Tanya

Perek Hei

YOur Levushim

• We've got three levushim - garments of your soul:
• Machshava - thought
• Dibur - speech
• Maseh - action
• They do all the mitzvos with your body. They are called levushim because they enclothe your nefesh elokis.

What inspires me to do + mitzvos

• Your neshama loves Hashem.

Connection between loving and doing

• The only way you can show your love to Hashem is by hugging His limbs. All our - and Hashem's - limbs together add to 613, which is fine proof that in order to show your love is by doing the mitzvos - giving Hashem a hug.

2 types of fear

• It's possible to love Hashem but not fear Him - e.g. daven with a lot of kavanah but don't actually dress tzniusly.
• There are two types of fear:
• 1. Yirah Tata'ah - the lower type of fear, when you won't do a negative mitzvah because you are afraid of the punishments.
• 2. Yirah Ila'ah - this is the higher fear, where