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Taanug

תענוג

Delight (taanug, oneg) · also: עונג העליון

Delight, the inner side of will. Above, the supernal delight of Atik, whose source is His very self: the source of Chochmah, covered by the Supernal Will and drawn down through the mitzvos.

The word תענוג and עונג also mean ordinary pleasure (in food, sight, a new idea), which the text uses as its analogy. A person’s pleasure comes from something outside him; the supernal delight (עונג העליון, תענוג העליון) is His very self (Achrei Mot 4:17). “Oneg” in "וקראת לשבת עונג" is read as that supernal delight drawn down on Shabbos.

Where it’s explained

  1. Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 7, ¶5Will is the “forehead,” which covers what is within: so will covers delight and clothes it so that it is not revealed. In Keser, Atik is the inner side and Arich Anpin the outer, the Supernal Will in which the delight of Ein Sof is clothed; it is revealed in the mitzvos, done in Malchus.כך הרצון הוא מכסה על התענוג ומלביש אותו לבלתי הגלות
  2. Likkutei Torah, Beshalach 1, ¶26The Supernal Will is the “back,” undivided and alike in all the mitzvos; the supernal delight clothed in them is the “face,” the inner intent clothed in the will, so each mitzvah has its own particular delight, as the delight of sight differs from that of hearing.אבל העונג העליון ב״ה המלובש במצות יש לכל מצוה תענוג פרטי כי העונג הוא פנימי׳ המכוון המלובש ברצון
  3. Likkutei Torah, Acharei 4, ¶17A person’s delight comes from something outside him, such as learning or food; the source of delight is His very self, since nothing is outside Him, and it is drawn by contraction and clothed in Chochmah. The white garments of Yom Kippur reveal the essence of delight, simple and not yet clothed in anything.כי מקור התענוג הוא בחי׳ עצמותו ית׳ ואינו עד״מ התענוג שלמטה באדם שהתענוג הוא מאיזו דבר שחוץ ממנו
  4. Torah Ohr, Yisro 6, ¶12Above, the supernal delight is the source of Chochmah: the “nothing” (ayin) from which Chochmah is found is delight, and Chochmah is called “first” (reishis) as receiver from the “head” (rosh), the supernal delight; rosh has the letters of asher, a term of happiness and delight.וכמו״כ למעלה בחי׳ תענוג העליון הוא מקור החכמה. וזהו בחי׳ מאין תמצא. מאין הוא בחי׳ עונג
  5. Likkutei Torah, Shemini Atzeres 1, ¶9The supernal delight reveals Or Ein Sof itself through the mitzvos, which are the Supernal Will. It is not measured to what creatures grasp but is the King’s delight in Himself, more than all the life of the World to Come; on Shabbos (“call the Shabbos a delight”) it is drawn to rest and be revealed.והוא בחי׳ עונג העליון בגילוי אור א״ס ב״ה בעצמו ובכבודו על ידי מצותיו

Stated differently

Whether the supernal delight (Atik) is revealed in Chochmah or only in Binah

Torah Ohr, Vayechi 5, ¶10וכמו שאנו רואים גם כן שגילוי התענוג הוא בחכמה כאשר יגיע לו השכלה חדשה

Or Ein Sof of Atik is revealed in Chochmah of Atzilus, since it is utter bittul; Atik is like delight, and delight is revealed in Chochmah, as when a new insight comes. Hence the Name of 72 (Chochmah) is called “love in delights.”

Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 4, ¶16ועדן הוא בחי׳ חכמה ושם מתגלה תענוג

Eden is Chochmah and there delight is revealed, though in Chochmah itself it is not felt but shines through the novelty of the insight’s appearing; the essence of delight, Or Ein Sof, is higher still.

Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 1, ¶7שהתגלות עתיק הוא בבינה דוקא ולא בחכמה כי חכמה נק׳ עדן ואין שם התגלות עתיק כי עתיק הוא מקור התענוגים

Atik, the source of delights, is revealed specifically in Binah and not in Chochmah: delight is above Chochmah, and Chochmah, called Eden, being only a point, does not bring it to revelation except through Binah, which receives the light of Atik.

Main sources

Likkutei Torah, Behaaloscha 7, ¶5Likkutei Torah, Beshalach 1, ¶26Likkutei Torah, Acharei 4, ¶17Torah Ohr, Yisro 6, ¶12Likkutei Torah, Shemini Atzeres 1, ¶9Likkutei Torah, Nitzavim 4, ¶16Torah Ohr, Lech Lecha 1, ¶7

Where it appears

In 529 paragraphs of 174 maamarim.

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