, p. 6.
30. As explained above, in Part I, ch. 49. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
    Cf. Mishlei 27:19.
31. As explained above, in Part I, ch. 44. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
32. Cf. Eichah 2:18.
33. Cf. Shir HaShirim 8:6.
34. Cf. Yechezkel 1:14.
35. Cf. Sotah 47a.
36. Shir HaShirim 8:3.
37. Shmot 20:15.
38. Tikkunei Zohar, Introduction II.
39. Cf. Mishlei 9:5.
40. Devarim 6:8.
41. Zohar II, 121a et passim.
42. Tehillim 5:13.
43. The Rebbe Shlita notes: Though tzinah generally denotes a shield
    that protects the body from three sides, our verse concludes with
    the verb `crowned' (rather than `surrounded'; see commentary of
    Rashi here), signifying that this shield also serves as a `crown'.
44. Mishlei 12:4.
45. Conclusion of Niddah and loc. cit.
46. Sifri on Parshat Haazinu, and elsewhere.
47. Parentheses are in the original text.
48. Mishlei 31:18.
49. Zohar I, 247b; III, 204a.
50. Cf. Shmot 15:9.
51. In the epistle beginning "You shall reprove" that appears at the
    conclusion of Kuntres Acharon.
52. Cf. Devarim 4:29.
53. Cf. I Shmuel 1:15.
54. Devarim 6:5.
55. Cf. Zohar I, 62b and its commentaries; the letter published in the
    anthology entitled Meah Shearim 2b, and the sources indicated in
    the footnote there. See also op. cit., 9b. (Note of the Rebbe
    Shlita.)
56. The statement (Berachot 32b) that even the early chassidim [of
    Talmudic times] would devote one hour to the prayer itself, refers
    to the Amidah [alone]. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
57. Gloss to 290:2; see also Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Orach Chayim 290:5.
    Note of the Rebbe Shlita: See also the maamar entitled Mi Yiten-
    cha, in Torah Or.
58. Shmot 20:9.
59. In the original, minyanim; a minyan is a group of at least ten men
    constituting a congregation, and, by extension, signifies a place
    of communal prayer.
60. Lit., the words of the living G-d.
61. A Talmudic term; cf. Nedarim 11a.
62. Avot 6:3.
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