Video Audio Text 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 […]

Video Audio Text 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” — i.e., separate from all […]