Neshamos and Garments
What are the three "outside" garments of the nefesh elokis?
Thoughts, speech, and action
What two feelings are important for doing mitzvos?
Love and Fear of Hashem
Can we fully understand Hashem's wisdom?
No, but Torah helps us grasp a part of it.
What is chochma?
Wisdom/a flash of an idea
Who is the best BCA Tanya teacher?
Rabbi Shechtman
How does a neshama use the 3 garments?
Think by studying Torah, talks about them, and acts by doing Hashem's mitzvos
Which feeling helps us do good deeds happily?
Love
What is the water analogy in the Tanya?
Hashem's wisdom is like water that flows down so we can reach it.
What is Binah?
The process of thinking deeply to explain and understand an idea.
Who is the infoumous Navi of the 21st century?
Rabbi Shecthman
How does clothing relate to changing these three garments?
Just like you change your clothes, you can change your thoughts, speech, and action
Which feeling helps us avoid doing bad things?
Fear
What is Torah in relation to Hashem?
Torah is Hashem's wisdom and will in a form we can learn and live by.
What is Daas?
Connecting and holding the wisdom and understanding together within the mind.
What did you learn from Tanya?
Theoretical question, you answer urself
What are the mizvos mostly "clothed in" (2)?
Dibor - speech, Maase - acting/showing it
Why is love important in doing mitzvos?
It makes doing mitzvos joyful and sincere.
How does doing mitzvos with yiras and ahavas hashem connect us to Hashem?
We join our neshama to Hashem's will by doing mitzvos with love and fear.
What role does Machshavah (thought) play in the soul?
It is the garment in which the soul clothes itself through thinking about Torah and God’s wisdom.
Who's excited for the year to be over?
ME AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF U
What role does Machshavah play in the soul?
It is the garment in which the soul clothes itself through thinking about Torah and Hashem's wisdom.
How does fear help us?
It keeps us away from sins because we respect and are careful about Hashem’s rules.
How does Hashem who ifinite connect to us?
He put himslef the physical Torah and when we learn it we can access our connection to him
What are the three main intellectual parts of the soul called?
Chochmah (wisdom), Binah (understanding), and Da’at (knowledge).
RABBI SHECHTMAN I RLY HOPE SO