Chapter 47 of Tanya continues the theme of reciprocating love begun in Chapter 48. How to feel that the Exodus is happening right now.

Chapter 46 describes the mechanics of reciprocal love that can be channeled to reveal a love for Hashem in our hearts.

Chapter 45 of Tanya discusses the concept of arousing divine compassion on the plight of the soul as a method for generating love of G-d.

In Ch. 44 we encounter two new kinds of love--loving Hashem because He is our true life and loving Hashem even more than life because He is our father. Both of these types of love are based on inherited qualities that are automatically present within us but which we must amplify through meditation.

Chapter 43 describes two levels of awe and two levels of love as well as how each may be attained.

Concluding chapter 42, we speak about the idea that the vastness of the creation is merely a visual cure to remind us of the infinitely greater kingship of Hashem.

Continuing Ch. 42 and our discussion of awe of Hashem. The class gets off on a tangent but it's kind of interesting.

Continuing Ch. 42 and our discussion of meditations that bring on awe of Hashem.

Beginning Ch. 42 and the subject of the "internal Moshe Rabenu" that it makes it possible for us to relate to Hashem in a personal way.

Concluding Ch. 41, we focus on the idea of serving Hashem altruistically.

Continuing Ch. 41, we discuss the necessity for all mitzvos to be done with some level of awe of Hashem and what specific intentions qualify as this awe. Conversely, it is not enough to serve Hashem with awe alone; one must also serve with love.

Starting Ch. 41 of Tanya and the "awe meditation."

Chapter 40 of Tanya concludes our discussion of kavanah (intent) and its effect on our mitzvos.

Finishing Chapter 39 and the discussion of the various levels of intent and the worlds to which they correspond.

We begin Ch. 39 in which we continue our discussion about the different levels of kavanah (intent.) What is the difference between instinctive and intellectual emotions?

Concluding Ch. 38, we discuss the two levels of kavanah (intent) that may accompany a mitzvah. One level is referred to as "human" while the other is called "animal."

We begin Ch. 38 and our discussion of the importance of kavanah in performing mitzvos.

We conclude Ch. 37 and our discussion of the importance of physical action as the means for transforming the physical world into a home for Hashem.

Continuing Ch. 37 and the explanation of how our physical mitzvos transform the world. We come to understand that the soul did not come to this world for its own fixing but rather to fix the world. We also learn why tzedaka is the quintessential mitzvah.

We begin Chapter 37 of Tanya in which we begin to describe the precise mechanics whereby our mitzvos transform the physical world into a dwelling place for Hashem.