Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the process by which G-d constricts the original 10 Utterances of Creation in order to create everything. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jul 04, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 217
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the way G-d relates to His creations by way of Memalei Kol Almin. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of chapter 7. Today's episode has been generously sponsored by Sara Korn in loving memory of her brother Yitzchak Mordechai Ben Chaim Z"L who's yahrtzeit is the 27th of Sivan. To sponsor a podcast, email me at itistaught@gmail.com Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support th...
Jul 03, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 216
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d relates to the worlds in a manner of Sovev Kol Almin. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jul 02, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 215
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d remains unaffected by the changes in the world, unlike the soul which is affected by the happenings of the body. Sha'ar HaYichud V'HaEmunah, Middle of Chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jul 01, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 214
Send us a text In today's episode, we address the mistake that some scholars make in interpreting the Tzimtzum as described by the AriZal literally. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of Chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 30, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 213
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d's Knowledge is different than human knowledge and how we are incapable of understanding G-d's Knowledge. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, Middle of Chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 28, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 212
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d is very much present within Space and Time through His attribute of Malchus. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 28, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 211
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the origin of time and space. Sha'ar HaYichud V'HaEmunah, middle of chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 27, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 210
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss G-d's Name of Adnus. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, Beginning of Chapter 7. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 26, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 209
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how the parable of the soul in relation to the body is not a good parallel to understanding G-d's relationship with His Creations. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah end of Chapter 6. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 25, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 208
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how we can understand how the inclusion of all of the middos within one another is due to them being sourced in the same place, namely the One G-d. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of chapter 6. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 24, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 207
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss G-d's Name Elokim. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, Beginning of Chpater 6. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 23, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 206
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d's Attributes of Chessed and Gevurah are sourced in the same place, however this is beyond the human intellect, no matter how lofty, to comprehend. Sha'ar Hayichud V'Haemunah, Chapter 5. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 21, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 205
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the origin of G-d's attribute of Constraint. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, end of chapter 4. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 21, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 204
Send us a text In today's episode we introduce the concept of Tzimtzum; G-d's ability to constrict and conceal Himself so that created beings won't be nullified in their source. We discuss how it is just as beyond our comprehension to understand this attribute of contraction within G-d as it is for us to understand G-d's expansiveness. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of Chapter 4. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com ...
Jun 20, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 203
Send us a text In today's episode we begin to discuss the idea of how just as the sun needs a protective shield for us to be able to handle its rays, so does G-d's Name of Havaya need a protective shield for us to be able to experience Him in a way that we can handle. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, Beginning of Chapter 4. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 19, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 202
Send us a text In today's episode we bring up a challenge to seeing sun and sunlight as a parallel to understanding G-d's Speech in relation to His Creations. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, end of Chapter 3 Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 18, 2024•11 min•Season 2Ep. 201
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the sun in relation to its sunlight as an analogy to understand G-d in relation to His Creation. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah, middle of Chapter 3. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 17, 2024•9 min•Season 2Ep. 200
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how dependent creation is on G-d's Speech to sustain it. Sha'ar HaYichud Ve'Haemunah, Beginning of Chapter 3 Article referenced: 99.9999999% of Your Body Is Empty Space Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram Contact us at: itistaught1@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 16, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 199
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d Creates the world something from nothing at every moment through His Letters of Speech. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah end of Chapter 2 Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGTknXIYx1DScUYJe2nupw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/It-Is-Taught-101805165658211 Twitter: https://twitter.com/itistaught Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itistaughtpodcast/ Support the show...
Jun 14, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 198
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the difference between how G-d creates vs. how humans create. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemuna, Beginning of Chapter 2. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 14, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 197
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how the Ten Utterances through which G-d created the world are the fundamental building blocks of all of creation. Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemuna, Chapter 1 Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 11, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 196
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss Chinuch Katan, which is the introduction to the section of the tanya known as Sha'ar HaYichud V'Haemunah. The section deals with understanding what it means to "educate a child according to his youth such that even when he ages it won't depart from him". Chinuch Katan in its entirety. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the sho...
Jun 11, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 195
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how performing mitzvos is likened to a candle. Likkutei Amarim, end of chapter 53. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 11, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 194
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss what happened to the Shechina after the First Temple was destroyed, both in the times of the Second Temple, as well as in our times now that the Second Temple has been destroyed as well. Likkutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 53. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 10, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 193
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how the Tablets upon which were engraved the Ten Commandments revealed the Shechina in a much stronger way than any other physical creation. Likkutei Amarim, Beginning of Chapter 53. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 09, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 192
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how the Shechina descends from world to world. Likkutei Amarim, end of chapter 52 Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 07, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 191
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss how G-d's Will and Wisdom as vested in Torah serve as garments for the Shechina. Likkutei Amarim, Middle of Chapter 52. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 07, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 190
Send us a text In today's episode, we discuss how the Shechina is too intense for the worlds to handle without garments. Likkutei Amarim, Middle of Chapter 52. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube , Facebook , Twitter , Instagram To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show...
Jun 06, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 189
Send us a text In today's episode we discuss the Shechina and its parallel to the human brain in relation to the organs of the body. Likkutei Amarim, Beginning of Chapter 52. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGTknXIYx1DScUYJe2nupw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/It-Is-Taught-101805165658211 Twitter: https://twitter.com/itistaught Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itistaughtpodcast/ Support the show...
Jun 05, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 188