Tanya with Rochel Schmukler
This Women's Tanya Class is our interactive spiritual journey where we investigate, discuss and apply the revolutionary ideas presented in the Tanya, a foremost work of Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism by the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Episodes
165 episodes
Tanya Chapter 9 part 4, Chapter 10 part 1. If you can see through the evil inclination, it's rooting for you too
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Season 42
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Episode 1
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48:54
Tanya Chapter 9 part 3. Transforming the animal soul through Divine pleasurable love -- how the soul's delight reshapes our power of desire
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Season 41
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Episode 3
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45:06
Tanya Chapter 9 part 2. There's strategy involved and the prize is you. Two souls struggle to claim your identity
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Season 41
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Episode 2
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46:45
Tanya Chapter 9 part 1. It seems rational, but if you break it down, it's nothing more than a raw impulse
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Season 41
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Episode 1
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51:43
Tanya Chapter 8 part 3. Secular science and philosophy: the issues, the dangers and the incredible opportunities
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Season 40
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Episode 3
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51:03
Tanya Chapter 8 part 2. Purgatory: What does it really mean, and should you be afraid?
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Season 40
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Episode 2
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44:18
Tanya Chapter 8 part 1. Intentions are powerful and can turn the mundane into something holy, but some realities cannot be altered by intent.
What if someone unwittingly ate forbidden food with the intention of serving Hashem—and even used the energy derived from that food to fuel their Torah study and prayer? Can this energy rise to holiness and become clothed within the words of To...
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Season 40
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Episode 1
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46:43
Tanya Chapter 7 part 4. There's an effect on the self and an effect on the world, and they may be very different
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Season 39
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Episode 4
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47:16
Tanya Chapter 7 part 3. When the dam breaks and a torrent of love rushes through – the penitent’s tremendous transformative power
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Season 39
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Episode 3
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53:40
Tanya Chapter 7 part 2. Elevating even the luxurious to holiness, like a sacrifice on the altar
Exploring kelipat nogah, the luminescent husk within the realm of impurity, which contains a mixture of good and holds the potential to be elevated to holiness or dragged into the depths of the three completely impure kelipot. Its destiny hinge...
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Season 39
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Episode 2
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45:02
Tanya Chapter 6 part 3, Chapter 7 part 1. Darkness has levels, and the question becomes - transform it or avoid it?
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Season 38
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Episode 3
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45:05
Tanya Chapter 6 part 2. Learning to discern between the Divine core of reality and the external structure that hides it
How could anything exist if it opposes its essential life force? This is the secret of the exile of the Shechina—the Divine Presence—which vivifies forces that oppose it. Looking at this physical world and understanding the nature of kelipah—th...
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Season 38
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Episode 2
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42:36
Tanya Chapter 6 part 1. The fight between good and evil has to be fair
Hashem created "one thing opposite the other." This means that all ten powers of the Divine soul have a corresponding counterpart in the animal soul, along with the three garments, or modes of expression. The emotional qualities of the animal s...
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Season 38
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Episode 1
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47:55
Tanya Chapter 5 part 2. When Divine wisdom becomes your own. Unreal!
Understanding the Torah offers an incredible advantage above all other mitzvot: the Torah we study literally becomes part of our very being, which is why it is called "bread." Firstly, it integrates into us; secondly, it provides nourishment an...
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Season 37
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Episode 2
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54:32
Tanya Chapter 4 part 4 & Chapter 5 part 1. Reach beyond the cloak, you can embrace the Divine Essence.
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Season 37
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Episode 1
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48:44
Tanya Chapter 4 part 3. If you make the calculation, it will blow your mind. Compare one hour of Torah and mitzvot in this world with all of the life of the world to come
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Season 36
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Episode 3
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51:47
Tanya Chapter 4 part 2. When fear powers the ultimate fight against evil
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Season 36
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Episode 2
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46:54
Tanya Chapter 4 part 1. You love, but are you truly realizing that love?
The Divine soul has three garments through which it finds expression: thought, speech, and deed, specifically through the 613 mitzvot of the Torah. The intellect of the Divine soul is expressed through the garment of thought, while its emotions...
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Season 36
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Episode 1
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48:56
Tanya Chapter 3 part 3. You might grasp an idea mentally, but how does it affect you?
Returning to our experience with chochmah and binah: once awe and fear of Hashem are born, our hearts become ignited with a fiery passion for Him. Chochmah and binah are the father and mother that give rise to love and fear of Hashem. Indeed, a...
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Season 35
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Episode 3
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45:06
Tanya Chapter 3 part 2. Chase after your inspiration until you grab it
Now let's look at the mechanism of the intellectual-emotional response. Every idea starts with a seminal point of inspiration, the point of chochmah. This point of inexplicable potential hovers just above our grasp, we don't own it and cannot e...
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Season 35
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Episode 2
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44:32
Tanya Chapter 3 part 1. Ten ways in which your soul manifests
Our soul has descended from the ten holy Sefirot. Let's examine how the Sefirot operate: there are three "mothers" and seven "doubles," the seven days of creation. The three highest sefirot activate the seven constructive sefirot, and this is...
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Season 35
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Episode 1
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46:01
Tanya Chapter 2 part 4. Do parents get to choose their child's soul?
Now we comprehend how cleaving to Torah scholars is akin to attaching to the Shechina. By connecting with holy people who represent the level of the “brain,” we can experience and manifest G-dliness. But what about those who rebel against Torah...
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Season 34
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Episode 4
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45:21
Tanya Chapter 2 part 3. So many varying levels of souls, all from one Source. Why the differences?
All Jewish souls originate in the wisdom of Hashem, yet we observe a multitude of differences among them. Let's revisit the analogy of the seminal drop originating in the father's mind. Just as all parts of the body, from the brain to the toena...
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Season 34
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Episode 3
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44:24
Tanya Chapter 2 part 2. When it comes to the Divine Essence, there's absolutely nothing we can say to describe it. Let's pull this idea into our context
Now let’s look at the Kabbalistic teachings of the Arizal, who exposed supremely high levels of the Divine reality. How does Maimonides’ statement apply in this context? Only once the Infinite Light clothes itself in the highest sefirot of the ...
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Season 34
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Episode 2
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44:44
Tanya Chapter 2 part 1. There's something actually G-dly within you. Will you ever be the same?
Now, we encounter our second soul, which is described as "truly a part of G-d above." This soul is "blown" into us from the very innerness of G-d Himself. The Jewish person originates within the Divine thought, essentially a sample of the Divin...
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Season 34
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Episode 1
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45:07