# Samach Vav

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Author: Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Episodes: 171

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## Episodes
- [Samach Vav Part 171: Taanug ha'poshut beyond any palpable pleasure (atzmus ha'taanug ha'ne'elem)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-171-taanug-ha-poshut-beyond-any-palpable-pleasure-atzmus-ha-taanug-ha-ne-elem) — 2026-07-30T17:03:53+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 170: Taanug ha'poshut expressed in a palpable sensation (taanug ha'bo b'murgash)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-170-taanug-ha-poshut-expressed-in-a-palpable-sensation-taanug-ha-bo-b-murgash) — 2026-07-30T17:01:53+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 169: 2 levels of vision in the future: the vision of sechel. ri'yas ha'mehus mamash](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-169-2-levels-of-vision-in-the-future-the-vision-of-sechel-ri-yas-ha-mehus-mamash) — 2026-07-28T17:04:33+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 168: Prophecy sees the very essence; wisdom sees with the eye of the mind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-168-prophecy-sees-the-very-essence-wisdom-sees-with-the-eye-of-the-mind) — 2026-07-28T17:02:30+00:00
- [Samach Vav 167: Difference between taanug ha'murkav (shir koful) and taanug ha'poshut (shir poshut)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-167-difference-between-taanug-ha-murkav-shir-koful-and-taanug-ha-poshut-shir-poshut) — 2026-07-25T16:57:18+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 166: the he'elem ha'atzmi of Ein Sof is higher than the he'elem ha'atzmi of chochma](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-166-the-he-elem-ha-atzmi-of-ein-sof-is-higher-than-the-he-elem-ha-atzmi-of-chochma) — 2026-07-23T17:02:40+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 165: He'elem ha'atzmi of chochma is atzmus ha'taanug, revealed in the future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-165-he-elem-ha-atzmi-of-chochma-is-atzmus-ha-taanug-revealed-in-the-future) — 2026-07-22T17:04:04+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 164: Through chochma we reach atzmus, because pnimiyus abba pnimiyus atik](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-164-through-chochma-we-reach-atzmus-because-pnimiyus-abba-pnimiyus-atik) — 2026-07-21T17:05:02+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 163: Ayin of chochma is the ayin of keser; outer and inner chochma sti'maah are one](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-163-ayin-of-chochma-is-the-ayin-of-keser-outer-and-inner-chochma-sti-maah-are-one) — 2026-07-20T16:56:57+00:00
- [Is taanug ha'atzmi generated through Torah study (chochma) or mitzvos (seamless kabolas ol)?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/is-taanug-ha-atzmi-generated-through-torah-study-chochma-or-mitzvos-seamless-kabolas-ol) — 2026-07-19T17:04:04+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 161: Opening of discourse 12: Questions on Vayetzei Yaakov m'Beersheba](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-161-opening-of-discourse-12-questions-on-vayetzei-yaakov-m-beersheba) — 2026-07-18T16:59:12+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 160: Exertion in Torah reaches the he'elem ha'atzmi, ayin lo ro'osoh of Eden](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-160-exertion-in-torah-reaches-the-he-elem-ha-atzmi-ayin-lo-ro-osoh-of-eden) — 2026-07-16T17:01:08+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 159: Considering its great level, why did Reb Zeira fast to forget Talmud Bavli?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-159-considering-its-great-level-why-did-reb-zeira-fast-to-forget-talmud-bavli) — 2026-07-14T18:00:54+00:00
- [Intense pilpul is needed for Torah study outside of Israel, which reaches the he'elem ha'atzmi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/intense-pilpul-is-needed-for-torah-study-outside-of-israel-which-reaches-the-he-elem-ha-atzmi) — 2026-07-13T18:11:09+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 157: Pipul of Talmud Bavli reaches the he'elem ha'atzmi, the Torah in Atzmus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-157-pipul-of-talmud-bavli-reaches-the-he-elem-ha-atzmi-the-torah-in-atzmus) — 2026-07-11T17:00:17+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 156: Questions and answers refine the idea by removing the sediment and impurities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-156-questions-and-answers-refine-the-idea-by-removing-the-sediment-and-impurities) — 2026-07-08T17:00:31+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 155: Pilpul of Talmud Bavli leads to a crystal-clear understanding of the core truth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-155-pilpul-of-talmud-bavli-leads-to-a-crystal-clear-understanding-of-the-core-truth) — 2026-07-07T17:01:45+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 154: The Second Tablets provide the greater strength needed for avodas ha'birurim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-154-the-second-tablets-provide-the-greater-strength-needed-for-avodas-ha-birurim) — 2026-07-03T17:04:20+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 153:Torah growth over the generations empowered them to face the growing challenges](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-153-torah-growth-over-the-generations-empowered-them-to-face-the-growing-challenges) — 2026-07-03T17:02:05+00:00
