“The speech of his mouth is evil and deceit; he fails to reason, to improve.” – Psalms, 36:4 “The ego does not always tell a person to stop learning Torah. Sometimes it encourages the student to restrict his studies to abstract Talmudic subjects and to avoid those books that would inspire change [in personality.]” – […]
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It comes after the Messianic era (which may be an era that is for 1 day or 200+ years, depends on when all the Jewish people learn to trust the Creator is good and accept the leadership/teachings of the ‘Moses’ He sent, building trust requires self trust, the leader has to be beloved by all […]
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can keep giving chances because it is not swallowed by the emotion of the moment; it stands high enough to see the person, the failure, the purpose, and the future. Malchus means connecting through distance: ‘I feel you,’ but I step back so I can help from a higher place of responsibility. There is no […]
Halacha means [Oral] Torah law: the Creator’s instructions for turning faith, love, awe, wisdom, and responsibility into actions that reveal Oneness. Torah law (from the Hebrew Bible) is based on a belief that the physical world is not separate from the Creator’s purpose. Physical actions matter because they can reveal goodness, responsibility, relationship, and Oneness. […]
, “What should a person do to become wise in Torah?” he replied, “He should spend more time studying in a yeshiva, and less time engaged in business”, “He must also plead for mercy from Him to Whom wisdom belongs – and one without the other is not enough! (Niddah 70b) “Rabbi Yehoshua taught that […]
But everyone does. You can believe the cause of the universe is random. You can believe it exists but is too distant or mysterious to know anything about. Or you can believe that what exists within the universe teaches us something about its cause. “If every thing depended on something else, and there were no […]
like deep awe is often to listen to a nigun. The Alter Rebbe’s nigun “Kol Dodi Dofek” is based on the verse: “I sleep, but my heart is awake. The voice of my beloved is knocking.” Song of Songs 5:2 https://youtu.be/YjEbBmkGqPE?si=MeZRRyzOwftUTjgH Rabbi Akiva said that Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies of Torah, […]
Physics shows that reality is built with order, consistency, and laws. If the universe is reliable, it is reasonable to trust that the Creator, the Cause of that universe, is reliable too. Related guides: “If everything that exists were dependent on something else for existence, nothing would ever exist.” — Maimonides You have a belief […]
, he carefully explains why Rashi asks certain questions, why he chooses one explanation over another, and how every word fits into a larger method. It is not uncommon for the Rebbe to spend 5–10 pages explaining only a few lines of commentary. The result is a deeper appreciation for how much thought and structure […]
discussed by Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Pekudah, who published many of his teachings in Judeo-Arabic. One of the ideas he teaches is that every soul accepted its mission before entering this world. Life is not an accident. Each person arrives with a purpose and a unique role in revealing goodness. A person’s task is not to […]