From: murray@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (murray kahl)
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Subject: Tanya, Epistle 3, 3 of 3
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:41:05 GMT
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above, as (26) is the wish of one who seeks Him.
 
Footnotes
 
1. Yeshayahu 59:17.
2. The Hebrew word means both "charity" (its primary meaning in this
   work) and "righteousness".
3. This recalls the Alter Rebbe's interpretation of the teaching,
   Da Ma Lemala Mimach - Know [that] that which is Above [comes about]
   from you (HaYom Yom, entry for 13 Iyar). (Note of the Rebbe
   Shlita.)
4. Bava Batra 9b.
5. As explained below, in Epistle 29. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
6. Parentheses appear in the original text.
7. Ch. 48.
8. Cf. [Tanya] Part I, ch. 41. However, we cannot say that [the Alter
   Rebbe] intended to indicate this chapter, for if this were so he
   would have added "in Likkutei Amarim," as he had just done in this
   same
   epistle with regard to sovev kol almin. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
9. See below, Epistle 29.
10. Kiddushin 39b.
11. [The level termed "Body" is] infinitely lower than its soul - the
    Ein Sof-light. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
12. The reference is evidently to Part II, chs. 8-9, which furnishes a
    more extensive explanation of this subject than is offered here.
    Even less explanation than here is offered in the Alter Rebbe's
    Note to Part I, ch. 2; it is thus clear that the above reference
    cannot be to this source. It is true that in Iggeret HaTeshuvah,
    ch. 4 (and elsewhere), the Alter Rebbe when applicable specifies
    "Part II" of Likkutei Amarim
    -  but this is done only where he wishes to cite an exact
    location, as we see from his concluding words ("ch. 11"). This is
    not the case
    here. (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
13. Kiddushin 40a.
14. It would seem that the Alter Rebbe omitted [the Sefirah of] Ne-
    tzach.  Furthermore, what does he mean by etc.? The above
    alignment evidently follows Zohar II (98a-b, cited in Tzemach
    Tzedek on Tehillim 104:1), in which majesty (hod), splendor
    (hadar) and gladness (chedvah) correspond respectively to [the
    three Sefirot of] Netzach, Hod and Yesod.  (According to what is
    stated there we may also understand why the Alter Rebbe used these
    three appelations rather than Netzach, Hod and Yesod.) As to the
    concluding "etc.", this possibly refers to the Sefirah of Malchut,
    which is the end product the "etc." of the foregoing Sefirot.
    (Note of the Rebbe Shlita.)
15. Tehillim 48:2.
16. Parentheses appear in the original text.
17. See above, Iggeret HaTeshuvah, ch. 4.
18. Bereishit 4:4.
19. See Zohar I, 4b; III, 133b; et passim.
20. Bamidbar 6:25.
21. Tehillim 67:2.
22. Liturgy, Morning Prayers.
23. Here begins the Alter Rebbe's request to those who received the
    letter those who were to give the charity. (Note of the Rebbe
    Shlita.)
    In the original, the recipients of the letter are here addressed
    in the polite third person of classical Hebrew "upon them," "their
    tzedakah", and so forth.
24. Cf. Tehillim 112:3.
25. Cf. Liturgy, weekday Shemoneh Esreh.
26. Cf. Eichah 3:25.
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