- [Torah empowers the soul to refine the world; post-sin the 2nd tablets are needed for deeper refining](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/torah-empowers-the-soul-to-refine-the-world-post-sin-the-2nd-tablets-are-needed-for-deeper-refining) — 2026-07-02T17:02:24+00:00
- [How can we explain the increase in Torah gained by the second tablets as a result of sin?!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/how-can-we-explain-the-increase-in-torah-gained-by-the-second-tablets-as-a-result-of-sin) — 2026-07-01T17:00:17+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 150: How could the punishment of exertion lead to the deepest and innermost truth?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-150-how-could-the-punishment-of-exertion-lead-to-the-deepest-and-innermost-truth) — 2026-06-30T17:04:15+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 149: Deep study, effort and toil reaches the koach hi'uli ha'atzmi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-149-deep-study-effort-and-toil-reaches-the-koach-hi-uli-ha-atzmi) — 2026-06-27T16:56:32+00:00
- [Koach hiuli ha'atzmi, beyond structure and source, produces far deeper and unlimited ideas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/koach-hiuli-ha-atzmi-beyond-structure-and-source-produces-far-deeper-and-unlimited-ideas) — 2026-06-26T18:00:45+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 147: The koach ha'maskil is a manifestation of wisdom, lower than the core soul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-147-the-koach-ha-maskil-is-a-manifestation-of-wisdom-lower-than-the-core-soul) — 2026-06-25T17:00:43+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 146: Chochmah in keser and keser in chochmah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-146-chochmah-in-keser-and-keser-in-chochmah) — 2026-06-24T17:28:04+00:00
- [Chochmah of ohr yoshor and ohr chozer are like the difference between coal and flint](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/chochmah-of-ohr-yoshor-and-ohr-chozer-are-like-the-difference-between-coal-and-flint) — 2026-06-24T17:26:02+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 144: Two levels of concealment: with our without substance, hot coal vs. flint stone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-144-two-levels-of-concealment-with-our-without-substance-hot-coal-vs-flint-stone) — 2026-06-23T17:00:11+00:00
- [Binah -- the power to dig deeper beyond the parameters of chochma and discover new insights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/binah-the-power-to-dig-deeper-beyond-the-parameters-of-chochma-and-discover-new-insights) — 2026-06-21T18:07:01+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 142: "those who wait for him" are those who exert themselves in in-depth Torah study](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-142-those-who-wait-for-him-are-those-who-exert-themselves-in-in-depth-torah-study) — 2026-06-19T17:02:02+00:00
- [Yaaseh l'mechakeh lo (hope) is the performance of mitzvos that generates ratzon and taanug ha'atzmi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/yaaseh-l-mechakeh-lo-hope-is-the-performance-of-mitzvos-that-generates-ratzon-and-taanug-ha-atzmi) — 2026-06-19T16:59:28+00:00
- [Ratzon and taanug ha'atzmi in mitzvos; today the ratzon is revealed and the taanug concealed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/ratzon-and-taanug-ha-atzmi-in-mitzvos-today-the-ratzon-is-revealed-and-the-taanug-concealed) — 2026-06-17T17:04:55+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 139: How taanug and ratzon interact with each other](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-139-how-taanug-and-ratzon-interact-with-each-other) — 2026-06-17T17:02:54+00:00
