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Ki Seitzei 5758Volume 13 · Issue 2
Forefront of the Battle
must rely on the Hope of Israel and their Rescuer in times of distress, and know that he is waging war for the Oneness of His Name. He must place his soul in his palm and neither panic nor fear, not think of his wife or his children but erase their memory from his heart, and turn away from everything—to the war.”
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Toldos 5750Volume 14 · Issue 10
Perfect Synchronicity
relates to the endpoint. Its optimal time is at the end of the day when everyone returns home, just as the optimal time for the Morning Prayer is at the beginning of the day, as it says, “They shall fear You with the rising sun and before the moon throughout all generations” (Tehillim 72:5; Berachos 29b; Rashi).
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Vayakhel-Pekudei-HaChodesh 5750Volume 14 · Issue 24
Heritage of Nations
passage. The word neiss signifies revelation and it is often used in the sense of a banner, as in, “I will raise My neiss, banner, over the nations” “As a neiss, banner, on the hill,” “You gave those who fear You a neiss, banner, to be raised high” (Yeshayahu 49:22; 30:17; Tehillim 60:6).
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Behar-Bechukosai 5750Volume 14 · Issue 28
One Word
Our only means of integrating with the pathways where we can find an allusion to the underlying blessing and hear at least from afar, “How abundant is Your goodness that You have hidden for those who fear You” (Tehillim 31:20), is by walking along the pathways of His carved laws, which the sages explain as toil in Torah.
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Shelach 5750Volume 14 · Issue 32
Walk in Innocence
keep regressing. Despite all the great and wondrous things that the Jewish media has to say about us, we know the truth. We are becoming more obtuse, less perceptive, less knowledgeable, with less faith, less fear and love of God, and less devotion.
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Chayei Sarah 5750Volume 14 · Issue 9
Submission of Request
…explain that he meant that inclining the heart of Yishmael himself to the fear of God was preferable to performing untold miracles to provide him with a new son. But the Ramban argues and states that this explanation is…
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Yisro 5752Volume 15 · Issue 19
Structural Soundness
When the Tribes thought themselves on the brink of captivity, they were gripped with extreme fear lest they be taken as slaves—along with their donkeys (Bereshis 43:18). How does this compound the tragedy? Why is it of any concern? And they even equate it with themselves, “Shall I and my donkey eat from
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Behar 5752Volume 15 · Issue 29
Price of Transcendence
In the Prayer of Dew, Israel is even called “Fearsome ones whom You led like sheep.” And fearsome ones means they cast fear on all who see them (Shir HaShirim 6:4-10; Rashi; Ibn Ezra; Shemos Rabbah 15:6). They are staunch and mighty, they are keen of mind to the extent of casting fear, yet they consider themselves on the level
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Mattos 5752Volume 15 · Issue 38
Protected from Oppression
“No beast has power over man unless he appears animalistic” (Shabbos 151b). When man portrays his higher image, “Your fear and dread shall be upon every beast of the earth” (Bereshis 9:2). No living creature can do anything to him, let alone harm him. Even the most fierce and vicious beast flees from one who radiates the image
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Devarim 5752Volume 15 · Issue 40
Betrothed With Faith
Where is its reward? Of this, it says (Tehillim 31:20) “How great is Your goodness that You have hidden for those who fear You.” It is concealed in the deeper recesses of His thoughts. It exists and it will be revealed. But in the interim, it cannot be perceived. It is not understood nor can it be. This form of Torah, when Torah
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Vayishlach 5754Volume 16 · Issue 10
Reversed Procession
One part of this is his extreme fear and distress from Esav and his four hundred men (Bereshis 32:8). Our current focus is how Israel is arranged when facing this danger. “He placed the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children last, and Rachel
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Vaeira 5754Volume 16 · Issue 16
Transcendent Names
years ago. We are the people of faith children of the people of faith (Shabbos 97a). As the passage continues, “They bear Your yoke, they are united to unify You, they are conquered in exile, yet they study the fear of You.”
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Ki Seitzei 5753Volume 16 · Issue 2
Confounding Satan
Torah when we were on the highest level of all generations, parallel to Adam prior to the sin (Avodah Zarah 5a). Yet we could not hear such a sound for long. To remain in the state of absolute fear that it engenders is unfeasible.
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Lech Lecha 5754Volume 16 · Issue 6
Journey of Blessing
The second stage was by the Generation of the Flood. Once the Creator is forgotten, there is nothing to fear. No one stands before man and he finds himself facing a world that appears to be under his control. It is simple and clear that the next stage is for him to spread out as far as he can. There
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Yisro 5756Volume 17 · Issue 19
Wisdom of Faith
“And he,” Moshe Rabbeinu, who is narrating these verses, “explained the reason—for God made that Standing so that you may learn to fear Him for all days and so that you may teach it to your children for all generations.
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Emor 5756Volume 17 · Issue 26
Eternal Heritage
This word comes from Shir HaShirim (6:10), where it is said in reference to the Assembly of Israel. “Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, fearsome as towers.” It describes them as those who instill fear. One who encounters them is gripped by fear due to their towering greatness.
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Vayeira 5756Volume 17 · Issue 8
Rallying Point
reading the Torah in public and reached the section of kings, where it says (Devarim 17:15), “You may not place over you a foreign man who is not your brother,” his eyes flowed tears. All said to him, “Fear not, Agrippas. You are our brother, you are our brother.”
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Bo 5757Volume 18 · Issue 18
Commemorating the Wonders
Of one who puts on tefillin properly, it says, “All the nations of the world will see that the Name of God is called upon you and they will fear you” (Devarim 28:10; Berachos 6a). In the reality of Torah, there is no wonder that all of creation melts before him.
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Haazinu 5757Volume 18 · Issue 5
Days of Repentance
discussing the ways one is inspired to repent. Among them is the Ten Days of Repentance because they are when man is judged and his life is in the balance. They are harsh days. “They are days of repentance, fear, and trepidation,” as the Rambam states (Hilchos Chanukah 3:6).
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Shoftim 5757Volume 19 · Issue 1
Origins of the Shofar
Sadly, this is not happening. Instead, there is a plethora of words and plans, “They neither know nor understand, they walk in darkness” (Tehillim 82:3). Were we to attain true fear of the One Whom we are meant to fear, we would undoubtedly spare ourselves all these other causes of anxiety.
