Reb Joey continues opening the Tanya by reframing its demanding path of avodah within a deeper atmosphere of goodness, calmness, and Divine presence. Exploring the relationship between Chochmah and Binah, the tzaddik and the beinoni, he asks how we can affirm the irreducible goodness of the soul while still taking seriously the endless work of becoming.

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Reb Joey explores the reshimu—the persistent trace of Ohr Ein Sof that remains after the tzimtzum. Through the teachings of the Arizal and Chassidus, he explains how Divine presence can remain hidden yet fully present, and what this means for emunah, bittul, and finding Hashem within apparent absence.

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Drawing on Rebbe Nachman, the Baal Shem Tov, and the Rebbe Rashab, Reb Joey explores joy not simply as an emotion, but as a deep awareness of Hashem’s ever-present goodness—a freedom that comes through letting go of self, relinquishing the need to control, and learning to receive life as a gift.

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Reb Joey explores the mystery of the rishimu—the trace of Divine light that remains even after the light itself seems to disappear. Drawing on the language of tzimtzum, Chazal, and the teachings of the tzaddikim, we discover that absence is never truly empty: the very experience of longing, distance, and searching can itself reveal the presence that appears to be hidden.

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In this shiur, Reb Joey explores the hidden order within the apparent entanglement of lived experience. Through the mystical imagery of the se’aros—the hairs through which higher light descends into the worlds—we encounter the difference between the simplicity and clarity of the upper realms and the complexity, doubt, and fragmentation of life below.

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In this Elul shiur, Reb Joey explores teshuvah not as a return driven by fear, shame, or self-judgment, but as a movement back toward the love and closeness that have never truly disappeared. Through teachings of Rebbe Nachman and the tzaddikim, we discover the surprising role of laughter, joy, and lightness in breaking through the heaviness of the year—and in remembering that every descent can become the beginning of a deeper return to Hashem.

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Continuing the Alter Rebbe’s introduction, Reb Joey explores the unique power of the writings of tzaddikim—not merely as sources of information, but as vessels carrying the light and presence of their authors. Tanya emerges as a deeply personal book of guidance, love, and healing, helping each person discover the tzaddik within themselves while navigating the work of growth and avodas Hashem.

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Reb Joey begins the Alter Rebbe’s introduction to Tanya by exploring why the sefer is called a “collection of teachings” and how the arrangement of Torah itself can reveal something entirely new. From there, he enters the central question of the introduction: how can a fixed book speak personally to every individual, almost as if one were encountering the tzaddik face to face?

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Reb Joey enters into the Arizal’s description of Tzimtzum—the concealment that allows what existed only in potential within the Infinite Light to emerge into actual revelation. Exploring the mysterious “center point,” the relationship between concealment and revelation, and the movement from infinity into limitation, Reb Joey shows how the Arizal’s cosmic map speaks directly to avodah: discovering Hashem’s presence within apparent absence and limitation.

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Reb Joey explores the reasons given by the Arizal for the emergence of the worlds—from revealing the Divine Names to bestowing goodness and compassion upon creation. The shiur moves from cosmic questions into deeply personal avodah, exploring rachamim, bittul, and the possibility that the lowest places of human experience are precisely where Hashem desires His light to be revealed.

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