- [Ratzon expresses the depths of the etzem; taanug ha'atzmi remains fundamentally concealed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/ratzon-expresses-the-depths-of-the-etzem-taanug-ha-atzmi-remains-fundamentally-concealed) — 2026-06-15T17:01:02+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 137: Ratzon, mesiras nefesh reaches Atzmus, deeper than revealed pleasure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-137-ratzon-mesiras-nefesh-reaches-atzmus-deeper-than-revealed-pleasure) — 2026-06-14T18:04:44+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 136: Taanug and ratzon's role in creating an interface between Atzmus and existence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-136-taanug-and-ratzon-s-role-in-creating-an-interface-between-atzmus-and-existence) — 2026-06-12T17:00:11+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 135: Ratzon expresses the intense drive of the soul, unlike conscious taanug](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-135-ratzon-expresses-the-intense-drive-of-the-soul-unlike-conscious-taanug) — 2026-06-11T17:02:31+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 134: Ratzon is expressive; taanug -- non-expressive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-134-ratzon-is-expressive-taanug-non-expressive) — 2026-06-11T16:59:57+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 133: Taanug ha'atzmi remains concealed and unexpressed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-133-taanug-ha-atzmi-remains-concealed-and-unexpressed) — 2026-06-10T16:57:58+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 132: Every ratzon has concealed taanug within](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-132-every-ratzon-has-concealed-taanug-within) — 2026-06-07T17:00:35+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 131: Ratzon reaches higher than taanug, causing the soul to be in a state of shuv](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-131-ratzon-reaches-higher-than-taanug-causing-the-soul-to-be-in-a-state-of-shuv) — 2026-06-04T16:56:59+00:00
- [The baal teshuva's transformation and mesiras nefesh is greater than that of the tzaddik's](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/the-baal-teshuva-s-transformation-and-mesiras-nefesh-is-greater-than-that-of-the-tzaddik-s) — 2026-06-03T17:01:29+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 129:Difference between a tzaddik and a baal teshuva's repulsion to worldly pleasures](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-129-difference-between-a-tzaddik-and-a-baal-teshuva-s-repulsion-to-worldly-pleasures) — 2026-06-03T16:59:07+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 128: Ratzon has the power to turn pleasure into pain and pain into pleasure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-128-ratzon-has-the-power-to-turn-pleasure-into-pain-and-pain-into-pleasure) — 2026-06-03T16:57:06+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 127: How do we explain taanug and ratzon?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-127-how-do-we-explain-taanug-and-ratzon) — 2026-06-01T16:59:45+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 126: Ratzon -- the inner driving force of mitzvos, and taanug its outer expression.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-126-ratzon-the-inner-driving-force-of-mitzvos-and-taanug-its-outer-expression) — 2026-06-01T16:57:35+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 125: Taanug and ratzon are one -- the level of etzem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-125-taanug-and-ratzon-are-one-the-level-of-etzem) — 2026-05-28T16:57:02+00:00
- [A second, opposite mode: ratzon is the inner driving force, and taanug is its outer expression](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/a-second-opposite-mode-ratzon-is-the-inner-driving-force-and-taanug-is-its-outer-expression) — 2026-05-17T17:02:49+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 123: Pleasure is the inner driving force of the outer expression of desire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-123-pleasure-is-the-inner-driving-force-of-the-outer-expression-of-desire) — 2026-05-15T16:55:37+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 122: Pleasure is the inner motive and vitality behind will](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-122-pleasure-is-the-inner-motive-and-vitality-behind-will) — 2026-05-14T17:00:07+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 121: Mitzvos reach and generate ta'anug ha'atzmi, the level which no eye has seen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-121-mitzvos-reach-and-generate-ta-anug-ha-atzmi-the-level-which-no-eye-has-seen) — 2026-05-14T16:58:00+00:00
- [Action-based Mitzvos in Asiya draw the etzem into the written and oral Torah (beriya and yetzira)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/action-based-mitzvos-in-asiya-draw-the-etzem-into-the-written-and-oral-torah-beriya-and-yetzira) — 2026-05-14T16:55:55+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 119: How souls reach the etzem, re'usa d'liba, and then reveal it in giluiim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-119-how-souls-reach-the-etzem-re-usa-d-liba-and-then-reveal-it-in-giluiim) — 2026-05-11T17:01:44+00:00
