Loading the player… The theme of the previous chapter was teshuvah ila’ah and how it finds expression in the “cleaving of spirit to Spirit” — through Torah study, tzedakah and acts of lovingkindness. והנה תשובה עילאה זו, דאתדבקותא דרוחא ברוחא על ידי תורה וגמילות חסדים This higher level of teshuvah, the cleaving of spirit to […]

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Loading the player… וכן לקיים כל המצות   He must also perform all the mitzvot,   כמו שכתוב: אשר קדשנו במצותיו   as it is written,9 “He has sanctified us with His commandments.”   כמו הרי את מקודשת לי   This [sanctification] has the same sense as in the phrase,10 “You are sanctified unto me” […]

Loading the player… וכן לקיים כל המצות   He must also perform all the mitzvot,   כמו שכתוב: אשר קדשנו במצותיו   as it is written,9 “He has sanctified us with His commandments.”   כמו הרי את מקודשת לי   This [sanctification] has the same sense as in the phrase,10 “You are sanctified unto me” […]