Tag: light

The Link Between Shame and Baseless Hatred

We are defining shame as the discomfort produced when the ego feels diminished

RUACH HAKODESH, A PARTNERSHIP

In ruach hakodesh, the person who’s assuming the role of boots on the

Chanukka Through the Years

Just as eyes are windows to the soul, so the Chanukka lights are

Addiction and Higher Teshuvah: Rosh HaShana 2023

You might be surprised to hear that addiction is as old as humanity

SHADOWS AND LIGHT: CHANUKKA 5783/2022

Chanukka lights bring healing to the corruptions of power that surround our light

A TEACHING FOR THE FAST OF TAMMUZ

This Torah of Atzilut is what we received at Sinai, but forfeited when

Malchut Sh’b’Malchut

To describe the king as “entangled in the tresses” is to assert that

“This Opposite This” HaShem Made the World

The whole drama of geopolitics comes down to “who eats who?": In the

Sifra, Sefer, Sippur

The Torah is really three in one: the Torah of Bereshit, the Torah

The Chinukh of Chanukka

Chanukka 5781 / 2020 This holiday is called Chanukka because it is training

The Reward of a Mitzvah

The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and

Chanukka through the years

Just as eyes are windows to the soul, so the Chanukka lights are

Black Fire on White Fire: Torah of Atzilut

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not

Converts: Unsung Heroes of the Oral Torah

Shavuot 5778 / 2018 "And you shall know the soul of a convert,

A Chanukka Meditation from the Zohar

Those who seize this occasion to meditate on the Chanukka lamps will be

The Transmutation of Shame though Teshuva

Rosh HaShana 2016 / 5777 There are three categories of tikunim, and every

The Torah of Atzilut: The Torah of Souls

Shavuot 2016 /5776 At Sinai we got the Torah of Atzilut—the Torah of

A Short Discourse on Freedom

Pesach 2016 /5776 The reward phase of history called the world-to-come is characterized

Topsy-Turvy Gluon Dance: Purim 2016 /5776

Relationship is a dynamic endeavor for it combines two contradictory poles—merging and differentiating—that

“These Lights are Holy…”: An Instruction for Meditation

Chanukka 2015 / 5776 Our simple affirmation now becomes a deep teaching about

“…Until there are no stragglers in the marketplace.”

When is the time for lighting Chanukka candles? The earliest time is sunset

Sweetening the Dinim: Rosh HaShanna

Rosh HaShana 2013. Our Rosh Hashana avoda—its soul-searching, lengthy prayers, and special mitzvot—is

Hillel says to move toward many; Shammai says to move toward one

Hillel says to start with one candle and add another each day until

On Chanukka Everyone’s a High Priest

When the High Priest lit the menorah his intention was actually a prayer,