We have been given a quality of shame so that through certain efforts, we will gradually rise from our inborn corporeal lives, where we are locked within our desires to enjoy for self-benefit, to spiritual life in the opposite desire—bestowal.…
The physical act of putting on Tefillin is only a symbol of spiritual communication with the upper force of love and bestowal. The Tefillin symbolize the correction that we undergo in our desires and thoughts in order to enter into equivalence of form with…
“Love your neighbor as yourself,” Rabbi Akiva said this is a great rule of the Torah. We must understand that a “great rule of the Torah” is the fundamental law of nature that encompasses the whole universe. If we prepare…
In recent months, Israel has been a land filled with expressions of both brotherly love and selfish struggles, playing host to a constant conflict between goodwill and animosity. According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, “land” (Heb. “Eretz”) means “desire” (Heb. “Ratzon”),…