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Tanya for the 28th of Menachem Av, כ׳׳ח מנחם אב Daily Tanya
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When the soul finds itself within the body and allows itself to be led by it, it resembles a sighted person whose eyes are bound and who, intelligent though he may be, is then led about like an imbecile. If the soul, a part of G-d Above, descends within a body but cannot restrict it from fulfilling its desires, it is considered to be blinded by the body, as the Tzemach Tzedek writes in Or Hatorah at the conclusion of Parashat Behar.6 The “blindness” caused by the body must be healed so that the soul may once again behold the truth.
When the soul finds itself within the body and allows itself to be led by it, it resembles a sighted person whose eyes are bound and who, intelligent though he may be, is then led about like an imbecile. If the soul, a part of G-d Above, descends within a body but cannot restrict it from fulfilling its desires, it is considered to be blinded by the body, as the Tzemach Tzedek writes in Or Hatorah at the conclusion of Parashat Behar.6 The “blindness” caused by the body must be healed so that the soul may once again behold the truth.
9 min