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Shoftim 5773Volume 10 · Issue 1
Blurring the Lines
throughout the Days of Awe. King David prays (Tehillim 27:12-13), “Do not give me over to the will of my oppressors—for false witnesses and breathers of evil have risen against me, had I not had faith to see the goodness of God in the land of life.”
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Bechukosai 5758Volume 19 · Issue 27
Count on Him
Faith and Faithfulness
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Chayei Sarah 5758Volume 19 · Issue 8
The Life of Sarah
Faith of Israel
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Yisro 5765Volume 1 · Issue 3
The Principle of Redemption
Obligation of Faith
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Naso 5758Volume 19 · Issue 29
Innumerable Number
Numbering and Faith
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Vayeishev 5754Volume 16 · Issue 11
Oppositional Frontiers
Orchard of Faith
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Korach 5762Volume 22 · Issue 30
Gone in an Instant
The Rambam writes (Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah 8:1), “Israel’s faith in Moshe Rabbeinu was not based on the signs he performed, because he whose faith is based on signs harbors doubt in his heart, since the sign can be performed through the hidden arts and sorcery.
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Nitzavim-Vayelech 5774Volume 11 · Issue 4
New Year New Life
says there is no Resurrection of the Dead…,” or in our version, “One who says there is no Resurrection of the Dead from the Torah.” The former version is that of the Rambam; it refers to one who lacks faith in the Resurrection of the Dead. One who had no faith in it will not be there.
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Beshalach 5767Volume 3 · Issue 20
Time of Resurrection
The Rambam (commentary to the Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:1), without any clear source from the sages or from the commentators that preceded him, established Thirteen Principles of Faith.
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Vaeira 5769Volume 5 · Issue 15
Conditional Creation
The Rambam writes (Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah 8:1), “The faith of Israel in Moshe Rabbeinu was not based on the signs that he performed, because one whose faith is based on signs retains doubt in his heart, for it is possible to perform the sign through the hidden arts and sorcery. Rather, all the signs that Moshe performed in the desert were based on necessity, not to bring proof to his prophecy. It was necessary to drown
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Vaeira 5748Volume 13 · Issue 18
Externalization of Exile
The Talmud states (Berachos 24b), “He who sounds his voice in prayer is among the small of faith. He who raises his voice in prayer is among the false prophets.”
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Ki Seitzei 5761Volume 22 · Issue 2
My Twin
“And likewise (Tehillim 27:13), “Were it not for my faith to see God’s goodness,” lule has the letters of Elul (לולא), because from Elul and on, I tremble before God.”
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Bamidbar 5769Volume 5 · Issue 26
The Commandment of Shavuos
The Rambam writes, “The first positive commandment is the command in which He commanded us regarding faith in God. It entails having faith that there is an Origin and Cause Who is the worker of all that exists. Of this, He said, “I am God your Lord.””
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Noach 5759Volume 13 · Issue 6
Work of the Beginning
These two paradoxes are the foundation of our faith. The underlying concept is what we wish to try to explain and understand. Let us contemplate.
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Behaaloscha 5774Volume 10 · Issue 34
Personal Redemption
determine one’s portion. They are indeed asked at the time of judgment. When a person arrives on high, he is judged what he deserves, what he should receive. He is asked, “Have you conducted your affairs with faith,” “Have you set times for Torah,” and other such questions, all of which pertain directly to the judgment.
