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The Levushim, "garments," of the soul are three innate tools that the souls uses to conscisouly tap into and express the soul and its facultites. The three tools, or garments, of the soul are thought, speech, and action.

These tools are analogous to garments becasue just as garments are not the person themselves but rather enclothes and can express the person, so to these tools they are not the person rather a tools he uses to express and tap into his essence. And just as one can remove different articles of clothing when desired and change to different clothing, so too with the soul's garments - a person can at any time change and replace the garments of their soul. I.e. he can change from one thought to another and one form of speech or action to another. When it comes to action and speech, he may at times, wish not to encloth himself in them altogether.

The Garments[edit | edit source]

Thought[edit | edit source]

Machshavah, thought, is the innate tool a person uses to consciously tap into his ability to process intellect. "Thought," is the innermost garment which is most united and attached to the soul and its faculties and is always in use.

Speech[edit | edit source]

Dibbur, speech, is an innate tool a person has to express his thoughts and soul faculties to others. It is the soul's tool used to communicate and is predominantly used in speech.

Action[edit | edit source]

"Action" is an innate tool the soul uses to express his faculties through physical action. Although action is the lowest "garment," and is the most disconnected from its source, it is the most important tool. Through this tool the soul accomplishes its goal and fulfills the reason that it was descended into this world.

The Advantage of Levushim[edit | edit source]

Though these three tools are merely tools and not the essence of the soul, they have a great advantage over the attributes of the soul. For the soul and its faculties, though they can have a much greater insight of G-dliness,^[1] they can never grasp G-d, Who is essentially ungraspable. However, when the soul enlothes itself in these "garments," it can comprehend, speak in, and perform the teachings and laws of the Torah, which is G-d's Wisdom. G-d's wisdom and G-d are one^[2]. In this way, the soul, which is enclothed in these garments, can attach itself to G-d and thus unite with Him.^[3]

External Links[edit | edit source]

Rabbi Tzemach David Waksman, The Virtue of the Soul's Garments over NRN] Hearos UBiurim, Ohalei Torah, Parshat Mishpatim-Shekalim 5783, page 38
Shneur Ashkenazi, Why Does the Torah Make an Issue of Garments?, Lesson for Parshat Tetzaveh
Shneur Ashkenazi, The Secret of Priestly Garments and Purim Costumes, Lesson for Parshat Tetzaveh

↑ Especially when they are not yet enclothed in a body, when there insight is not limited to our physical understandings. In this way, the Alter Rebbe, in the Tanya quoted below, explains the advantage of living in this world versus enjoying G-dliness in Gan Eden, for only in this world can we attach ourselves with G-d through these "garments."
↑ Rambam.
↑ Tanya, ch. 4.

[1] Especially when they are not yet enclothed in a body, when there insight is not limited to our physical understandings. In this way, the Alter Rebbe, in the Tanya quoted below, explains the advantage of living in this world versus enjoying G-dliness in Gan Eden, for only in this world can we attach ourselves with G-d through these "garments."

[2] Rambam.

[3] Tanya, ch. 4.

