- The collective and the individual in Klal Yisroel.
- Connecting to the root of the Jewish people in the blessing over the Torah.
- Which comes first – the Jewish people or the Torah?
Teves 5785
Teves 5785
Conquering one’s drives (“will”) vs. elevating one’s drives, and who can do the latter. Living in tohu (-chaos) and how to move towards...
The relationship of the klal (the whole/collective) and prat (part/detail) makes it that “it’s all or nothing”. Much political conflict...
Why specifically when big things are happening machlokes increases so greatly. It is impossible to reveal G-d’s Kingship without the Jewish...
The opposition of the other defines and give clear expression to the self. The details don’t want to be lost in the collective. The...
Sinas Chinam is rooted in the process of the revelation of Torah shebaal peh. But it didn’t have to be like this. Eretz Yisroel is a...
The comparison of the sinners of Israel to the chelbonah, and the unique quality of smell. The heresy of Jews helps reveal the “odor of...