Video Audio Text Tzedakah, as we shall presently appreciate, sensitizes the Jew who practises it so that the superrational degree of Chochmah in his Neshamah is able to light up the innermost recesses of his heart. As mentioned in the introduction to Kuntres Acharon, the Rebbe observes that this is one of several Essays that […]

Video Audio Text ואותיות איתן משמשות לעתיד The letters that spell the [Hebrew] word eitan [each] indicate the future tense. At a deeper level, this term thus hints at future revelation: in the Time to Come there will be a revelation of the spiritual degree called eitan. פירוש: אנא עתיד לאתגליא This means,8 “I am […]

Video Audio Text Since we are speaking here of Supernal Mercy, there must first be a sufficiently vigorous “arousal from below” that will cause it to descend to this lowly world. The required arousal initiated from below must therefore spring from the palpable realities of this lowly world. In plain words, as the Alter Rebbe […]