Bris Milah
ברית מילהThe covenant of circumcision — the eternal sign of the bond between Yisrael and Hashem. The Sfas Emes on bris milah.
182 essays
Noach
- Two failures cured by two signsNoach · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Shabbos, the single utterance, and Noach's rootednessNoach · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- From many utterances back to the OneNoach · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Two covenants: purity and holy speechNoach · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Good deeds as vessels drawing down Divine lifeNoach · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Avraham's supernatural Torah supersedes Noach's natureNoach · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- The hidden inner light revealedNoach · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Repairing Body and Wisdom Through Two CovenantsNoach · תרס"ב · Essay 3
Lech Lecha
- The shield of Avraham and the inner pointLech Lecha · תרל"ה · Essay 3
- Milah binds body to the neshamahLech Lecha · תרל"ו · Essay 4
- Wholeness through self-nullificationLech Lecha · תרל"ז · Essay 6
- Milah binds Avraham beyond nature to wholenessLech Lecha · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Earning wholeness through longingLech Lecha · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- Milah removes the covering that conceals holinessLech Lecha · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Milah enables one to bear revelationLech Lecha · תרמ"א · Essay 3
- Avraham's emunah that his loss was for the goodLech Lecha · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Milah elevates Avraham to a new beginningLech Lecha · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Milah Refines the Body to Receive HolinessLech Lecha · תרמ"ז · Essay 4
- Avos imprint Godliness in every JewLech Lecha · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Avraham chosen for his future, not pastLech Lecha · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- The hidden point uniting milah, Shabbos, LandLech Lecha · תרמ"ח · Essay 3
- Milah as refinement that reveals the neshamahLech Lecha · תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- The Avos as foundation for the generationsLech Lecha · תר"נ · Essay 1
- The bris milah binds creationLech Lecha · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Milah Reveals the Inner HolinessLech Lecha · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Avraham's emunah transcends nature; bris milahLech Lecha · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Bris milah and Shabbos as boundless freedomLech Lecha · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Milah as tikkun of knowledge of good and evilLech Lecha · תרנ"ה · Essay 3
- Avraham as a path to cleave to HashemLech Lecha · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Two letters, two Toros, two worldsLech Lecha · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Milah uncovers the hidden lightLech Lecha · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- Avraham as echad mends the worldLech Lecha · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Milah binds to the Thirteen Attributes and teshuvahLech Lecha · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Milah reveals the soul's inherent wholenessLech Lecha · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Milah draws holy souls from above natureLech Lecha · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Bris milah joins body to soulLech Lecha · תרס"א · Essay 2
- Avraham actualizes the soul's lofty rootLech Lecha · תרס"ב · Essay 2
- Milah and Shabbos Let the Neshamah ShineLech Lecha · תרס"ב · Essay 4
- Avraham: pouring the soul's light into the bodyLech Lecha · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Milah refines desire to reveal the inner pointLech Lecha · תרס"ה · Essay 2
Vayeira
- Removing the shell to reveal the inner pointVayeira · תרל"ב · Essay 2
- The inner point as source of lifeVayeira · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- Self-nullification brings true closenessVayeira · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Milah reveals the inner point of creationVayeira · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Milah binds body to the soul's lightVayeira · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- Sharing the merit of a mitzvahVayeira · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Milah opens the body to soul's lightVayeira · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Earning kedushah through one's own deedsVayeira · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- Milah as the opening to wholenessVayeira · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- The inner point opened by milahVayeira · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Milah unveils the hidden light through avodahVayeira · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Avraham chose the path of rectifying creationVayeira · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Milah removes the concealing huskVayeira · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- Avraham as partner in ongoing creationVayeira · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Bris milah as permanent inner lightVayeira · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Milah opens the eye to see HashemVayeira · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Milah opens the gates of revelationVayeira · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Opening the gates to know Hashem's secretVayeira · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Milah unlocks the hidden secret of HashemVayeira · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Mitzvos as openings to Hashem's secretVayeira · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Milah and mitzvos reopen the gates of Gan EdenVayeira · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Yishmael as bridge to the nationsVayeira · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Hidden light revealed through milahVayeira · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Milah uncovers inner sight of the DivineVayeira · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Milah empowers chesed and dveikusVayeira · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Milah reveals Hashem's Name within the fleshVayeira · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Perceiving Hashem through the Divine imageVayeira · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Milah heals the soul by removing concealmentVayeira · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Milah rectifies the Tree of KnowledgeVayeira · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Tzaddikim draw down a path above natureVayeira · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Refining the body through milah to behold HashemVayeira · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Milah as the root of Avraham's mitzvosVayeira · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Milah sealing holiness into body as seed of truthVayeira · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Opening from below, gate opened from AboveVayeira · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Milah rectifies the body and reveals the soulVayeira · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Milah as the source of joyVayeira · תרס"ג · Essay 2
- Lovesick yearning released by milah and ShabbosVayeira · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- The two keys to the gate of the soulVayeira · תרס"ה · Essay 1
Chayei Sarah
Toldot
Vayetzei
Vayishlach
Vayeshev
Mikeitz
Chanukah
Vayigash
Vayechi
Shemot
Yitro
Mishpatim
Zachor
Purim
Ki Tisa
HaChodesh
Shabbat HaGadol
Pesach
- Inner Redemption Within ExilePesach · תרל"א · Essay 3
- Exile and Divine PromisePesach · תרל"ט · Essay 4
- Dual Redemption and RenewalPesach · תרמ"א · Essay 7
- Spiritual Refinement in EgyptPesach · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Covenant and Redemption Through SpeechPesach · תרנ"ח · Essay 4
- Redemption Through Divine ServitudePesach · תרס"ב · Essay 1
Shmini
Tazria
- Milah and Shabbos uncover the hidden light in concealmentTazria · תרל"א · Essay 2
- Man's dual form: body and inner imageTazria · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Milah reveals the inner formTazria · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- The hidden inner point within the bodyTazria · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Clarifying daas through bris milahTazria · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Milah removes sorrow and restores joyTazria · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Soul within body and bris milah's tikkunTazria · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Purity Drawn From Impurity Through BrisTazria · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Milah and Shabbos reconciling body and soulTazria · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Awakening from below transcends natureTazria · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Milah as the gateway to all mitzvosTazria · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- From achor to kedem through milahTazria · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Two covenants: refining body and soulTazria · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Daas as both cleaving and refiningTazria · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Garments of skin and the inner lightTazria · תרס"א · Essay 2
Metzora
Acharei Mot
Kedoshim
- Covenants of speech, deed, and thoughtKedoshim · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Orlah seals the source from impurityKedoshim · תרנ"ד · Essay 3
- Holiness guarded by the covenantKedoshim · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Holiness through the fence of separationKedoshim · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Hidden inner core of land and brisKedoshim · תרס"ב · Essay 3
Emor
Behar
Bechukotai
Bamidbar
- Torah in the wilderness and Yisrael's onenessBamidbar · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- The tzaddik's holy desire for HashemBamidbar · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Drawing out the soul's hidden longing for HashemBamidbar · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- The Jewish soul's power above natureBamidbar · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Inner love for Hashem actualized through the tzaddikBamidbar · תר"ס · Essay 1
Shavuot
Naso
Beha'alotcha
Shlach
Elul
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
- Yom Kippur as revealed inner light and joyYom Kippur · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Remembrance versus forgetting HashemYom Kippur · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Yom Kippur, milah, and the Jew's essential holinessYom Kippur · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- The seal of Yom Kippur and milahYom Kippur · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- The bris as Yom Kippur's sealYom Kippur · תרנ"ו · Essay 3