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Mesilat Yesharim – The Path of the Just #20 – Chapter 3 – The Divisions of Watchfulness

There are two types of errors that the physical / material world causes us in life.

Learn Talmud – Berachot #38 Daf 13b Part 2 / 14a (Koren Talmud Bavli) [Activities Before Prayer]

What is the situation of falling asleep when reciting the Shema? It seems that one should at least recite the first line – then all is well. If one falls asleep then, at least one has recited that most important verse.

Mesilat Yesharim – The Path of the Just #19 – Chapter 3 – The Divisions of Watchfulness

There is a difference between “pishpush” and “mishmush”. The first Hebrew word refers to the idea of examination. The second refers to feeling.

Lessons in Tanya #46 – Chapter 22 Part 1 – [God Sustains Evil and is in Exile Within It]

The Torah speaks in the language of man. Because of this, when the Torah says that God speaks – it means that their is a resemblance between His speech and ours.

Lessons in Tanya #45 – Chapter 21 Part 2 – [Darkness is Like Light to God]

We learnt that God speaks creation into being. His speaking, however, is unlike our speaking. When God speaks, the words remain connected to Him, unlike ourselves – that our words separate from us as we say them.

Mesilat Yesharim – The Path of the Just #18 – Chapter 3 – The Divisions of Watchfulness

With a firm understanding of our obligation in the world and our first step in achieving our goal – Watchfulness – we broaden our knowledge of the attribute of Watchfulness. We begin Chapter 3. We must now understand how it is divided up so that we can actively put it into practice!

Rabbeinu – 3 Part Documentary About Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew)

For those who understand Hebrew – this is a wonderful documentary sharing about Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and his influence on us in the twenty first century

Lessons in Tanya #44 – Chapter 21 – [The Words of God: United With Him Even After They Are Spoken]

Though it is that when a person speaks, his speech becomes detached from him – this is not so with regards to God. The words that God speaks remain attached to Him even after they “leave His lips”. It is because of this that the concept of existence is very different to the way we imagine it to be.

Mesilat Yesharim – The Path of the Just #17 – Chapter 2 – The Trait of Watchfulness

We conclude Chapter 2 dealing with the trait of Watchfulness. Though we must do everything we can to save ourselves – to be careful of what we do, it is God who actually helps us to overcome our evil inclinations.

Lessons in Tanya #43 – Chapter 20 – [The Entire Torah in The First Two of the Ten Commandments]

The Baal HaTanya is about to tell us how it is easy for every person to be able to tap into their love of Hashem. He is about to take us on a journey into understanding the presence of God in the world – and how this is going to be the thing to awaken us to realise that it is just as important to refrain from every sin, as it is to refrain from the biggest of sins, including idolatry, murder and sexual immorality.