Tanya quotes

Chapters 51 – 53
“To understand the meaning behind the term Shechinah, God’s dwelling; but doesn’t God dwell everywhere, equally? So an example is, of the soul that inhabits the body, for though the toes and the brain are equally alive, there is a fundamental difference; in that, the life-force comes first into the brain and from there, as is empirically evident, it gets managed; to distribute to each organ according to its particular design; for the eye, sight; the foot, walking etc. etc; similarly, God’s light begins in the Holy of Hollies in the world of Atzilus and from there it emanates the specific rays to create and enliven each soul or angel in that world; and then this light descends to the Holy of Holies in the lower world beneath it (Beraih, then Yetzira, then Asiyah) and in each, it is the source of light to create the particulars (though of course, the essential God is everywhere equally, but Shechinah hence refers to the particular energy that is drawn specifically) in a similar sense, it is precisely when we do a good deed, such as Torah study, charity, prayer etc. that the radiance of God-Himself then descends to bind our soul to his!”

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