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Parshat Chukat: Why Is There Death in the W...
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5774: A Year of Love
Worldly Love and Great Love As stated in our Letter of Blessing for Rosh Hashanah, we should dedicate this year to augmenting love. Since love
The blessing hidden in the rebuke
In the final book of the Pentateuch, Sefer Devarim (the book of Deuteronomy), Moses recounted the events that happened to the Jewish people following their
Uniting the Four Elements in the Soul
The two elements of fire and water unite in the Temple. The two elements of air and earth unite in the Land of Israel. In
Seeing Inside
In Hebrew, the idiom "to see someone's face" can mean either to appease him or to fight him. After winning the wrestling bout with Esau's
Reflection without Mirror
The pit was empty, no water, but full of snakes and scorpions. The pit is the mind, water – Torah, snakes and scorpions – bad
Preventive Love
Loving a rasha does not mean to condone his evil deeds. If you love his soul you'll do everything possible to prevent him from doing
Loving your Opposite
Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz (one of the great disciples of the Ba'al Shem Tov) said that a consummate tzadik (righteous person) is one who loves
Miscellaneous Tweets, Part 1
There are many worlds. In the highest spiritual World of Emanation there is no consciousness other than that of God. * The Bible speaks of
Love Darts
Snails shoot love darts at one another. But you don't have to be a snail. People do it with their eyes and their tongue. A