## Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh

###### Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 30:1
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**מוּדַעַת** זֹאת מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״כָּל הָרָגִיל לָבֹא לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת וְיוֹם אֶחָד לֹא בָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא שׁוֹאֵל עָלָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״מִי בָכֶם יְרֵא ה׳ וְכוּ׳״.

**Kehot Publication Society (English Translation):**
**THIRTY.** It is known that our Sages, of blessed memory, said¹ 6b.: “Whoever is accustomed to come to the synagogue and one day did not come, the Holy One, blessed is He, makes inquiry about him, for it is said,² ‘who among you fears the L–rd….’”

footnotes:
¹ Berachot
² Isaiah 50:10.


###### Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 30:2
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וְכֵן בְּכָל הַמִּצְוֹת, וּבִפְרָט מִצְוַת הַצְּדָקָה שֶׁשְּׁקוּלָה כְּנֶגֶד כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת. הֲגַם שֶׁהִיא בְּלִי נֶדֶר חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן, כָּל הַחַיִל אֲשֶׁר נָגַע יִרְאַת ה׳ בְּלִבָּם לֹא יָאֲתָה לְנַפְשָׁם הָאֱלֹקִית לָתֵת מִגְרָעוֹת בַּקֹּדֶשׁ, מֵאֲשֶׁר כְּבָר הוּרְגְּלוּ מִדֵּי שָׁנָה לְהַפְרִישׁ מִמְּאוֹדָם, לְהַחֲיוֹת רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים וְנִדְכָּאִים דְּלֵית לְהוֹן מִגַּרְמֵיהוֹן, הִיא בְּחִינַת ״סוּכַּת דָּוִד הַנּוֹפֶלֶת״ וְכוּ׳, לְקוֹמֵם וּלְרוֹמֵם וְכוּ׳, ״לְמֶהֱוֵי אֶחָד בְּאֶחָד״ וְכוּ׳.

**Kehot Publication Society (English Translation):**
The same applies to all the commandments, and especially the precept of charity, “which is balanced against all the commandments.”³ 1:1. Though it is without a vow,⁴ *Aruch*, *Yoreh* *Deah* 203; cf. *Likkutei* *Torah*, *Matot* 82b. Heaven forfend, nevertheless, it is not becoming to the divine soul of all the men of valor whose hearts the fear of the L–rd has touched⁵ to make a diminution in what is holy, relative to what they were accustomed to set aside, annually, from their wealth, to revive the spirit of the humble and downcast⁶ who have nothing of their own. It is “the Hut of David that is fallen…,”⁷ (see above, Epistle 9, note 29). The poor are the aspect of the Fallen Hut—the *Shechinah*, the *sefirah* of *malchut* which “has nothing of its own.” See above, Epistle 21, note 24. to raise and to exalt… “that it be united in the One….”⁸ II:135a. By giving charity one raises and reinstates the Fallen “Hut,” thereby effecting the ultimate goal of the unity of the Holy One, blessed is He, and His *Shechinah*. See also *Zohar* III:113b. Cf. *Likkutei Amarim*, Part I, end of ch. 50; *Maamarei Admur Hazaken—Ketuvim*, vol. 2, p. 161.

footnotes:
³ Jerusalem Talmud, Peah
⁴ See Shulchan
⁵ Par. I Samuel 10:26.
⁶ Par. Isaiah 57:15.
⁷ Amos 9:11, referring to the Shechinah
⁸ Zohar


###### Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 30:3
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וְ״הַכֹּל לְפִי רוֹב הַמַּעֲשֶׂה״ וְכוּ׳, וּלְפִי הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן, כְּמַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״כָּל פְּרוּטָה וּפְרוּטָה מִצְטָרֶפֶת לְחֶשְׁבּוֹן גָּדוֹל וְכוּ׳״, עַל דֶּרֶךְ מַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: אֵימָתַי ״גָּדוֹל הַוָיָ׳״? – כְּשֶׁהוּא ״בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ״ וְכוּ׳, הִיא בְּחִינַת וּמְקוֹם הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״עֵינַיִךְ בְּרֵכוֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן״.

**Kehot Publication Society (English Translation):**
And everything is according to the preponderance of [good] deeds…,⁹ 3:15. See above, Epistle 21. and according to the amount (*cheshbon*). Thus our Sages, of blessed memory, said, “Each and every coin adds up to a great amount (*cheshbon*),”¹⁰ *Batra* 9b. and as the saying of our Sages, of blessed memory:¹¹ II:235a; III:5a; *Zohar* *Chadash* 44a. “When is the L–rd great? When He is in the city of our G–d….”¹². The ultimate goal, the “greatness of the L–rd,” will thus be achieved when this unity is effected; see *Zohar* III:5a and *Zohar Chadash* 51d. It is the aspect and place of the *cheshbon*,¹³. *Cheshbon*, too, signifies *malchut*; see *Zohar* III:220b and *Likkutei Torah*, *Chukat* 66d ff. as it is written: “Your eyes are wells in *cheshbon*.”¹⁴

footnotes:
⁹ Avot
¹⁰ Bava
¹¹ Zohar
¹² Psalms 48:2.—“In the city” may also be read “[when He is] with the city.” The “city of G–d” signifies malchut
¹³ The “city of our G–d” is the aspect and place of Cheshbon
¹⁴ Song of Songs 7:5.


###### Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 30:4
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וְהַמְכֻוָּון, כַּנּוֹדָע, כִּי בְּ״אִתְעָרוּתָא דִלְתַתָּא״ – הַמְשָׁכַת חַיִּים חֵן וָחֶסֶד בְּמַעֲשֵׂה הַצְּדָקָה בְּרָצוֹן הַטּוֹב וְסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת – ״אִתְעָרוּתָא דִלְעֵילָּא״, יָאֵר הַוָיָ׳ פָּנָיו, הוּא הֶאָרַת וְהַמְשָׁכַת חֵן וָחֶסֶד וְרָצוֹן עֶלְיוֹן מֵחַיֵּי הַחַיִּים אֵין־סוֹף בָּרוּךְ־הוּא אֲשֶׁר לִגְדוּלָּתוֹ אֵין חֵקֶר וְהַשָּׂגָה כְּלָל אֶל בְּחִינַת ״מַלְכוּתְךָ מַלְכוּת כָּל עוֹלָמִים״, עָלְמָא דְאִתְגַּלְיָא, הַמְחַיֶּה כָּל הַבְּרוּאִים שֶׁבְּכָל הַהֵיכָלוֹת עֶלְיוֹנִים וְתַחְתּוֹנִים, שֶׁהֵן בִּבְחִינַת מִסְפָּר וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״אֶלֶף אֲלָפִים יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵיהּ״.

**Kehot Publication Society (English Translation):**
The meaning is that, as known, an arousal from below [the issuance of life, grace, and kindness by an act of charity out of a good will and a friendly countenance¹⁵ 8:9; *Vayikra Rabbah* 34:1; *Avot d’R. Nattan*, ch. 13; cf *Bava Batra* 9b. See also below, Epistle 32.] elicits an arousal from above:¹⁶ “The L–rd will make His Countenance shine,”¹⁷ i.e., a radiation and issue of grace, *chesed*, and Supreme favor¹⁸); see above, Epistle 22, note 31. from the Fountainhead of life,¹⁹ the *En Sof*, blessed is He, [to whose greatness²⁰; see above, Epistle 13, note 30. there is no searching and apprehension whatsoever], to the aspect of “Your *malchut* is the *malchut* of all worlds,”²¹, Epistle 8, note 44. the “world of manifestation” (*alma deitgalya*).²², Epistle 20, and note 53, ad loc. It²³. animates all the creatures [that are in all the upper and lower *hechalot*²⁴] which are in a category of number and amount (*cheshbon*), as it is written: “A thousand thousands minister unto Him.”²⁵

footnotes:
¹⁵ See Jerusalem Talmud, Peah
¹⁶ Above, Epistle 4, note 45.
¹⁷ Numbers 6:25.
¹⁸ Signified by Countenance (panim
¹⁹ Lit.: the Life of life (see above, Epistle 17, note 4).
²⁰ The aspect of chesed
²¹ Psalms 145:13; see above
²² See above
²³ Malchut
²⁴ Shrines; realms.
²⁵ Daniel 7:10.


###### Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 30:5
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וְזֶהוּ ״חֶשְׁבּוֹן גָּדוֹל״, שֶׁעַל־יְדֵי רוֹב ״מַעֲשֵׂה הַצְּדָקָה שָׁלוֹם״, כִּי פֵּירוּשׁ ״שָׁלוֹם״ הוּא דָּבָר הַמְחַבֵּר וּמְתַוֵּוךְ ב׳ קְצָווֹת הָפְכִיִּים, שֶׁהֵן קְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם לְעֵילָּא, בְּחִינַת ״וְלִגְדוּלָּתוֹ אֵין חֵקֶר״, וּקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם לְתַתָּא, הַמִּתְלַבֵּשׁ בִּבְרִיאָה־יְצִירָה־עֲשִׂיָּה, בְּחִינַת גְּבוּל וּמִסְפָּר, וְדַי לַמֵּבִין:

**Kehot Publication Society (English Translation):**
This is the meaning of the “great amount,” because the quantitative act of charity brings about peace.²⁶ The meaning of “peace” is to join and conciliate two opposite extremes. (In our context) these are the extremity of the superior heaven, the aspect of “And to His greatness there is no searching”²⁷ and the extremity of the inferior heaven²⁸; *malchut*.—which vests itself in *Beriah*, *Yetzirah*, and *Asiyah*, (that is, in) a category of limitation and number, and suffice this for the initiated.

footnotes:
²⁶ Cf. above, end of Epistles 4 and 12.
²⁷ Great is the L–rd and highly to be praised, and to His greatness there is no searching; Psalms 145:3.
²⁸ The Shechinah