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Toldos 5757Volume 18 · Issue 10
Paired Riders
Yishmael has absolute faith in the One Lord, the Lord of Avraham. He knows with certainty that all he has and all he receives is from on high. But his power lies in what he does with this faith. His defilement is in ascribing
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Pekudei 5760Volume 20 · Issue 25
World of Numbers
Faith
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Bo 5761Volume 21 · Issue 18
Unequivocal Future
Fundamentals of Faith
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Ki Savo 5774Volume 11 · Issue 3
The Longing of Israel
Principles of Faith
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Vaeira 5757Volume 18 · Issue 17
Monumental Transition
Faith and Truth
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Chayei Sarah 5757Volume 18 · Issue 9
Owner of All
The concept is that he was born from Avraham, he grew up in the house of Avraham, and he is very strong in faith, which the Rambam calls the principle that Avraham had planted (Hilchos Avodah Zarah 1:3). Rabbeinu Bechayei and other earlier commentators consider his faith genuine, and it is hinted in the words of the sages as well. His eyes are always
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Ki Seitzei 5759Volume 20 · Issue 2
Avoiding Past Mistakes
Embrace Faith
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Vayeishev Erev Chanukah 5770Volume 6 · Issue 11
Redemption of Thanks
…ce, although the physical manifestation is unclear. This represents heretical thoughts, which takes true perception and uproots it, as implied by the Hebrew word for scorpion, akrav related to akar, uproot. Indeed, the Rambam often refers to faith as the ikar, the root that Avraham planted (cf. Hilchos Avodah Zarah 1:3); consequently, denial of faith aims at uprooting it. The similarity of the words ikar, root, and akar, uproot, and their reverse meanings, is common in Hebrew
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Beshalach 5750Volume 14 · Issue 19
Ultimate Fruition
The Talmud (Shabbos 31a) interprets each of the six nouns in the verse (Yeshayahu 33:6), “He shall be the faith of your times, a heritage of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge,” corresponding to the six orders of the Mishnah. The first noun, faith, parallels the first order, the order of plantings. Tosafos states, “The Jerusalem Talmud explains that one has faith
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Vayeitzei 5754Volume 16 · Issue 9
Laughing and Jesting
In essence, this is the primary concept of the husk and defilement called Yishmael, the offscourings of the home of Avraham. In all that pertains to faith, to their relationship on high, they are plainly the strongest in the world. Even our masters assert this. Their faith is very comprehensive and very profound. It encompasses faith in the Creator of the World, as well as Divine Providence
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Vayeira 5761Volume 13 · Issue 8
Divine Providence and Governance
Let us explore an extremely relevant topic that relates to the principles of faith, but of which many are unsure and of which there is much misapprehension.
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Korach 5756Volume 17 · Issue 30
Miracle of Necessity
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 by the hidden arts and sorcery.
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Chayei Sarah 5756Volume 17 · Issue 9
Brilliant Scholars
Today, we have entered deeper into this curse. For quite some time, the young have been acting haughtily over the elder and the dishonored over the honored. But now it is far more severe. Consequently, we must have faith and we must yearn that all these manifestations aim to hasten the Ultimate Redemption. This is the only way for us to understand Heavenly governance.
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Bo 5760Volume 20 · Issue 19
A Matter of Speech
delivered you from the Land of Egypt” (Shemos 20:2). This hinged the entire Torah on His revelation as the One Who delivered us from Egypt. It is the very roots of our existence, of existence altogether, and of faith. It sustains and supports us—we draw life and we are all we are only from the Exodus.
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Ki Sisa 5760Volume 20 · Issue 23
Governance of Unity
Faith in the Nights
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Vayeishev 5762Volume 22 · Issue 11
Lessons in Martyrdom
The furnace of the Kasdim is where he had forfeited his life for his faith—for the matters he perceived on his own. The truth was so clear to him that he gave his life for it. Then, the Creator miraculously delivered him.
