Blessing
ברכהBrachah — the channel of Divine abundance into the world. The Sfas Emes on blessing.
110 essays
Noach
Lech Lecha
Vayeira
Chayei Sarah
- A complete blessing admits no deficiencyChayei Sarah · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Whole days bound to their rootChayei Sarah · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- The divine point overflows the bodyChayei Sarah · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Self-nullification makes a vessel for blessingChayei Sarah · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Bakol: the inner point of all-encompassing blessingChayei Sarah · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- The three levels of blessing in the AvosChayei Sarah · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Tzaddikim's wholeness in every life-stageChayei Sarah · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Eliezer's path from cursed to blessedChayei Sarah · תרנ"ד · Essay 3
- Adding the mundane into Shabbos holinessChayei Sarah · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Elevating all life to its SourceChayei Sarah · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Avraham, the vessel of chesedChayei Sarah · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
Toldot
- Surrendering one's will to HashemToldot · תרל"ב · Essay 3
- Finding the holy point from afarToldot · תרל"ב · Essay 4
- Receiving blessing while bound to the GiverToldot · תרל"ד · Essay 4
- Continual giving versus fixed ownershipToldot · תרל"ו · Essay 3
- Weekday struggle versus Shabbos restToldot · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Yaakov as channel for worldly abundanceToldot · תרל"ז · Essay 4
- Yaakov's blessing as deveikus to the SourceToldot · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Din, mercy, and Yitzchak's blessingsToldot · תרמ"א · Essay 4
- Serving Yaakov as Esav's true tikkunToldot · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Receiving that increases the flowToldot · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Yaakov's Renewing Blessing of ShabbosToldot · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Finding Hashem in all of creationToldot · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Yaakov's blessings hidden in ShabbosToldot · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- The root of blessing in Bnei Yisrael through offerings and prayerToldot · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Finding Hashem in Everything: The True BlessingToldot · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Finite effort, infinite blessingToldot · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Earning blessing and finding Hashem in the physicalToldot · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- The fragrance of Gan Eden as blessingToldot · תרס"ב · Essay 2
- Smell as the sense of the soulToldot · תרס"ב · Essay 3
Vayetzei
Vayishlach
Vayeshev
Mikeitz
Vayigash
Vayechi
- Divine Assistance in WritingVayechi · תרל"א · Essay 1
- Spiritual Rootedness and BlessingVayechi · תרל"ב · Essay 2
- Birth of a Jewish SonVayechi · תרל"ג · Essay 1
- Shabbat Sustenance and Divine FlowVayechi · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Unity of Divine KingshipVayechi · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Divine Protection Through TorahVayechi · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Divine Source of BlessingVayechi · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Jacob as the Spiritual RootVayechi · תרמ"ב · Essay 3
- Two Messiahs and Divine InfluenceVayechi · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Spiritual Unity and BlessingVayechi · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Spiritual Beauty of IsraelVayechi · תרמ"ט · Essay 4
- Jacob Unifying Voice and SpeechVayechi · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Divine Will in the TribesVayechi · תרס"א · Essay 3
Shemot
Yitro
Mishpatim
Terumah
Pekudei
Vayikra
Tzav
Pesach
Shmini
Kedoshim
Emor
Behar
Bechukotai
Bamidbar
Shavuot
Naso
- Shalom, the inner face, and Hashem lifting His faceNaso · תרל"א · Essay 4
- Earned Torah versus bestowed priesthoodNaso · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Blessing flows through the inner point of wholenessNaso · תר"נ · Essay 4
- Birkas Kohanim, the Avos, and the soul's levelsNaso · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Birkas Kohanim as a channel of blessingNaso · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Earning blessing through avodah without shameNaso · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Blessing as reconnection to the rootNaso · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Birkas Kohanim requires heartfelt intentionNaso · תר"ס · Essay 2
Beha'alotcha
Korach
Sukkot
- Receiving life and unity on SukkosSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 3
- Festival blessing empowers every JewSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 5
- Sukkah's lasting holiness in the homeSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Shemini Atzeres as supernatural additionSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 7
- Moshe embodies Torah's four levelsSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 9
- Humility at Sinai cherished over breaking throughSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 5
- Torah as gift received through toilSukkot · תרמ"ז · Essay 4
- The Torah Transforms Curse into BlessingSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 12
- Moshe's blessing as the Torah's flowing watersSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 7
- Torah opens the soul to receive blessingSukkot · תרס"ד · Essay 5
- Torah as boundless blessing for YisraelSukkot · תרס"ה · Essay 6