Chitas : Contains all Time Cycles: Part 5

00:01 The hemshch and in continuation to the earlier installments regarding Chitas, Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya, we continue now with installment number five, and thereby also concluding this series on Chitas. The Rebbe in a Sicha, Shabbos Tov Shin Mem Alef, late 1980, stated, and here it's translated in English, "It is also customary to mention on this occasion the well-known three daily study portions, Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya." And the Rebbe elaborates, "The daily portion of the weekly Torah reading as the parasha is divided according to the days of the week. Sunday from the beginning to Sheini, Monday from Sheini to Shilshi. Secondly, the daily portion of Tehillim as it is divided according to the days of the month. Thirdly, the daily portion of the Tanya as it is divided according to the days of the year." And the Rebbe continues, "I am not sure if people pay attention to this, but these three study portions encompass all forms of time division. The concept of the days of the week, which is associated with the sun. The concept of the days of the month, which is associated with the moon. The concept of the days of the year. It is well known in Chassidus and Kabbalah that Tanya is connected to concepts associated with sun and daytime corresponding to the Sefirah of Binah, the attribute of Binah, the mother of the children rejoices as Binah is referred to Eim Habanim Semeicha, and the Sefirah, the attribute of Malchus. The week corresponds to the attributes of the Ze'ir Anpin, which are the

02:06 six basic Sefirots, which is also linked to the sun, as in Shemesh Havayah. Accordingly, we see that the practice of studying Chitas, Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya encompasses the entire cosmic order. From the Sefirah of Binah, then extending into the seven days of creation, which is Ze'ir Anpin, which also includes the Sefirah of Malchus, as it is the seventh Sefirah completing the seven days of creation Shabbos. Then descending further into division of the month, which also alludes to Malchus as that Ishte feminine is connected with the Inyan of month. And even further," the Rebbe continues, "into the dimension of the year, which likewise hints to Malchus as mentioned above. However," the Rebbe continues, "the focus here is not the deeper discussions and debates in Kabbalah and Chassidus. Rather, it is evident in a simple and straightforward manner that the study of Chitas spans all forms and categories of time, week, month, and year. The concept of a Cheshbon Tzedek, an honest spiritual accounting in various time frames is fundamental, a fundamental principle in the service of Hashem. The core idea of that each segment of time, day, week, month, and year has its unique divine service, and therefore one must make an accounting, a Cheshbon of their matters corresponding to that specific period. This is not merely a personal practice, but also a universal concept. Just as in worldly affairs, merchants conduct an annual financial reckoning, governments require yearly financial reports, and so too in Torah and Kedushah, a person must make an accounting of their spiritual

04:24 state in accordance with the different divisions of time." And here the Rebbe sums it up in four primary time divisions. One, the day. Each day has its own Cheshbon Tzedek, which is done by Krishmi Shalah Miteh, by the bedtime retiring from the day for the night, a person makes a Cheshbon, an accounting, evaluates how the day was, and what needs to be improved. Week, in the weekly style, Shabbos is considered a time for higher repentance, Teshuva Iloh, and therefore Erev Shabbos serves as a preparation period through lower repentance, Teshuva Tator, which is usually Leil Shishi, Thursday night. Month, each month is marked by Yom Kippur Katan on Erev Rish Hodesh, which serves as a mini Yom Kippur, as mentioned in Zoharim. And finally, year, once a year, particularly on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a broader Cheshbon Tzedek is made for the entire past year, along with the preparation for the upcoming year. The key idea is that Cheshbon Tzedek leads to practical action, Ma'ase B'pail. Each day has its unique divine service, Kol Yomei Veyomei Oved Avodato, as it's mentioned in the Zohar, every single day performs its own task. Every week has its designated Torah portion. Each month is associated with a specific permutation of Hashem's name, Shem Havayah. And each year, as the Alter Rebbe states in Igeres HaKodesh, brings forth a new and higher divine light that has never before illuminated the world. We'll conclude with mentioning specific dates in the year when the Rebbe would mention, remind people about the

06:43 Shiurichitas. Simchas Torah being that that is when we begin learning the Chumash again, Chumash Breishes, the Rebbe would mention the Shiurichitas. Yutaskislev, while we begin learning the Tanya again, that is when the Rebbe would again mention Shiurichitas. And Shvu'es, being that this is the yortzeit of David HaMelech, the author of Tlim, the Rebbe would make mention of the Shiurichitas. And as the Rebbe once connected Shvu'es with the oldest Shiurim, Chumash Tlim Tanya, Chumash, that Shvu'es was the time that we received the Torah. And Shvu'es is the yortzeit of David HaMelech, that's Tlim. And Shvu'es HaMelech is the illulah of the Bashem Tev, whose Torah was explained, expanded on in the Sefer HaTanya. In addition, when it came to specific dates that related to the previous Rebbe, his Yemeledes and his Illulah, the Rebbe would make mention of the Shiurei Chitas, since this was instituted by the previous Rebbe. With this, we conclude, Baruch Hashem, the series on the Shiurei Chitas.