Why Did HKBH Create Us?
- Emor Project
- HKBH did not need anything outside of Himself. He is inherently perfect. However, He chose to create humans so that He would be able to be in a relationship and have upon whom to bestow His love....
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Should women give Machatzit HaShekel?
- Zimmerman, Rabbanit Debbie
- "Purim is a time of giving. For those of us women who are blessed with sufficient funds and the ability to do so, it is a great time to contribute our part to support our community, financially and spiritually, and donate zecher l’machatzit ha-shekel."...
Esther’s Fast: Rules, Meaning, What Is Esther’s Fast & How To Do It
- Aleph Beta
- These three days of fasting were a national rallying cry for salvation. The whole nation was united behind Esther, and God indeed answered their prayers....
How to Celebrate Purim
- Emor Project
- We celebrate Purim, commemorating our nation’s miraculous salvation more than two millennia ago, with 4 distinct mitzvot....
Purim 5782 Introduction
- Emor Project
- This Thursday we celebrate Purim, a spiritually powerful day in which the original energies and potential of the first Purim are released and available for us to tap into. Among these, Purim is an eit ratzon, a favorable time. This is a time when our tefillot, (prayers), are welcomed...
What Is a Soul (Neshamah)?
- Tauber, Yanki
- "A soul is formed in the womb of supernal spiritual realms, where it acquires its distinct identity and mission....
The Joy of Adar
- Blumenzweig, Rav Eliyahu
- "In the month of Adar - the eve of Nisan, when the Almighty's miraculous Providence was revealed – another stage was added in the destruction of the seed of Amalek....
The Two Souls
- Mindel, Rabbi Nissan
- "The foundation of [Rabbi Schneur Zalman's] psychological system is based on the doctrine of the 'two souls' ...conceived as the sources of all human activity, and of the conscious and unconscious forces behind them....
What Is the Tanya About?
- Cotlar, Yisroel
- "It is Tanya that...gives us the insight to understand and overcome the struggles we deal with on a day-to-day basis....
Why Is There a Purim Katan (Small Purim)?
- Shurpin, Yehuda
- "There is an opinion in the Talmud that Purim should be celebrated in Adar I based on the rule [that] 'one does not ‘pass over’ or forego the performance of the mitzvahs'...
The Seventh of Adar: Haman and the Death of Moses
- Baron, Rabbi Doniel
- "While Moses lived, Torah was accessible directly through him. The clarity of his level of prophecy was unmatched by any Jewish prophet...
Adar: The Month of Mazal – Post 2
- Metzinger, Yehoshua
- "Adar is a propitious month for protection, for improving ourselves and for joy, which reaches greater and greater levels as we progress through the two Adars."...