- [Re'usa d'liba's impact on mitzvos. Reaching re'usa d'liba through avodah with the revealed faculties](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/re-usa-d-liba-s-impact-on-mitzvos-reaching-re-usa-d-liba-through-avodah-with-the-revealed-faculties) — 2026-05-09T17:00:15+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 117: Souls are connected with the Divine on a core level, like a child to a parent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-117-souls-are-connected-with-the-divine-on-a-core-level-like-a-child-to-a-parent) — 2026-05-08T16:58:06+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 116: The love of re'usa d'liba is due to the soul's core connection with Atzmus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-116-the-love-of-re-usa-d-liba-is-due-to-the-soul-s-core-connection-with-atzmus) — 2026-05-07T16:57:33+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 115: Levels of contemplation in prayer that generate love, but cannot grasp Atzmus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-115-levels-of-contemplation-in-prayer-that-generate-love-but-cannot-grasp-atzmus) — 2026-05-06T16:59:50+00:00
- [Atzmus Ohr Ein Sof is completely beyond existence and all forms of comprehension, including negation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/atzmus-ohr-ein-sof-is-completely-beyond-existence-and-all-forms-of-comprehension-including-negation) — 2026-05-05T16:57:21+00:00
- [Samach Vav 113: No thought can grasp You at all. Two types of comprehension: Positive and negative](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-113-no-thought-can-grasp-you-at-all-two-types-of-comprehension-positive-and-negative) — 2026-05-04T17:03:32+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 112: The primary element in mitzvos is kabolas ol, which generates the ratzon atzmi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-112-the-primary-element-in-mitzvos-is-kabolas-ol-which-generates-the-ratzon-atzmi) — 2026-05-03T17:01:24+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 111: The difference between sovev in creation and that revealed through mitzvos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-111-the-difference-between-sovev-in-creation-and-that-revealed-through-mitzvos) — 2026-05-01T16:55:51+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 110: Mitzvos draw the core essence of ohr ein sof into existence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-110-mitzvos-draw-the-core-essence-of-ohr-ein-sof-into-existence) — 2026-04-26T17:02:46+00:00
- [Difference between the inherent structure of creation and the desired structure of mitzvos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/difference-between-the-inherent-structure-of-creation-and-the-desired-structure-of-mitzvos) — 2026-04-24T16:57:48+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 108: The parameters of mitzvos are only a result of the divine desire, not inherent](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-108-the-parameters-of-mitzvos-are-only-a-result-of-the-divine-desire-not-inherent) — 2026-04-23T17:00:56+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 107: Difference between the desire for creation and the desire for mitzvos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-107-difference-between-the-desire-for-creation-and-the-desire-for-mitzvos) — 2026-04-23T16:58:38+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 106: Review of the three levels in the Kav HaMidah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-106-review-of-the-three-levels-in-the-kav-hamidah) — 2026-04-23T16:56:25+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 105: Three levels in the kav ha'midah. The etzem can change the structure entirely.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-105-three-levels-in-the-kav-ha-midah-the-etzem-can-change-the-structure-entirely) — 2026-04-20T16:59:19+00:00
- [Root of medidah in the pre-tzimtzum desire for existence that envisions all that will be actualized](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/root-of-medidah-in-the-pre-tzimtzum-desire-for-existence-that-envisions-all-that-will-be-actualized) — 2026-04-18T16:58:48+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 103: The partitions throughout the cosmic order, which conceal the divine light](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-103-the-partitions-throughout-the-cosmic-order-which-conceal-the-divine-light) — 2026-04-17T16:55:27+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 102: The light flows through one kav, and not many kavim, to create hierarchy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-102-the-light-flows-through-one-kav-and-not-many-kavim-to-create-hierarchy) — 2026-04-16T16:59:10+00:00
- [Samach Vav Part 101: The role of the elements used to create existence -- ohr ein sof, tzimtzum, kav](https://stenobird.com/podcast/samach-vav-7586426/samach-vav-part-101-the-role-of-the-elements-used-to-create-existence-ohr-ein-sof-tzimtzum-kav) — 2026-04-15T17:01:56+00:00

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