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Iggeres HaT’shuva: Chapter Nine, Tammuz 25, 5775

Iggeres HaT’shuva: Chapter Nine, Tammuz 25, 5775

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Here the Alter Rebbe explains that higher level t’shuva (t’shuva ilaa) is a result of fixing things at their root. For example: the sin associated with young men “nicks” the mind, the correction and the t’shuva is to become engrossed in learning Torah (which comes from Chochma of Aztilus) and to double the quantity. Like kissing, where the breath of one united with the other, when we learn, our minds think G-d’s thoughts, our mouths speak G-d’s words etc. The…

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Iggeres HaT’shuva: End of Chapter Eight, Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Menachem Ov, Tammuz 24, 5775

Iggeres HaT’shuva: End of Chapter Eight, Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Menachem Ov, Tammuz 24, 5775

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Previously, the Alter Rebbe explained to us how t’shuva tattoh (lower level t’shuva) is done. Now that the t’shuva tattoh is done and the clouds have been cleared,” we can engage in t’shuva i’la’ah (higher level t’shuva). This happens through becoming emotionally engaged in learning Torah, which is a woundrous union between G-d and Jew. The this emotional state during intimacy with G-d is a result of binah (analysis and contemplation) and is also results in the return of the…

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Iggeres HaT’shuva: End of Chapter 7, Tammuz 22, 5775

Iggeres HaT’shuva: End of Chapter 7, Tammuz 22, 5775

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So imagine you never did any aveira worthy of death from beis din or being cut-off…The little things we ignore in our relationship to Hashem add up. The little fibers of the 613 strand rope connecting us with G-d become severed weakening the experience. Realizing that we have distanced ourselves from Hashem will motivate to move forward.

Iggeres HaT’shuva: Chapter Five, Tammuz 17, 5775

Iggeres HaT’shuva: Chapter Five, Tammuz 17, 5775

In the previous chapter, the Alter Rebbe explained to us that all of life receives its life from Hashem’s speech (more externally, the latter hei in Havaye), as opposed to us who receive life from Hashem’s breath (from a deeper place, the thorn on the yud). Today the Alter Rebbe explains how koreis (being cut off) works: how could anything separate us from Hashem? The answer, he explains is based on a few pessukim: 1. “He breathed into his nostrils the soul of…

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Iggeres HaT’shuva: End of Chapter Four, Tammuz 16, 5775

Iggeres HaT’shuva: End of Chapter Four, Tammuz 16, 5775

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So far the Alter Rebbe explained how Hashem has 10 faculties (sfiros) which He chose to create and manage all of existence. The Alter Rebbe also explained how these 10 faculties (sfiros) are manifest in the four letters of His name, Havaye. Today the Alter Rebbe explains:  Since: a. Our soul was breathed into us by G-d (Havaye). b. One who exhales, does so from within. Then: c. Our soul contains the same 10 faculties that Havaye has (“hamavdil havdolos l’ein…

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Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Four- Tammuz 15, 5775

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Four- Tammuz 15, 5775

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Previously, the Alter Rebbe explained that the soul is a “piece” of G-d. His name, Havaye, is a label by which we refer to Him, but also connotes the manner of His expression; how we relate. Well G-d created ten “garments” by which He expresses Himself and manages the creation. Each letter of Havaye, His name, is an expression: 1. The thorn on the yud is His will, because it is the tag or kesser of yud. 2. The yud is…

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Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Four; Tammuz 14, 5775

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Four; Tammuz 14, 5775

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Continuing on the subject of returning the higher and lower “hei’s” of Havaye, the Alter Rebbe explains how and what the nature is of our being. We are a piece of G-d Himself and He blew within us a the soul of life. When one blows, it is from within, indicating to us the depth of our relationship with Hashem–we’re connected at the core.

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Beginning of Chapter Four; Tammuz 18, 5776

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Beginning of Chapter Four; Tammuz 18, 5776

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Everything we mentioned earlier about fasting/ tzedoko is with regards to achieving wholeness of atonement and polishing of the soul. Like the olah offering, these things are to appease Hashem and restore the closeness/willingness in the relationship. T’shuva is returning to Hashem wholeheartedly. In kabbalistic terminology, t’shuva means, toshuv hei, or returning the “hei.” In Hashem’s name, Havaye, there is the final or lower “hei” and the first or higher “hei.” Returning the lower “hei” is called “t’shuva tattoh,” and…

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Iggeres HaT’Shuva: End of Chapter Three; Tammuz 12, 5775

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: End of Chapter Three; Tammuz 12, 5775

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Any person, if they want to be closer to Hashem will try to do the appropriate amount of fasts required do correct the damage caused by sin. Depending on one’s physical ability, one can fast in the winter, when the days are a shorter. One can do half-day fasts: one fasts 168 half-day fasts to accomplish 84 regular fasts (for the sin associated with young men). One can even eat in the morning, before daylight (provided one decided so before…

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Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Three; Tammuz 11, 5775

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Three; Tammuz 11, 5775

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Nowadays we’re not able to fast like the great rabbis of old, and even they were only a select few who had the physical strength to do so. Nowadays we give tzedoko in place of the fasts (18 gedolim poilish). Check out this interesting forum on this subject. Note: I think the ma’amer quoted from 5746 is Margela B’Fumei D’Rovo.