The Sfas Emes Online Library

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The complete Torah of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter of Ger (1847–1905): 5,141 essays on every parsha and festival, with 5,141 translated into clear, faithful English.

This Week's Parsha

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Chamishah Chumshei Torah

The Five Books

בראשית

Bereishit

Creation & The Forefathers

1316 essays

שמות

Shemot

Exile & Redemption

1021 essays

ויקרא

Vayikra

Holiness & Service

919 essays

במדבר

Bamidbar

The Wilderness

823 essays

דברים

Devarim

Mishneh Torah

1062 essays

Moadim & Special Shabbosos

The Jewish Year

חנוכה · Chanukah שקלים · Shekalim זכור · Zachor פורים · Purim פרה · Parah החודש · HaChodesh שבת הגדול · Shabbat HaGadol פסח · Pesach שבועות · Shavuot אלול · Elul ראש השנה · Rosh Hashanah שבת שובה · Shabbat Shuva יום כיפור · Yom Kippur סוכות · Sukkot

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