Tag: light
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
“This Opposite This” HaShem Made the World
This tug-of-war stripped down to its basics is really about “who eats who?”
The Reward of a Mitzvah
The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and
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 2013/5774 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
Chanukah, 2012 / 5773 Inspired by R. Tsadok HaKohen, Resisei Laila, 56 and
On Chanukka Everyone’s a High Priest
A Chanukha Teaching–2011 Based on R. Tsadok Hakohen, Pri Tsadik – Chanuka #1
The Inner Search for Pure Oil
Sarah Yehudit Schneider Among the various categories of mitzvot are those that
Inviting Our Inner Stranger
A Pesach Teaching 2010 / 5770 by Sarah Yehudit Schneider הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי
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