Acharei-Kedoshim 5772Volume 8 · Issue 25

Unified Course of Life

Arizal, warns emphatically against squandering these days, Heaven forbid. Anyone who loses them has no recourse until next year—and if he loses those as well, he has no recourse at all (cf. Kiddushin 40a).

In On the Torah IV · Chapter 120View Sefer

Bamidbar 5772Volume 8 · Issue 29

Beyond Space and Time

He responds to the captain, “I am an Ivri,” a crosser of the sea. I am not agitated by the sea, for I am one who crossed it, “And God, Lord of the Heavens, is the One I fear, Who made the sea and the dry land.” I have crossed the sea and I have a place in it. I am an Ivri, and I am in my own element here.

Shelach 5772Volume 8 · Issue 31

Broken Connection

…sense, the Attribute of Kindness is love and the Attribute of Justice is fear. Everyone more or less knows what he loves—what calls to him, what he wishes to join—as well as what he fears—what deters him, what…

In The Three Weeks · Chapter 30View Sefer

Chukas 5772Volume 8 · Issue 33

Creation of Faith

awareness, understanding, and wisdom…. They are filled with radiance and they emit brightness; their radiance is comely throughout the world. They are glad in their departure and joyous in their arrival; they perform the Will of their Maker with fear.”

In On the Torah V · Chapter 164View Sefer

Toldos 5773Volume 9 · Issue 10

Connection of Essence

The constant skirmishes are constant causes of fear. And the Creator placed the entire world in this predicament. Today, it is impossible to live anywhere in the world with tranquility and calm. Even those who are young can recall such a time. One need not be overly

In Sabbath & Prayer · Chapter 17View Sefer

Shemos 5773Volume 9 · Issue 16

Fathers of the World

what we await. This is our hope, the longing of our souls. We yearn and pray for the day when God will be One and His Name will be One. This is also our prayer during the Days of…

In Exile & Exodus · Chapter 21View Sefer

Mishpatim-Shekalim 5773Volume 9 · Issue 20

Acquisition of Honor

values. Our great task is to evaluate correctly. Among those on high, none has this capacity. Here, in This World, is where the entire subject exists. On high, there are needs, even realms of honor whose concept is nullification, fear, subservience, but not the concept of value.

In Chanukah & Purim · Chapter 23View Sefer

Tetzaveh-Zachor 5773Volume 9 · Issue 22

Joint Forces

It was thus Balaam and Balak together again; here, they joined forces. At their original collusion, the Torah reveals that there was fear and concern lest the curse of Balaam manifest itself, and altering the course of world governance was required to prevent it. During the reign of Achashverosh, the same thing happened. There was a joint effort, and it required special attention from