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Toldos 5760Volume 20 · Issue 11
Means of Bonding
As all know, he is the head of faith, the leader of the faithful. And this is his essence (Shir HaShirim Rabbah 4:8; Selichos for Erev Rosh Hashanah).
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Korach 5768Volume 4 · Issue 36
Absolute Promise
The Rambam writes, “Moshe Rabbeinu—Israel did not have faith in him because of the signs he performed, for one who has faith because of signs has weakness in his heart, since it is possible that the sign be performed by incantations and sorcery. Rather, all the signs that Moshe performed
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Shoftim 5751Volume 15 · Issue 1
Time of Change
This is our most elemental awareness, even before the principles of faith, and this is how we live. To be a member of Israel is unfeasible without the awareness that everything in creation reveals an aspect of the glory of Heaven that must be revealed through man. Nothing in all the revelations
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Shoftim 5775Volume 12 · Issue 1
Days of Fearsomeness
In continuation, we pray (Tehillim 27:12-13), “Do not give me over to the will of my oppressors, for false witnesses and speakers 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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Ki Seitzei 5749Volume 14 · Issue 1
Fearful Alertness
He continues with an additional allusion. “Similarly, it says (Tehillim 27:13), “If not for my faith to see the goodness of God in the land of life….” The Hebrew word lule, “if not for,” is the letters of Elul, because from Elul and on, I am alert toward God.”
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Tazri'a Metzora 5750Volume 14 · Issue 25
Labor of Learning
The Talmud states (Berachos 12a), “Anyone who has not said Emes VeYatziv—True and Firm—in the morning, and Emes Ve’Emunah—True and Faithful—in the evening, has not fulfilled his obligation, as it says (Tehillim 92:3), “To relate Your kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness in the nights.”
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Tazri'a-HaChodesh 5768Volume 4 · Issue 28
The New World of Time
…eneath the sun (Koheles 1:3),” must inevitably conclude the worst denial of faith. The most profound apostasy, which denies not merely the essence but all principles of faith, is the declaration that the world always existed, may…
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Bamidbar 5760Volume 20 · Issue 32
A Legion of Days
This is a slightly different way to understand why the Hebrew words for counting, whether minyan or pekidah, also express faith. It truly seems peculiar, the concepts unrelated. But the foregoing explains it.
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Shoftim 5772Volume 9 · Issue 1
Crossroads of Redemption
He continues, “Likewise, in the verse (Tehillim 27:13), “If I did not have faith to see the goodness of God in the land of life,” the word lule, “if I did not,” contains the same letters as the word Elul, because from Elul and on, I tremble before God.”
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Ki Savo 5770Volume 7 · Issue 3
Yearning for Perfection
בבך ו'את ל'בב) and it is therefore customary to rise early and recite petitions of forgiveness from Rosh Chodesh Elul and on. Likewise, in the verse (Tehillim 27:13), “If I did not have faith to see the goodness of God in the land of life,” the word lule, “if I did not,” contains the same letters as the word Elul, because from Elul and on, I tremble before God.”
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Bamidbar 5747Volume 13 · Issue 31
Unbreakable Link
The Rambam has a somewhat novel interpretation of these verses. He begins (Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah 8:1-2), “The faith of Israel in Moshe Rabbeinu was not based on the signs that he performed, for he whose faith is based on signs harbors doubt in his heart, for the sign can be performed by hidden arts and sorcery. Instead, all the signs
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Tetzaveh 5757Volume 18 · Issue 22
Doubled Purim
Let us begin with one of the principles of faith.
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Tazri'a-HaChodesh 5752Volume 15 · Issue 28
Quintessential Originality
Faith in the Torah
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Nitzavim 5751Volume 15 · Issue 4
Gifts for the Poor
Deficiency of Faith
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Bo 5757Volume 18 · Issue 18
Commemorating the Wonders
Creation of Faith
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Ki Sisa 5763Volume 10 · Issue 22
Transitional Stage
As the ones who accepted the Torah, we know with absolute faith that This World as it currently appears is not what God had intended. It is a world by which we can reach what He intended. It is an antechamber (Avos 4:16), and an antechamber is not a place to linger. No one lives
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Pekudei-HaChodesh 5754Volume 16 · Issue 23
Time of Miracles
The words of the Rambam are well known but ultimately not understood. He writes regarding the Messianic King, “Anyone who does not have faith in him or who does not await his arrival not only denies other prophets but also the Torah and Moshe Rabbeinu” (Hilchos Melachim 11:1).
