The Purpose of Creation – Part 5
- Emor Project
- "When Hashem created the world, He placed Adam and Chava in Gan Eden, where Good and Evil were distinct, and it was clear that Hashem was at the Origin of everything....
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The Purpose of Creation – Part 4
- Emor Project
- "Our task is to cling to Kedusha (Divine Holiness) and counteract the Sitra Achra (Evil Inclination). Evil does not have any independent or concrete existence. It is just the 'illusion of something other than Hashem' and lacks consistency....
The King in the Field
- Schneerson, Rabbi Menachem M.
- "During Elul the king is in the field: G?d reveals Himself at a level which can be apprehended by man within the framework of his mundane reality....
The Purpose of Creation – Part 3
- Emor Project
- Another way to acknowledge Hashem's continuous involvement in our lives is to pray....
The Purpose of Creation – Part 2
- Emor Project
- Hashem asks us to recognize Him as the Source of Everything - How can we do that?...
The Purpose of Creation – Part 1
- Emor Project
- Hashem created the world to bestow his love upon His creation....
What Goes Down Must Come Up
- Schneerson, Rabbi Menachem M.
- "The 15th of Av represents the Jewish people at their fullest—after having fallen to their lowest on the 9th of Av, on Tisha B’Av."...
The Laws of Tisha B’Av
- Ullman, Rabbi Yirmiyahu
- "Tisha B'Av is a day of mourning and repentance on which we recall the destruction of the First and Second Temples, and other tragic events in Jewish history that took place on this day....
The Nine Days of Mourning
- Green, Rabbi Dovid
- "This month is called Av, which is Hebrew for 'father'. Although G-d has hidden His manifest countenance from us, and we are forced to live with all of the consequences that follow from that, the name of the month conveys to us that G-d acts as a loving father...
Living Emunah Vol. 5
- Ashear, Rabbi David
- "The Zohar HaKadosh writes that [the mitzvah of Bircas HaMazon] is very beloved by Hashem....
Living Emunah Vol. 5
- Ashear, Rabbi David
- "Shema Yisrael is the soul of Judaism... Each word of Shema can bring refuah (healing) to its corresponding limb and rectify its spiritual blemishes that resulted from sin....
17th of Tammuz
- Simmons, Rabbi Shraga
- "The 17th of Tammuz is a fast day commemorating the fall of Jerusalem, prior to the destruction of the Holy Temple. This also marks the beginning of a 3-week national period of mourning, leading up to Tisha B'Av......