The Language of Truth
שפת אמת
The Sfas Emes Online Library
The complete Torah of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter of Ger (1847–1905): 5,195 essays on every parsha and festival, with 5,195 translated into clear, faithful English.
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ראהMoshe sets before the people a blessing and a curse, to be proclaimed on Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival. He commands that idolatry be uprooted and that offerings be brought only to the place Hashem will choose. He warns against those who entice others to serve false gods, teaches the signs of permitted foods, and details the laws of tithes, the sabbatical release of debts, care for the poor, freeing Hebrew servants, and the three pilgrimage festivals of Pesach, Shavuos and Sukkos.
- Daily renewal of choice
- Transforming curse into blessing
- The hidden inner point
- Uprooting evil at its root
- Elevating sparks through eating
- Chosenness as children
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About the Work
The Language of Truth
The Sfas Emes — “the Language of Truth” — is among the most beloved works of Chassidic thought ever written. Composed over thirty-five years of Shabbos and Yom Tov teachings, it weaves Midrash, Zohar, and the teachings of the Kotzker and Chiddushei HaRim into a sustained meditation on finding the inner point of holiness within everything. Each essay here presents the original Hebrew alongside a clear English translation and explanation.
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“Truthful speech is established forever” — Mishlei 12:19