Two aspects of relationship between husband and wife.
Rav Chaim Vital’s warning and the Ziditchover’s clarification regarding physical pleasure in zivvug.
The marriage of Yitzchok and Rivkah.
Teves 5786
A chiddush regarding performing the mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisroel. Eretz Yisroel is the best land physically, not only spiritually! The trees of Eretz Yisroel aren’t like any other trees in the rest of the world. And how this played a role in the...
The three major tragedies of Teves, and why they are considered so tragic. The underlying common denominator between these three tragic events. A novel idea, based on the Arizal, to the deeper meaning of the prophetic words “b’etzem hayom hazeh”...
What was the darkness Yavan brought upon us and the world, and how it is alluded to in its name? The Ohr HaGanuz and how it relates to Chanukah, Talmud Bavli and Kabbalah. Why Chazal established the three mitzvos of Chanukah and how they are alluded...
ביאורים במכשרתו להיות צדיק וכו’ וצדיק וחסיד וישר ונאמן ועוד
כסלו תשפ”ו
Answering the Beis Yosef’s kashya – why 8 days, not 7. Why did Chazal make a big deal of the miracle of the jug of oil? This a type of miracle that seems quite common by tzaddikim even in recent times. What was so unique about Chanukah – and...
ביאורים באוהב את המקום וכו’ משמח את המקום וכו’, ומלבשתו ענוה ויראה
כסלו תשפ”ו
Hashem’s justification for favoring us. Correcting a common mistake regarding Olam Haba (-the World to Come), and how this relates to Chanukah. The importance of thanking Hashem and not taking things for granted, and the difference between the old...
ביאורים בכל העולם כולו כדאי לו לעוסק בתורה לשמה, וכן היותו נקרא רע, אהוב ואוהב את המקום
חשון תשפ”ו