# The Tanya on Jewish and Non-Jewish Souls: A Critique of Chabad-Lubavitch

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- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 2:40
- Published: 2026-08-06
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch) in the identity of this text and where Chabad Lubavitch points, because this is the founder and this is the fundamental book, I repeat.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=8) And it says clearly, here it says clearly, the souls of the nations of the world emanate from the impure Kelipot.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=18) Kelipot is synonymous with evil and impurity, containing no good whatsoever, as it is written in Etz Chaim, Gate 49, chapter 3. That all the good that the nations do, they do for selfish motives.

[0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=37) The goyim nations, meaning, the non-Jews.

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=41) That is why the Gemara comments on the verse, the kindness of the nations is sin.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=47) In other words, if a country does good, for them it is a sin.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=51) For the Tanya, for Chabad Lubavitch, that all the charity and kindness done by the nations of the world is only for self-glorification.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=60) This is the thought they have regarding the goyim, the non-Jews.

[1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=66) Impure women, prostitutes, etc.

[1:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=71) And in chapter 2, here they refer us to page 22 of this edition of the Tanya, it says that Jews have two souls, and the Jewish soul has a particle of God, it is part of God. That of the goyim, of the non-Jew, is not part of that. It says,

[1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=90) the second soul, exclusive to the Jewish person, is a part of God, it is a part of what is on high.

[1:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=100) This is the thought of the Jews, not of the goyim, of the non-Jews.

[1:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=105) It seems to me that this is discriminatory, because if there is something segregationist and derogatory towards fellow human beings, especially in a country where they are not the majority.

[1:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=114) In the world, there is no country, because Judaism has 30 million people, 0.4% of the world population.

[2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=123) And look, it says, the soul of every Jew is derived from the thought and wisdom of God, because He is wise.

[2:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=139) This is what it says, I have taken this text from the Tanya, by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, who is practically the founder of Chabad Lubavitch, which is a branch that stems from the Hasidism of Israel ben Eliezer.

[2:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5ZYPeZtQpXFs/en/the-tanya-on-jewish-and-non-jewish-souls-a-critique-of-chabad-lubavitch?t=157) I invite you to read and research.