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Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah

By Naftali Silberberg

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 4

Shaar Hayichud: Introduction - Part 1

Introducing Part Two of Tanya: From the Practical to the Theological

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 5

Shaar Hayichud: Introduction - Part 2

The Doable Love: Hard Feelings–Made Simple

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 6

Shaar Hayichud: Introduction - Part 3

The Relevance of G-d’s Unity: The tzadik’s fallback love

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 7

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 1 - Part 1

G-d is One vs. G-d is the ONLY One: The Doctrine of Perpetual Creation

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 8

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 1 - Part 2

The Spiritual Codes that Underlie Creation: How the Holy Tongue is different from other languages

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 9

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 2

The Difference Between Divine Creation and Human Creation: The logical argument for Divine Providence

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 10

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 3 - Part 1

The One and Only Existence: What projectors teach us about G-d’s unity

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 11

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 3 - Part 2

Subsumed in Our Source: Where sunlight exists and where it does not

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 12

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 4 - Part 1

Havayeh and Elokim: Two Divine Modalities

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 13

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 4 - Part 2

The Dual Wonder of Creation: Acknowledging the Limits of Human Intellect

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 14

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 4 - Part 3

Concealing and Channeling: Is all of creation just an optical illusion?

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 15

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 5

Why G-d Changed His Mind: The Divine light that does filter through to our world

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 16

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 6 - Part 1

The True Nature of Nature: When concealment is actually revelation in disguise

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 17

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 6 - Part 2

Two Names, One Mission: The significance of the unity of Havayeh and Elokim

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 18

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 6 - Part 3

A Secondary Entity: Can creation be compared to a body and the creative energy to the soul?

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 19

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 1

A Third Divine Name: A-donai: the royal name

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 20

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 2

Higher Unity: Where creation lacks independent existence AND value

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 21

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 3

Lower Unity: Where creation lacks independent existence but has independent value

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 22

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 4

Unchanging: How all of creation doesn’t effect any change in G-d

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 23

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 5

It’s Not Literal! Did G-d really contract Himself?

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 24

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 6

Encompasses and Fills: The two modes of divine energy

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 25

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 7 - Part 7

Divine Anagrams: How G-d’s breath devolves to create limited creations

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 26

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 8 - Part 1

Simple Unity vs. Composite Unity: The knower, the knowledge, and the known

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 27

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 8 - Part 2

Beyond the Framework of Our Experience: The five levels of the human make-up

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 28

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 9 - Part 1

Five vs. Infinity: Our roof; His floor

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 29

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 9 - Part 2

Touching an Idea: Why it is absurd to say that we can’t intellectually fathom G-d

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Sivan 30

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 9 - Part 3

“The Secret of Faith”: Why accepting G-d’s absolute unity requires faith

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tammuz 1

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 10 - Part 1

The Light Analogy: A matter of differing perspectives

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tammuz 2

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 10 - Part 2

The Sefiros In Action: The attributes behind the Six Days of Creation

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tammuz 3

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 11 - Part 1

Non-Parting Words: The unique nature of G-d’s speech

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tammuz 4

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 11 - Part 2

The Twenty-Two Building Blocks of Creation: Some words are the product of wisdom. Other words produce wisdom.

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tammuz 5

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 12 - Part 1

The Art of Combining Energies: Why letter order matters

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Let’s Talk Tanya: Tammuz 6

Shaar Hayichud: Chapter 12 - Part 2

A Glimpse Into the Divine: Wrapping up Shaar hayichud Veha’emunah

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