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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
23 Av 5786
In the winter of 5652 (1891-2), when my father taught me in Tanya, "The second soul in Israel is actually part of G‑d above,"[1] he explained that the connotations of the words "above" and "actually" are contradictory. "Above" indicates the most spiritual of spiritual levels, while "actually"[2] describes the most material of material things. He explained that this is the unique quality of the "second soul," that though it is the epitome of the spiritual it has an effect upon the most material of materiality.
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
Tanya Ch. 2.
In Hebrew, mamash, associated with "tangible," "palpable," the lowly level of the material experienced by tactile sensation.
Footnotes
בחורף תרנ"ב כאשר אאמו"ר [אדוני אבי מורי ורבי] למד עמי בספר התניא "ונפש השנית בישראל היא חלק אלקה ממעל ממש", הסביר כי הנושאים בתיבת ממעל ובתיבת ממש הם הפכים. ממעל תוארו רוחניות שברוחניות וממש תוארו גשמיות שבגשמיות. ויבאר כי זהו מעלת נפש השנית, שעם היותה רוחניות שברוחניות פועלת בגשמיות שבגשמיות.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.