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Subject: Tanya, Epistle 5, part 6 of 6
Date: 21 Aug 92 18:45:05 GMT
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Tanya Epistle 5  6/619 part 6 of 6 
 
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Shaar Derushei HaTzelem, p. 2.) (Notes of the Rebbe Shlita.) 
19.  Akdamut Millin, verse 6 (Siddur Tehillat HaShem, p. 400). 
20.  Kohelet 8:4. 
21.  Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar. 
22.  Tehillim 145:13. 
23.  Brackets are in the original text. 
24.  Parentheses are in the original text. 
25.  This accords with the explanation in Torah Or (and Or  HaTorah) on
     this phrase [in the  context of Shmot 28:2-3]. (Note  of the Rebbe
     Shlita.) 
26.  Iyov 25:3. 
27.  Daniel 7:10. 
28.  The Alter Rebbe cites this as well (as he does also in Part I, ch.
     46, p.  65b), thus inviting a question as to what is added thereby
     (see  ibid., beginning  of ch.  48). It  could  be argued  that he
     thereby adduces that though  these "regiments" derive from letters
     and  are  therefore  (finite  and)  countable,  they  nevertheless
     comprise  as  well  an aspect  of  infinity.  (Note  of the  Rebbe
     Shlita.) 
29.  4:12. 
30.  According to  the rules of substitution, the  first letter (Aleph)
     can be substituted  by the  last letter (Tav);  the second  letter
     (Bet)  can be substituted by the second-last letter (Shin), and so
     on.  There  are  also other  schemes  of  transposition, e.g.,  of
     letters of similar sound; of letters articulated by the same organ
     of speech; and so on. 
31.  This parenthetical gloss was added by the Rebbe Shlita. 
32.  Parentheses appear in original text. 
33.  [The above-described successive stages of letter-permutation cause
     the light  of Divine speech] to descend  from the loftiest rung to
     the lofty rung below it..., [creating creatures of lesser standing
     by a  mere] "radiation of  a radiation..."  [as in ch  . 12,  loc.
     cit.]. By  contrast, mere differences in  letter-permutation would
     not produce  [creatures of] lesser  standing. (Note  of the  Rebbe
     Shlita.) 
34.  [This  "garment" or  "breath"] retains  no separate  identity from
     that which is clothed in it, and does not conceal it. (Note of the
     Rebbe Shlita.) 
35.  See also Or HaTorah on this verse. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.) 
36.  I, 146b. 
37.  Parentheses appear in original text. 
38.  See Etz Chayim, Shaar 47, ch. 2, et al. 
39.  See Tikkun 6 (p. 23a); Etz Chayim, Shaar 42, conclusion of ch. 4. 
40.  As explained in Part I, ch. 39. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.) 
41.  Tehillim 33:6. 
42.  Bereishit 2:4. 
43.  Menachot 29b. 
44.  Rosh HaShanah 32a. 
45.  Cf. the  Aramaic paraphrase of Targum Yerushalmi on Bereishit 1:1:
     Be-chuk-ma. 
46.  Tehillim 111:10. 
47.  Bereishit 4:5. 
48.  By  inserting this  verse ("there  was no  man"), the  Alter Rebbe
     evidently intends  to negate  the possibility that  [unborn] souls
     too  might  initiate  a  comparable  "arousal  from  below."  This
     perspective  allows us to  better understand  the emphasis  in the
     phrase,  "any arousal  from below  whatever.   (Note of  the Rebbe
     Shlita.) 
49.  Michah 7:18. 
50.  Tehillim 89:3. 
51.  Bereishit Rabbah 12:9. 
52.  Michah 7:20. 
53.  Bereishit 2:15. 
54.  It will be noted  that though the opening passage  of this Epistle
     speaks of  tzedakah alone,  there are many  variations thereafter:
     charity and kindness;  acts of loving kindness; charity and loving
     kindness; charity and acts of loving kindness; and so on. (Note of
     the Rebbe Shlita.) 
55.  Yevamot 109b. 
56.  Zohar II, 121a, et al. 
57.  Op. cit. 200a, et al. 
58.  Ibid. I, 47a, et al. 
59.  A variant reading: "indwellings". 
60.  Berachot 64a. 
61.  Cf. Yeshayahu 57:15. 
62.  Yirmeyahu 9:22-23. 
63.  For this too is wisdom; moreover, its mainstay. (Note of the Rebbe
     Shlita.)
64.  All the other souls are included in the second category; hence the
     term "all their lives" is not mentioned there. (Note of the  Rebbe
     Shlita.) 
65.  Tikkunei Zohar, Introduction II. 
66.  Though insufficient,  it is  indispensable, for the  downward flow
     must  be drawn  down through  the Worlds  of Beriah  and Yetzirah.
     (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.) 
67.  Parentheses are in the original text. 
68.  Zohar I, 8a, paraphrasing  Mishlei 3:18. See also Zohar  III, 53b;
     Vayikra Rabbah 25:1; Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 251:9; et al. 
69.  Tikkunei Zohar, loc. cit. 
70.  Though  this comment would appear to be less appropriate here than
     in Epistle 12, its inclusion here may be appreciated in the  light
     of a  statement by the Ramaz  (Nitzutzei Orot, in  Zohar III, loc.
     cit.). (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.) 
71.  Yeshayahu 32:17, expounded at length in Epistle 12, below. 
72.  Parentheses are in the original text. 
 
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