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Ki Seitzei 5766Volume 3 · Issue 2
Eternal Bond
The Ba’al HaTurim (to Devarim 30:6), yet of the earlier commentators, derives an allusion from the verse (Tehillim 27:13), “If I did not have faith to see the goodness of God in the land of the living.” The phrase “if I did not” is the translation of the Hebrew word lule, the reverse of Elul.
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Haazinu 5767Volume 3 · Issue 6
Yom Kippur: True Identity
The Code of Jewish Law and the Halachic authorities require all of us to view ourselves as intermediate, and all of our prayers revolve around this fact. We need to have faith that we are intermediate, and we need to try—as intermediate people—to receive a verdict of life. The foregoing portrays the intermediate person as an attainable status, not very far from us. May God help us and grant
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Miketz Chanukah 5768Volume 4 · Issue 13
Commandment of Light
dispersed. Yet the other aspect of its conquest remained. Greek wisdom, which the Greek Empire introduced and dominated over the entire world, remains dominant. The decisive majority of the world considers its truth absolute; therefore, the decisive majority denies faith.
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Terumah 5768Volume 4 · Issue 22
The World Within
also the heritage of nations. While the world functions according to its nature, a creation of newness is being formed within it. The entire world declares without illusion, “There is nothing new under the sun,” whereas our most fundamental faith is that we await newness—and this, while we live within the natural course of the world.
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VaYakhel 5768Volume 4 · Issue 24
Every Step of the Way
recite the blessing, “Blessed are You, God, Who sanctifies Israel and the times.” Likewise, when the Talmud discusses the Six Orders of the Mishnah, it ascribes the Order of the Festival to the verse, “He shall be the faith of your times (Yeshayahu 33:6; Shabbos 31a).”
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Bechukosai - Lag Ba'Omer 5768Volume 4 · Issue 31
Ray of Light
revelation takes the world out of the state of desolation and makes it an inhabitable place. This began when Avraham Avinu was fifty-two years old (Avodah Zarah 9a), after he recognized his Creator and spread the concept of faith throughout the world.
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Naso 5768Volume 4 · Issue 33
Difficult Beginnings
case; the taste of Eternal Life will be revealed in the future, as the Talmud says of the commandments, “Today to perform them, tomorrow to reap their reward (Eruvin 22a).” Until then, we need to have faith that our true reward is in safekeeping but existing: “Trusted is your Employer to pay you the wage of your labor (Avos 2:14).”
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Shelach 5768Volume 4 · Issue 35
The Merciful Torah
These are the most basic and fundamental truths of the Torah, of faith, of Judaism. In one place, the Torah berates us and refers to us as “A foolish and unwise nation (Devarim 32:6; cf. Bereshis Rabbah 17:5),” which Onkelos translates, “A nation that received the Torah but that is unwise
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Devarim 5768Volume 4 · Issue 41
Whisper of Hope
…miracles of Egypt and of the Sea of Reeds revealed all the principles of faith. What revelation is there in a detrimental miracle? If it is considered a miracle, it needs to reveal. What is the sense of…
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Naso 5758Volume 58 · Issue 1
Mishlei: Vehicle of Perception
Emunah • Weekly Torah Reading • Festivals • Book of Mishlei
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Beha'aloscha 5758Volume 58 · Issue 2
Mishlei: Catalyst of Wisdom
Emunah • Weekly Torah Reading • Festivals • Book of Mishlei
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Shelach 5758Volume 58 · Issue 3
Mishlei: Progressive Ascent
Emunah • Weekly Torah Reading • Festivals • Book of Mishlei
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Vayeishev 5769Volume 5 · Issue 10
Unified in Diversity
This is our faith, and in this, we hold fast. If we seize it with all our might, we too will continue to be the Nation of Israel that entered in peace and that will speedily in our days leave in peace
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Ki Seitzei 5768Volume 5 · Issue 2
Converging Paths
In the plain sense, as all earlier commentators explain, the commandment of this verse is the commandment of faith. The SeMaK elaborates. He cites the passage of the Talmud, which states that a person is asked the six questions when he is brought to judgment (Shabbos 31a), correspond to the Six Orders of Mishnah and beginning with the question, “Have
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Balak 5769Volume 5 · Issue 31
Living Eternity
waters of the city, he caused it to become bald of livelihood. As the Talmud explains, the phrase ne’arim ketanim means that they were shaken free, menu’ar, of the commandments, and they were ketanei amanah, of small faith.
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Vayakhel-Pekudei-HaChodesh 5770Volume 6 · Issue 22
Nisan: Month of Spring
The Ramban concludes, “And from the great open miracles, man acknowledges the hidden miracles, which are the foundation of the entire Torah, for man has no portion in the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu unless we have faith that all our matters and events are all miracles, consisting of nothing natural or the custom of the world, whether in public or in private.” His words are forceful and unambiguous—this is the foundation of the entire Torah.
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Rosh Hashanah 5769Volume 6 · Issue 3
Greatness of Man
…troying the world hundreds of times over. Today, one need not be great of faith to perceive that the world is not ownerless. It has an Owner Who guides it. A person who does not consciously live this, who denies this, can…
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Chukas 5770Volume 6 · Issue 31
From Ashes to Life
…the difference between death and the cessation of life is a matter of faith, but we have no perception of its essence. When we see death, we see the absolute cessation of life, but we are unable to understand…
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Vayechi 5771Volume 7 · Issue 14
Siege of the Mind
In the language of prophecy, however, one speaks things as they truly are in themselves. Consequently, these two languages cannot coexist; when God granted world dominion to the Greeks, prophecy was eliminated. Indeed, Greek culture opposes faith, for it defines the world by what man perceives. But when the Creator speaks in the world, the Greek outlook has no foothold and it simply dissipates. Inevitably, it cannot exist in the world together with prophecy.
