Tanya Themes

Dedicated in loving memory of Rabbi Zalman Yuda Deitsch on the occasion of his yahrtzeit. 28 Tamuz | Day 217 Happy and Emotionally Broken: How to be happy and broken–simultaneously -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, t...

27 Tamuz | Day 216 Conflicting Emotions: What is the appropriate emotional state for prayer? -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seek...

26 Tamuz | Day 215 Climbing the Teshuvah Ladder: The role of prayer in the higher teshuvah -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks...

25 Tamuz | Day 214 When the Mother Crouches over Her Chicks: The trickle-down effect of the higher teshuvah -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for t...

24 Tamuz | Day 213 Higher Teshuvah: Why Torah study constitutes the ultimate teshuvah -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to se...

23 Tamuz | Day 212 System Restore: Fixing the damage to the soul and to G-d caused by sin -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks t...

Today’s Let’s Talk Tanya is in honor of Malka bas Rochel; may she enjoy unsurpassed happiness, health, and parnasah. Dedicated with love by her brother, Guido Aidenbaum. 22 Tamuz | Day 211 When the Rope Frays: The impact of “minor” sins on one’s connection with G-d -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, an...

21 Tamuz | Day 210 Absorbing the Impact: Who are the “dead people” who don’t praise G-d? -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to...

20 Tamuz | Day 209 The Two Steps of Teshuvah: Compassion and Ego Crushing -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serve G-d and...

Dedicated in honor of Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, rav and shliach in West Bloomfield, MI, in honor of his birthday. May he have many years of health, happiness, and nachas! 19 Tamuz | Day 208 Choosing Our Energy Source: Extracting ourselves–and G-d–from the clutches of kelipah -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal...

18 Tamuz | Day 207 The Effect of the “Exile of the Shechinah”: Severed from the divine source–and surviving to tell the tale -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal own...

17 Tamuz | Day 206 The 613-Ply Rope: The rope that connects us to G-d -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serve G-d and live...

16 Tamuz | Day 205 The Human Mirror of G-d’s Name: The four letters of our souls -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serve G...

15 Tamuz | Day 204 One Name. Ten Attributes.: The significance of the four letters in G-d’s name -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who...

In loving memory of Mrs. Pearl (Pola) Schulkind, of blessed memory, on the occasion of her first yahrtzeit. May her memory and legacy be a blessing for her family. Dedicated by her grandson Naftali Silberberg and his family. 14 Tamuz | Day 203 Speaking vs. Exhaling: How our souls constitute “part of G-d’s name” -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, yo...

13 Tamuz | Day 202 The Impact of Sin: Why do sinners live long and pleasant lives? -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serve...

12 Tamuz | Day 201 Our Generation’s Substitute for Korbanos: The charitable path to full atonement -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew wh...

In memory of Sholom Reuven ben Mordechai, whose yartzheit is the Tenth of Tammuz. May his neshamah have an aliyah. Dedicated by his granddaughter, Sheyna Ryvkin. 11 Tamuz | Day 200 When Fasting over Sins IS a Sin: A substitute for fasting -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful...

10 Tamuz | Day 199 Intermittent Fasting: Does multiplied sins mean multiplied fasts? -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to ser...

9 Tamuz | Day 198 Fasting Over Sins: The relationship between fasting and the korbanos -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to s...

8 Tamuz | Day 197 What Teshuvah Is: …and what teshuvah isn’t -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serve G-d and live a life s...

In loving memory of Masha Dina bas Leib, of blessed memory, who passed away yesterday, on the 6th of Tamuz. May her neshamah have an aliyah and may G-d comfort her family. Dedicated by her loving sister-in-law, Miriam Chana Miller. 7 Tamuz | Day 196 Understanding Teshuvah: The third pillar of Chasidus Chabad -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your...

6 Tamuz | Day 195 A Glimpse Into the Divine: Wrapping up Shaar hayichud Veha’emunah -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serv...

5 Tamuz | Day 194 The Art of Combining Energies: Why letter order matters -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal owner’s manual for the Jew who seeks to serve G-d and...

4 Tamuz | Day 193 The Twenty-Two Building Blocks of Creation: Some words are the product of wisdom. Other words produce wisdom. -- Can you spare four minutes a day to gain deeper insight into yourself, your soul, your spiritual make-up, your personal purpose, and how to enjoy a meaningful relationship with G-d? If yes, Let’s Talk Tanya. Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidism, is the personal...