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Yisro 5772Volume 8 · Issue 19
Need of Superfluity
This was his exceptional talent. The sages indeed call him the greatest man among towering figures (Yehoshua 14:15; Bereshis Rabbah 14:6). He therefore had the capability of planting faith, and fundamentally, he could have converted everyone in the world.
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Vayechi 5765Volume 10 · Issue 14
Cornerstone of Hope
separate force, and there are multitudes of creations. This is the source of all idolaters; they perceived each of the abundant forces as independent. But we know that creation emerges from One. This is the great principle of faith.
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Korach 5774Volume 10 · Issue 36
Reconciliation of Conflict
In the simplest terms, what had happened at the Sea of Reeds was as it says (Shemos 14:31-15:1), “The nation feared God and they had faith in God and in Moshe His servant, then Moshe and the Children of Israel sang this song to God.” In other words, they crossed the Sea of Reeds due to their faith in God and in Moshe His servant. To cross
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Behar-Bechukosai 5754Volume 16 · Issue 27
Counting Up
heresy has a beginning. Our beginning is the command to go. The beginning of heresy is the claim that there is nowhere to go—there is only one world. Heresy begins here because it is where the leader of faith began his journey (cf. Shir HaShirim 4:8). And this is explicit in the Torah: “God said to Avram, “Go.”
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Chukas 5756Volume 17 · Issue 31
Reason of Reasons
Aside from the grave misconception, it is also foolish. This is not faith in the Enlivening of the Dead. When we say, “I believe with absolute faith that the dead will be enlivened when the will arises before Him,” the meaning is that all that died will return to life. It does
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Vayeishev 5758Volume 19 · Issue 12
Land of Beauty
One who transforms the questions into proofs has reached a limit. But one who begins with the premise that the truth is true and these are merely questions will find that their answers lead to unprecedented faith.
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Shelach 5761Volume 21 · Issue 32
Altered Sequence
Faith corresponds to the section of the Talmud that deals with plantings (Shabbos 31a). The Jerusalem Talmud cited by Tosafos explains that the reason is that one has faith in the Life of the Worlds and plants.
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Korach 5761Volume 21 · Issue 33
Tears of Joy
Dominant Faith
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Vayechi 5762Volume 22 · Issue 14
Catalyst of Unification
Declaration of Faith
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Beshalach 5762Volume 22 · Issue 17
Doorway to Heaven
“Ever since there was idolatry…, opinions about faith began to become corrupt…. But when the Lord favors a community or individual, and performs a miracle for them and alters the routine of the world and its nature, the nullification of all these opinions becomes apparent to all….
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Lech Lecha 5762Volume 22 · Issue 5
Transition to Blessing
Such an act would be meaningless. Haran truly forfeited his life, only it was contingent. His own faith alone was not enough. Only once it was proven through Avraham, he was prepared to forfeit his life. Then, he truly entered a furnace.
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Shemos 5766Volume 2 · Issue 17
Tribes of Redemption
…learned from their ways and worshipped idols like them. The fundamental of faith that Avraham planted was practically uprooted, and the children of Yaakov returned to the error of the world and their straying. But from the…
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Vayeitzei 5773Volume 9 · Issue 11
Impede No More
As a congregation of Acceptors of the Torah, as people of faith children of the faithful, we know this. If we internalize it and know it clearly ourselves, it will be easier to attain—and it will be clearer to others as well.
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Vayelech 5773Volume 9 · Issue 5
Hidden Wisdom
The paradox of foreknowledge and freewill is truly formidable, to gloss over it unfeasible. Yet our minds are incapable of solving it. In this matter, faith is inevitable. Otherwise, we cannot honestly accept the yoke of Torah. Our minds cannot encompass both options, but faith surpasses our minds. We must know unequivocally that our minds are limited, and from here on in, we must negate
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VaYikra-Zachor 5752Volume 15 · Issue 26
Memories
…ns. The entire system of forgetting, certainly of forgetting the essence of faith, does not originate with us. It is not part of the Jewish People, “But they assimilated among the nations and learned their deeds” (Tehillim…
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Acharei-Kedoshim 5754Volume 16 · Issue 25
Weeks of Creation
…sh Hashanah 17a). In other words, heresy is not about denying the principles of faith or denying the Torah. Certainly, this too is heresy, but it is not the essence of the heretic. As Rashi states, “Heresy refers to those who transform…
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Shelach 5754Volume 16 · Issue 31
The End Lives
journey to explore for them a place of rest,”” but they did not want. ““Instead, they said (Devarim 1:22), “Let us send men ahead of us and let them explore for us,” because they did not have faith….” The sages cite a parable but the meaning is clear.
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Miketz Chanukah 5756Volume 17 · Issue 13
Understanding of the Soul
This is the essence of our faith—and it is where the entire defilement of the Greeks is concentrated. The Rambam contests it at length to uproot it. Let us try to explain the concept a little—to one who contemplates.
