Machshava:

Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Tanya

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Page 113. Does our life potentially begin with a strike against us? What influences were there before I came into this world? The strange partnership between the divine neshamah (soul) and the phsycial body. Parents are the shadchan (matchmaker) between the neshamah and the guf (body). The dual function of levush (clothing) - hiding and revealing. Caring deeply about the clothing we wear... or don't wear. All the places where heaven and earth intersect are places of tremendous b'chirah (choice). Once a child is born, the parents' t'shuvah (repentence) can no longer change that child's levush. The Jewish people are the clothing of Hashem's infinite light.