Tuesday Sh'vat 6 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Bo, Shlishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 35-38. Tanya: This is the (p. 73)...as is explained elsewhere. (p. 75).

My father wrote that he heard in the name of the Alter Rebbe that all rabbinic authors until and including the Taz [1] and Shach, [2] composed their works with Ruach Hakodesh, the Divine Spirit.

An individual's Ruach Hakodesh, as explained by Korban Ha'eida in Tractate Sh'kalim (Talmud Yerushalmi), end of ch. 3, means that the mysteries of Torah are revealed to him. This comes from the aspect of Chochma in its pre-revelation state. [3]

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) Acronym of Turei Zahav on Torah law by R. David Halevi, d. 1667.

2. (Back to text) Acronym of Siftei Kohein on Torah law by R. Shabtai Hacohen, d. 1621-1622.

3. (Back to text) See "On Learning Chassidus," Kehot, p. 18.