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Lessons in Tanya – Lesson 21 – Uplifting The 3 Evil Kelipot and The Kelipah Nogah – Chapter 8

Chapter 8 continues the theme of the 3 evil kelipot (husks/shells/peels) and the kelipah nogah (the glowing husk). The Alter Rebbe (1745-1812) teaches us about the quality of evil inherent within various worldly things and our ability to refine it.

Learn Talmud – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 15 Daf 6a/6b (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Rewards in the Shul

God wears Tefillin… but what is in the pair that He wears?! The Gemara continues, teaching us the value of praying in the synagogue (shul). The Mitzvah of praying with a Minyan (10 male Jews over the age of 13) is discussed.

Lessons in Tanya – Lesson 20 – Repentance Out of Love – Repairing Damage Done Through Sin – Chapter 7

The three Kelipot (husks/shells/peels) are completely evil. Nevertheless, if a person engaged in an activity which is bound by these three Kelipot, he can still make repair to the sin which was committed. This can be done through Teshuvah Mei’Ahavah – repentance out of love.

Lessons in Derech Hashem – The Way of God – The Student Prophet – Lesson 19 of Section 3

The Ramchal teaches us about the way in which the student desiring to learn how to prophesy would be required to learn by a teacher. The teacher would instruct him, monitoring his progress so that ultimately he too would reach the tremendously high levels of holiness and being able to prophesy for himself.

Learn Talmud Easily – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 14 Daf 6a (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Demons…

Demons… They do exist. There are ways to know they exist, and there are ways to actually see them! Our Gemara today teaches us these ways. Much like in today’s times with the coronavirus, we have a situation of disease existing without our ability to see the actual disease – but we clearly know it to be so, so too with demons.

Lessons in Tanya – Lesson 19 – The Kelipah Nogah Within the Animal Soul – Chapter 7

Having gained an understanding of the three totally impure Kelipot (husks/shells/peels) we turn our attention to understanding the Kelipah Nogah (the translucent / glowing husk) and as it manifests itself within the animal soul of the Jew.

Ahavat Chessed – Loving Kindness – Chofetz Chaim – Lesson 1

We are starting the famous work Ahavat Chessed – Loving Kindness – written by the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaKohen Kagan. This is an amazing work that teaches us the values of loving kindness. Not just practising kindness, but how to actually come to love kindness.

Happy Purim! Masks! Now YOU Become the Sofer!

Eliyahu Shear wishes you a Chag Purim Somayach – a Happy Purim! Additionally you can find out a beautiful message about Purim and masks! If you’ve wanted to learn about Sofrut – watch this video and take a look at a Megillah that Eliyahu wrote and find out how you can learn to become a Sofer yourself!

Learn Talmud – Tractate Berachot – Lesson 13 Daf 5b/6b (Koren Talmud Bavli) – Caring for Another

Rav Huna’s wine goes off becoming vinegar! The Rabbis reprimand him: Perhaps he has done something wrong to deserve such a punishment from Heaven? Rav Huna has what to answer, but realising his mistake, does Teshuvah (repentance) and God makes a miracle for him and he ends up profiting after all!

Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Prophecy – Lesson 17 of Section 3

In paragraph 6, the Ramchal details further about what the prophet actually goes through at the time he experiences his prophesy. Here he also explains the difference between prophecy and Ruach HaKodesh (Divine inspiration.) We then continue to Chapter 4 of Section 3 – dealing with the concepts of the soul, Divine inspiration and prophecy: