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Balak 5765Volume 1 · Issue 19
Creation: The True Relationship
The Ramban quotes the opinion of Ibn Ezra who claims that our current exile is under the Arabian Empire but derides his interpretation, stating that the fear of them had fallen upon him. The Ramban resolves the discrepancy and states that our current exile is mainly under the Roman Empire but it also includes the Arabian Empire.
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Terumah 5765Volume 1 · Issue 5
The Tabernacle: To Will His Sovereignty
In this respect, the concept of kingship overlaps the concept of honor; they are essentially one. Indeed, the blessing one recites upon seeing a Jewish king is “Who gave a portion 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).” Clearly, kingship and glory are synonymous. Kingship requires others to accept it, and glory, too, comes only from others
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Beshalach 5760Volume 20 · Issue 20
Surrender of Being
maidservant saw what the prophet Yechezkel had not seen. We all saw Him, even infants, to the extent where we were able to point and to declare, “This is He” (Shemos 15:2; Yalkut Shimoni chapter 244; Sotah 30b).
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Behar-Bechukosai 5761Volume 21 · Issue 28
Passionate Devotion
Even were we to presume that Sukkos somehow relates to the Days of Awe and it is covered by the fulfillment of this law before Rosh Hashanah, Passover still poses a difficulty.
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Bamidbar 5761Volume 21 · Issue 29
Creation Redefined
…concealed. “How abundant is Your goodness that You have hidden for those who fear You” (Tehillim 31:20). And just as the goodness is hidden, so too the evil for those who transgress His will is hidden. Both are not…
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Vayeishev 5762Volume 22 · Issue 11
Lessons in Martyrdom
cited earlier itself, “Would only Yishmael live before You.” Avraham was asking of the Creator that Yishmael should at least remain his offspring. As Rashi explains, it was a prayer for Yishmael to live with the fear of God, in His service.
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Ki Seitzei 5761Volume 22 · Issue 2
My Twin
The joy of all other festivals is inherent to the event that is being celebrated. But the event of Rosh Hashanah should necessitate the opposite of joy. It should cause worry, trembling, great fear. We indeed call it the Day of Remembrance. All our deeds are remembered, and we are judged. This is the very essence of the day, and certainly no cause for joy.
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Vayakheil-Pekudei-HaChodesh 5762Volume 22 · Issue 22
How Fortunate Our Share
The attribute of fearsomeness means that God’s fear is revealed in the world and imposed on everyone. But Yirmiyahu saw gentiles destroy His Holy Temple and understood that this attribute was no longer active. And to offer praise for an inactive attribute is unfeasible
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Tazria-Metzora 5762Volume 22 · Issue 24
Life and Sustenance
saved you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors, and I drove them out from before you and gave you their land. And I said to you, ‘I am God your Lord. Fear not the deities of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.’ But you have not listened to My voice.
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Acharei-Kedoshim 5762Volume 22 · Issue 25
Honoring Parents
Seemingly, the decree should have been to carry it out immediately so there should be no opposition. But there was no such fear. The decree was for eleven months hence, and there was no concern at all that it would be challenged. Nowhere in the Megillah and in the words of the sages is there any hint of complaints against Achashverosh
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Devarim 5762Volume 22 · Issue 34
Vision of Peace
All this relates to the name Avraham Avinu gave to the Holy Temple, naming it for sight, yirah. But it has another name. Malchizedek, Shem son of Noah, named it for completeness, shaleim (Bereshis 14:18).
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Vayeira 5762Volume 22 · Issue 6
Excision of Defilement
Rabbi Chaim Vittal states that for this reason, the fear and concern from him is far greater. The troubles he brings upon us are exceedingly harsh.
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Vayechi 5766Volume 2 · Issue 16
From the Depths of Despair
Next are the faculties of will, which generally reside in the heart, and they relate to the more transcendent and purer aspect of will. They include love, fear, and honor. In other words, what one truly loves and to which one wishes to attach oneself, what one truly fears and from which one wishes to abstain, and the combination of both, which is the faculty of honor. When
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Beshalach 5766Volume 2 · Issue 19
Waters of the Mind
natural world. The verse stated by the reading for the offering of new fruits, from the portion recited by the Passover Seder, states, “God brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with great awe, and with signs and wonders (Devarim 26:8).” The Exodus did not relate in any way to the natural order of the world; it was a unique creation and it requires a unique place.
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Yisro 5766Volume 2 · Issue 20
Mount Sinai: The Ultimate Clarity
Torah from generation to generation also includes the Event that surrounded its receiving. For this reason, among the Laws of Torah Study is the requirement to study Torah as it was given, just as it was given with fear and with awe and with trembling and with perspiring, so must it be studied (Berachos 22a).
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Tetzaveh-Zachor 5766Volume 2 · Issue 23
One Man One Heart
Upon seeing a Jewish king, one recites the blessing, “Who apportioned of His glory to those who fear Him,” and upon seeing a gentile king, “Who gave of His glory to flesh and blood (Berachos 58a).” In direct contrast to a king, of whom “all declare honor (Tehillim 29:9),” a dog is entirely an expression of dishonor. Indeed
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Balak 5766Volume 2 · Issue 33
Dimensions of the Future
only places in which we are secure in His love and in which we are well protected—the synagogues and the study halls. Only there does the title community manifest itself, only upon the connection of those…
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Vayeishev Erev Chanukah 5767Volume 3 · Issue 14
Triumph of the Righteous
gained that we have kept His watch and that we have walked submissively before God, Master of Hosts? Now, we sanction the insolent. Evildoers are even built up; they have also tested God and escaped.”
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Mishpatim 5768Volume 4 · Issue 21
Anticipated Revelation
“The Holy One Who is Blessed said to Moshe, “You are the one who needs to answer them.”
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Tetzaveh 5768Volume 4 · Issue 23
The Incense Altar
The Creator said to Moshe Rabbeinu, “You are the one who must answer them.” Moshe Rabbeinu said, “I fear lest they sear me with their fiery breath.” The Creator said, “Take hold of My Throne of Glory, and answer them.” Moshe Rabbeinu did this, and answered them. The answer he gave is the simple answer, which seemingly the angels knew
