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Vayigash 5751Volume 13 · Issue 15
Permanence Within Change
The Zohar continues, “Anyone who is sinful with sins that he tramples with his foot is unaware of them and is always fearful.” He finds himself not in a good state, in a state of fear, in days of evil. And he knows not why. The prophet reveals in the verse that it is due to the sins that he tramples under heel. Setting himself on such a path is cause for what are called days
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Beshalach 5746Volume 13 · Issue 20
Mirror Image
Pray tell, who is to blame for this evil. Who are you and from where do you hail? What is your occupation and from which nation are you?”
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Shemini-HaChodesh 5776Volume 13 · Issue 26
Obligation and Exemption
The Torah was given with fear and trepidation, trembling and quaking, and we must act with it as it was given (Berachos 22a). The original law set forth that one who was in an opposing state of mind was prohibited from Torah study
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Vayeira 5754Volume 16 · Issue 7
Cry of Woe
illness, but a broken spirit, who—mi—will bear it?” The sages interpret it as a statement—the transcendent level of mi will bear the broken spirit. Likewise, it says (Yeshayahu 51:12), “Who are you that you fear man…
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Acharei-Kedoshim 5756Volume 17 · Issue 25
Creates and Governs
revealed with open miracles. As we say in the Passover Haggadah (Shemos 12:12), “I shall pass through the Land of Egypt,” I and not an angel…, I and not a messenger…, I and none other. ““And with great fear,” this refers to the revelation of the Divine Presence.”
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Behaaloscha 5756Volume 17 · Issue 28
Clear World
As the earlier commentators explain—Rabbeinu Saadiah Gaon, Ibn Ezra, and emergent from Rashi—those found written in the book are those of whom it says elsewhere (Malachi 3:16), “At that time, those who fear God spoke—each man to his fellow, and God listened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear God and for those who give thought to His Name.”
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Toldos 5757Volume 18 · Issue 10
Paired Riders
will lie down with none to frighten you. I will abolish evil beasts from the Land (cf. Bava Metzia 83b), and a sword will not pass through your Land” (Vayikra 26:3-6). There will be no cause for fear, no worries. All that is happening is due to the sword we have placed in their hands. We are the ones who supply and fortify all the forces that stand against us.
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Rosh Hashanah 5757Volume 18 · Issue 4
Mercy in Judgment
every thirteen- or twelve-year old, or even a child old enough to be educated. And Israel is being addressed! Even as recent as two or three generations ago, most of the God-fearing population would quake in fear. There were those so distraught that it was impossible to speak to them. The fear was palpable. It was in the air. It could be cut with a knife.
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Vayeitzei 5758Volume 19 · Issue 10
Like Daybreak
All such nonsense is merely the superficial expression of our fear. The fear is more profound and internal. It is the elemental fear of nonbeing.
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Shemos 5758Volume 19 · Issue 15
The Rod and the Snake
turned into a snake, Moshe Rabbeinu fled from it. He was well aware that seconds before it had been the Lord’s rod. Nonetheless, the snake it had become caused him to flee. God commanded him despite his fear to grasp its tail. And with great effort, he did so, and it turned into the Lord’s rod.
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Ki Seitzei 5759Volume 20 · Issue 2
Avoiding Past Mistakes
The Hebrew word charadah, anxiousness, appears often in the Written Torah. It does not convey plain fear. For this, there are other terms. It conveys fearfulness that causes all the senses to be sharpened and focused.
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Toldos 5761Volume 21 · Issue 10
Jokers of the Generation
On this note, it says (Tehillim 31:20), “What abundance is there to the goodness that You have hidden for those who fear You.” This means that His attribute of goodness is hidden. It cannot be revealed directly, in the same manner as it originally emerged.
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Shelach 5761Volume 21 · Issue 32
Altered Sequence
Here, in This World, it is concealed. “How abundant is the goodness that You have hidden for those who fear You!” (Tehillim 31:20). “No eye has seen, Lord, other than You” (Yeshayahu 64:3; Berachos 34b).
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Mishpatim-Shekalim 5766Volume 2 · Issue 21
The Community of Israel
…t it derives from the verse (Yirmiyahu 30:10), “But as for you, do not fear, My servant Yaakov—the word of God, and do not be afraid, Israel, for behold, I will save you from afar and your descendents from the land…
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Shoftim 5766Volume 3 · Issue 1
Promise of Repentance
…of the natural order of the world, for its sound contains an element of fear. It causes shock and trembling, as stated in the verse quoted earlier by the Tur, “Shall a shofar be sounded in a city, and the people not…
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Chayei Sarah 5767Volume 3 · Issue 10
Foundation of Prayer
Kingship. A king rules over subjects who serve him, and he is master over them. Indeed, the Name for the Attribute of Kingship is Adnus, the Name of Mastery. When God berates the Jewish People for their lack of fear, He tells them, “If I am Master, where is the fear of Me?” says God Master of Hosts (Malachi 1:6).”
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Vayakhel-Pekudei-HaChodesh 5767Volume 3 · Issue 26
Time Forward
…Purity, Purity leads to Devotion, Devotion leads to Humility, Humility leads to Fear of Sin, Fear of Sin leads to Sanctity, Sanctity leads to the Spirit of Holiness, and the Spirit of Holiness leads to the Resurrection of the Dead.”…
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Bamidbar 5767Volume 3 · Issue 31
Shavuos: Birth of King David
foundation of kingship as well is that the entire concept of kingship is glory. The Talmud states, “One who sees a king recites the blessing, “Blessed are You, God, Who apportioned of His glory to those who fear Him,” or in the case of a gentile king, “Who gave of His glory to flesh and blood” (Berachos 58a).”
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Rosh Hashanah 5766Volume 3 · Issue 5
Face of Judgment
…ome as shame. For example, in the blessing before Shema in the morning, we say, “Enlighten our eyes in Your Torah, attach our hearts to Your commandments, and unify our hearts to love and to fear Your Name, so…
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Ki Savo 5767Volume 4 · Issue 3
The Cry of the Shofar
On Rosh Hashanah, we pray, “And so, inspire all Your works to fear You, God our Lord, and all Your creations to dread You. Then, all works will revere You, and all creations will bow before You.” How will this happen? Can the world continue as is? Can everything remain with its current
