Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 5. The previous chapter mentioned the words of Elijah the Prophet, “No thought can grasp You….” Tikunei Zohar, 17a. Let’s take this idea of grasping the divine further and clarify it well. How Your Mind Grasps an ...

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 5. Introduction You did a mitzvah. You embraced G‑d and He embraced you. There is no moment beyond the moment of a mitzvah, not even in the highest heaven. But have you changed? Or was it a moment that came and pa...

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 4. Soul Clothing In addition to her ten faculties, every divine soul has three clothes: the powers of verbal thought, speech, and action by which she engages in the 613 mitzvahs of the Torah. This means that: When...

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 4. Introduction We’ve just learned that your second soul is a part of G‑d, a divine being. She embodies an entire structure, all the ten sefirot, with three intellectual powers and the many emotions born through t...

Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 3. Introduction You’ve just discovered you have a divine soul. How do you tap into her energy? How can you channel it into down-to-earth reality? In this chapter, Rabbi Schneur Zalman maps out the psyche of this d...