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וזהו שאמרו רז״ל: אין בידינו לא משלות הרשעים וכו׳Hence the statement of our Sages, 19 of blessed memory: “It is not within our hands (i.e., it is not given us) to

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ואדרבהIn fact, not only is it possible for the sinner to receive his nurture from kelipah as do animals and other living beings, but indeed,ביתר

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The Alter Rebbe opened the fourth chapter by beginning to explain the concept of repentance according to the mystical approach to the Torah. He prefaced his commentary by noting that according to Scripture and our Sages a person who committed a sin punishable by excision would

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והוא על דרך משל מחבל עב, שזור מתרי״ג חבלים דקיםThis is analogous to a thick rope woven of 613 thin strands.ככה חבל ההמשכה הנ״ל כלול מתרי״ג מצות

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וזה שנאמר: כי חלק ה׳ עמו, יעקב חבל נחלתוThis, then, is the meaning of the verse, 2 “For [G‑d’s] people is a part of G‑d; Jacob is the rope of His inheritance

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The previous chapter taught that the Jewish soul is a part of the Tetragrammaton, the internal aspect of G‑dliness, from which it derives. In this it differs from other created beings whose source is more external — the Divine Name Elokim and Supernal speech.

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וגם ההתבוננות, להבין ולהשכיל באמתתו וגדולתו ית׳, נמשכה גם כן מן התורהFurthermore, contemplation that endeavors to understand and conceive of G‑d’s true being, also derives from Torah, I.e., such contemplation must necessarily be preceded by the study

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ואף שאין לו דמות הגוף חס ושלוםNow “He has no corporeal form,” G‑d forbid. How, then, can one differentiate Above between those letters that possess substance and those that do not?

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ונכללת ונרמזת באות ה׳ אחרונה של שם ה׳This [attribute of sovereignty] is contained and represented in the final hei of the Tetragrammaton, in the following manner:” align=”right

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em (repeating from previous class)ושם אלקים הוא בחינת חיצוניות לגבי שם הויה ברוך Similarly, the Name Elokim is an external state relative to the Tetragrammaton.אבל נשמת

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ושם אלקים הוא בחינת חיצוניות לגבי שם הויה ברוך Similarly, the Name Elokim is an external state relative to the Tetragrammaton.אבל נשמת האדם, שהיא מבחינת פנימיות החיות, היא חלק שם

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As mentioned earlier, this verb indicates the internal aspect of the Divine flow of life-force, for “he who blows, does so from his innermost being.” Thus, the soul originated in the internal aspect of the life-force and flow issuing from G‑d. It is only afterwards, in order