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+The '''Levushim, "'''garments," of the soul are three innate tools that the souls uses to conscisouly tap into and express the soul and its facultites. The three tools, or garments, of the soul are [[Machshavah|thought]], [[Dibbur|speech]], and [[Action (Levush)|action]].
-== Mishechistim ==
+These tools are analogous to garments becasue just as garments are not the person themselves but rather enclothes and can express the person, so to these tools they are not the person rather a tools he uses to express and tap into his essence. And just as one can remove different articles of clothing when desired and change to different clothing, so too with the soul's garments - a person can at any time change and replace the garments of their soul. I.e. he can change from one thought to another and one form of speech or action to another. When it comes to action and speech, he may at times, wish not to encloth himself in them altogether.
-Let's get one thing straight, because this has gone from a mistake to a full-blown mental catastrophe. This entire ''shtus'' that the Rebbe is Moshiach is a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FANTASY. It is a ''meshugas'' of the highest order, a craziness that spits on the Rebbe's legacy and makes a mockery of everything Chabad stands for. It's not just wrong, it's a ''shande far di goyim'', a humiliating embarrassment that has to stop.
+== The Garments ==
-The bottom line is simple, so simple a child could understand it: '''THE REBBE, זי"ע, IS NOT MOSHIACH.'''
+=== Thought ===
+:{{Main|Thought}}
-== ''Halacha'' Is Not A Suggestion: THE RAMBAM'S FINAL WORD ==
+'''Machshavah, thought''', is the innate tool a person uses to consciously tap into his [[Koach HaSechel|ability to process intellect]]. "Thought," is the innermost garment which is most united and attached to the soul and its faculties and is always in use.
-This isn't a debate club. This is ''halacha''. And the ''halacha l'maaseh'', the final word on the matter, was written down almost a thousand years ago by the Rambam himself. It's NOT complicated. The [[Mishneh Torah]] gives a job description for [[Moshiach]]:
-*Build the [[Beis Hamikdash]].*
+=== Speech ===
-*Bring ALL the Yidden back to [[Eretz Yisroel]].*
+:{{Main|Speech}}
-*Bring the ''Geulah Shleimah'' and fix the ENTIRE WORLD.*
-The Rebbe, the ''Gadol Hador'', OUR Rebbe, did he do these things? NO. And what does the Rambam say happens if the candidate DIES before getting the job done?
+'''Dibbur,''' speech, is an innate tool a person has to express his thoughts and soul faculties to others. It is the soul's tool used to communicate and is predominantly used in speech.
-<blockquote>'''...IF HE WAS KILLED, HE IS CERTAINLY NOT THE MOSHIACH...'''</blockquote>
-IT'S OVER. DONE. FINISHED. Were we all hallucinating at the ''levaya''? Is the [[Ohel (Chabad-Lubavitch)|Ohel]] in Queens an optical illusion? To deny the Rebbe's passing is to deny REALITY ITSELF.
-So let's say it again for the people in the back: '''THE REBBE DIED. HE IS NOT MOSHIACH.'''
+=== Action ===
+:{{Main|Action}}
-== A Circus of Delusion: The ''Meshugeneh'' Rituals ==
+"Action" is an innate tool the soul uses to express his faculties through physical action. Although action is the lowest "garment," and is the most disconnected from its source, it is the most important tool. Through this tool the soul accomplishes its goal and fulfills the reason that it was descended into this world.
-Because the ''halacha'' is so painfully clear, the ''meshugoyim'' had to invent their own rituals to keep the fantasy alive. It's not Chassidus, it's a SIDESHOW.
-=== The ''Kos Shel Bracha'' Puppet Show ===
+== The Advantage of Levushim ==
-You want to see pure insanity? Go to one of their ''farbrengens''. They take a bottle of ''mashke'' and pour it, pretending with their own hands that the Rebbe is pouring it from an EMPTY CHAIR. A GHOST is pouring them ''lechaims''! And these grown men, these ''Yidden'', line up like little ''kinderlach'' to get a drink poured by an INVISIBLE MAN. It is a pathetic, weekly performance of a mass delusion. It is a PUPPET SHOW, not a prayer service.
+Though these three tools are merely tools and not the essence of the soul, they have a great advantage over the attributes of the soul. For the soul and its faculties, though they can have a much greater insight of G-dliness,<ref>Especially when they are not yet enclothed in a body, when there insight is not limited to our physical understandings. In this way, the Alter Rebbe, in the Tanya quoted below, explains the advantage of living in this world versus enjoying G-dliness in [[Gan Eden]], for only in this world can we attach ourselves with G-d through these "garments."</ref> they can never grasp G-d, Who is essentially ungraspable. However, when the soul enlothes itself in these "garments," it can comprehend, speak in, and perform the teachings and laws of the Torah, which is G-d's Wisdom. G-d's wisdom and G-d are one<ref>Rambam.</ref>. In this way, the soul, which is enclothed in these garments, can attach itself to G-d and thus unite with Him.<ref>''Tanya,'' ch. 4.</ref>
-=== HOLY PHOTOCOPIES! ===
+== External Links ==
-The Rebbe gave us a dollar for a ''bracha'', a REAL connection to our living leader. What do they do now? They hand out PHOTOCOPIES. A Xerox machine is now their source of blessings! What's the ''bracha'' in that? Good ink quality? It is a hollow, empty, and frankly STUPID imitation of a beautiful custom. It is a worthless piece of paper meant to prop up a lie.
+* Rabbi Tzemach David Waksman, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-lE7dkwcOoaEQ2vH17gfCjlcPHTNOCO/view The Virtue of the Soul's Garments over NRN]] Hearos UBiurim, Ohalei Torah, Parshat Mishpatim-Shekalim 5783, page 38
+* Shneur Ashkenazi, [https://chabadpedia.co.il/images/4/49/%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%92%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf Why Does the Torah Make an Issue of Garments?], Lesson for Parshat Tetzaveh
+* Shneur Ashkenazi, [https://chabadpedia.co.il/images/5/56/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%92%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf The Secret of Priestly Garments and Purim Costumes], Lesson for Parshat Tetzaveh
-== A ''CHILUL HASHEM'' OF EPIC PROPORTIONS ==
+[[he:לבוש]]
-This entire enterprise is a monumental ''CHILUL HASHEM''. The Rebbe gave his life to give us a ''derech'', a path to bring light to the world through REAL ACTIONS. Through ''mivtzoim'', through learning, through doing MITZVOS. He did NOT ask us to sing songs to an empty room and wait for a miracle that the Torah says CANNOT happen.
-They have abandoned the Rebbe's true mission. They have traded the hard work of ''shlichus'' for the easy fantasy of a Geulah that exists only in their heads. It is a betrayal of everything the Rebbe stood for.
-Let this be the final word for anyone with a brain still working: '''THE REBBE IS NOT MOSHIACH. PERIOD.'''