{"id":45,"date":"2011-03-15T12:41:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T09:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noahideworldcenter.org\/ask\/2011\/03\/15\/the-tanya-and-the-soul\/"},"modified":"2020-02-11T02:51:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T23:51:37","slug":"the-tanya-and-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brit-olam.com\/ask\/the-tanya-and-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tanya \/ the soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Q:<\/strong>\u00a0Why is it written in the Baraita that ‘tsedakah (charity) for an ulterior motive’ is still tsedakah ONLY for Israel and NOT for the idol worshippers?<\/p>\n

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— Questions by: Mattitjahu. Replies by Rabbi Oury Cherki\u00a0in bold type<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The Tanya (end of Chapter 1) refers to Mishlei 14:34 and the explanation from Bava Batra 10b.<\/p>\n

There the interpretation of Rabbi Nechunya ben Chananeh is prefered above that of R. Yochanan.<\/p>\n

a) Is it not a problem that R. Nechunya added a ‘vav’ before l’umim?\u00a0No. This is a common phenomenon in Hebrew.<\/strong><\/p>\n

b) Why is it written in the Baraita that ‘tsedakah (charity) for an ulterior motive’ is still tsedakah ONLY for\u00a0Israel and NOT for the idol worshippers?\u00a0See Rashi on the Talmud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

c) It seems to me that this opinion is not relevant for a Noahide or ger toshav. Is that true ? This might indeed be true.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. I don’t understand the Tanya, because it starts with «every Jew has two neshamot’ and then it discusses the first ‘soul’ and calls it a nefesh.<\/p>\n

Then it speaks in chapter 2 about the second ‘soul’ (nefesh) and refers to Bereshit 2:7 ‘nishmat chaim’.<\/p>\n

a) Are neshamah and nefesh interchangable? Neshama is the talmudic equivalent of the biblical nefesh. See Nefesh HaChaim I, 15.<\/strong><\/p>\n

b) Is it true that the Tania considers ‘ADAM’ to be a Jew?\u00a0See tosfot Baba Kama 38a quoting Rabeinu Tam that «Adam» means<\/strong> Israel<\/strong> and «ha-adam» refers to the non-Jews.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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