Now, every Jew needs to comprise both these traits: a Jew whose soul derives from Chesed must also incorporate the thrust of Gevurah, and vice versa,

Now, every Jew needs to comprise both these traits: a Jew whose soul derives from Chesed must also incorporate the thrust of Gevurah, and vice versa,

As for Scripture characterizing him as “Abraham who loved Me,” and [in another verse characterizing Isaac as] “the Dread of Isaac,” thereby indicating that Abraham’s service was an expression of Chesed and Isaac’s

As for Scripture characterizing him as “Abraham who loved Me,” and [in another verse characterizing Isaac as] “the Dread of Isaac,” thereby indicating that Abraham’s service was an expression of Chesed and Isaac’s

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Many of the letters that together constitute Iggeret HaKodesh were written in order to rouse Jewry to contribute generously to tzedakah in general and in particular for the Holy Land. More specifically, the Alter Rebbe strongly encouraged

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ואחר כך, על ידי תקיעת שופר והתפלות, נמשך אור חדש עליוןAfterwards, by means of the sounding of the Shofar and by means of the prayers, a new and superior light is elicited,

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The subject of this letter, the Ten Sefirot of the World of Atzilut and of the other worlds, is a fundament of both Kabbalah and Chassidut.