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Balak 5765Volume 1 · Issue 19
Creation: The True Relationship
legs that walk together. When our consciousness embodies the fundamental connection that is creation, our entire system focuses on the True Will that is the essence of creation. Once there is a breach in the wall of faith and the main intent of creation—our togetherness with the Creator—disappears, we are open to all types of deviant relationships.
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Pinchas 5765Volume 1 · Issue 20
Destruction of the Self
…nces stem from an intentional malice meant to uproot the fundamentals of our faith. The writing on the Tablets was indelible, yet they chose this very word to describe an object that is not only erasable, but whose whole purpose…
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Mattos 5765Volume 1 · Issue 21
Within the Straits of Sin
In other words, the Ten Commandments were given as existing realities. “I am God,” did not command us to have faith that it is so but states in fact that it is so. “Do not have foreign deities,” did not command us that “You shall not have foreign deities,” but a statement of fact that “You will not have foreign deities.” When
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VaYakhel 5765Volume 1 · Issue 6
Half-Shekel: The Value of Life
other existence at all. While in This World, one cannot fathom such a reality for it necessitates the negation of one’s own existence and the existence of all that surrounds him. In This World, we have faith that it is so, but its actual perception is only by grasping that there is nothing like His value.
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Korach 5760Volume 20 · Issue 35
Twilight of the Future
Let it be understood. Today, we find ourselves at twilight before the Sabbath (cf. Ramban to Bereshis 2:3). We believe with absolute faith that very soon, the world of the Sabbath will be revealed, “On that day, God will be One and His Name will be One” (Zechariah 14:9).
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Balak 5760Volume 20 · Issue 37
From Devastation to Kingship
In the reality where the attribute of justice is scorching, dominant, “He indeed has no faith in His holy ones (Iyov15:15; cf. Chagigah 5a), and He casts reproach upon His angels” (ibid. 4:18). No one can stand before His absolute justice. Existing in itself slightly contradicts the attribute of justice. It is fearsome.
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Devarim 5760Volume 20 · Issue 38
Destruction of the Mind
The Chazon Ish begins his work Emunah UBitachon by saying that the only way to attain faith is by looking at the world with the eye of an intelligent being. Then, we see before us a great and lofty wonder, and we can reach true intellect
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Rosh Hashanah 5759Volume 20 · Issue 5
Festival of the Covered Moon
Let us appreciate the trial. It was truly fearsome. The Creator commands and Avraham Avinu knows with absolute faith that it will all be resolved. He will sacrifice his son as the Creator commands and his son will continue his legacy as well, and the marginal fact of the contradiction is truly marginal and inconsequential.
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Lech Lecha 5760Volume 20 · Issue 8
Concluding Generation
plentiful in the world today. There is no lack of idols to shatter—there are all kinds of ceremonies and all kinds of alternatives. An onlooker can only wonder what meaning all this has for one who has no faith. And when people go to die for a flag, it entails every form of idolatry, including the transfer of offspring to Molech, as well as all the others.
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Vayigash 5761Volume 21 · Issue 15
Tragic Month
“There, God will give you a contentious heart, ever-longing eyes, and despair of mind. Your life will hang in suspense before you. You will be fearful night and day, and you will have no faith in your life….”
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Beshalach 5761Volume 21 · Issue 19
Crossing Over
Its creation reveals Him as Creator, and its continued existence reveals Him as the One Who governs it. “I believe with complete faith that the Creator creates” all things “and governs” them throughout the order of time.
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Behar-Bechukosai 5761Volume 21 · Issue 28
Passionate Devotion
Were an example sought, we need but look at the world today. We know with absolute faith that we are now on the heels of the Messianic Era, on the threshold of the revelation of Heaven’s glory. Naturally, since the revelation is a matter of reversal, everything is now in the opposite direction.
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Naso 5761Volume 21 · Issue 30
Between Man and His Fellow
In the opinion of some earlier commentators, this is counted as one of the 613 mitzvos. It commands us to believe in God’s existence—to have the clear recognition and understanding, complete faith, that He creates and governs the world. He is existence itself and all that exists He produced from His true existence. No other existence can even be entertained, because it would be paradoxical (Rambam, Sefer HaMitzvos, Aseh 1, Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah
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Tetzaveh-Zachor 5762Volume 22 · Issue 21
Internal Shift
Any member of Israel, anyone who accepts the Torah, knows with absolute faith that his starting point is beyond him—and it is the true beginning.
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Shelach 5762Volume 22 · Issue 29
Linked to the Source
When Moshe Rabbeinu questioned Israel’s intensified enslavement after his initial plea for redemption, the Creator bemoans the loss of the Fathers whose faith was unwavering (Shemos 6:3-4; Rashi).
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Vayigash 5766Volume 2 · Issue 15
Teves: Rising Beyond
atmuhei; Shemos Rabbah 47:1; cf. Tanchuma Ki Sisa chapter 34) that the nations of the world would eventually translate the Torah and claim, “We are Israel,” exactly what they claim today and the core of their faith.
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Vayechi 5766Volume 2 · Issue 16
From the Depths of Despair
Yaakov Avinu still lives. Do not look to the surface, do not look to appearances, do not look to the simple meaning of peshat. Reflect upon the depths, contemplate inwardly, seek the profound meaning of derash. Remember and have faith that just as his descendents are alive so is he alive. One who truly seeks understands.
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Ki Savo 5765Volume 2 · Issue 3
Forging the Bond of Life
One who knows and has faith in the depths of the judgment and its severity, yet puts aside all of his personal needs, even what pertains to his very life, understanding the ultimate self-sacrifice and mesirus nefesh that it entails, and truly requests only
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Vayeishev Erev Chanukah 5767Volume 3 · Issue 14
Triumph of the Righteous
With their newfound wisdom, the Greeks introduced freethinking apostasy and denial of faith. The chasm that separates their logic and ours is abysmal, but the battle is fierce. They propose human logic, logic that begins from their own hearts; they do not occupy themselves in anything other than what they see (cf. Ramban
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Vayigash 5767Volume 3 · Issue 16
Light in the Darkness
…re clear, whose great wisdom approximated that of R’ Akiva, and whose holiness included him among only four people who entered the Orchard on High, yet Greek wisdom ensnared him and transformed him into a complete denier of faith. Despite the great depths of understanding that he reached and despite the supernal visions that he beheld, he became an absolute heretic—he desecrated the Sabbath, committed sins of immorality, and transgressed all the commandments. How did he stoop
