PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — The editor of one of the papers where I write regular op-eds requested more information on my message that if Jews are not united, they bring on themselves antisemitism. Specifically, he wanted to know my sources…
The eighth commandment, “Thou shalt not steal,” is the same as the previous commandment, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” with the sole difference being that adultery and theft relate to two different levels of desires. Nature is constructed of four…
Before the commandment of “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” the commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” described the key prohibition in holding a correct relationship with the Creator: that we should not use our relationship with the Creator for self-benefit. Receiving pleasure for…
The sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” means to cause no detriment whatsoever to others. The previous five commandments explain a process that leads to us receiving the upper forces, and we need to become a receptacle that lets these…
The fifth commandment is “Honor your father and your mother, in order that your days be lengthened on the land that the Lord, your God, is giving you.” What does this mean, and who are the father and the mother?…
A week is a cycle, and every seventh day is a break that as if stops then restarts the universe. It is written that the Creator worked for six days and rested on the Sabbath, the seventh day. This means…
The third commandment, “You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain,” means that we can act with the force of the Creator, i.e., the force of love and bestowal, only as much as we resemble…