He Who Forms the Beginning
One of the seminal tensions in life is between the good inclination (yetzer tov) and the evil inclination (yetzer ra). The Torah’s inner dimension expands...
Tag : Tanya
Tikkun Olam
Every Jew burns internally with the need to fix the world. We have inherited this burning desire from the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and...
All the Answers to all the Questions?
Is it possible to write one book on psychology that can resolve all the pain felt by the soul? Can one develop a method that...
The Tanya on Torah and Science: Part 1
Click here for Part 2 In honor of the 19th of Kislev, we will study an excerpt from chapter 8 of the Tanya, in which...
Synthesis of Good and Evil
“You created righteous people [tzaddikim], You created wicked people,” said Job to God. Job’s claim of lack of free choice for the individual (for if...
The Secret of Synthesis: The Beinoni Part 1
A short synopsis of Rabbi Ginsburgh’s lecture series on the Beinoni, the Intermediary person described in the Tanya, as synthesis. At first glance, it may...
Being Nothing and Something
When Rabbi Shneur Zalman wrote his classic, the Tanya, he experienced every word that he wrote. When he wrote "nothing" he was nothing. How can...
