Chesed
חסדLoving-kindness — the outflow of Divine generosity into the world. The Sfas Emes on chesed.
78 essays
Noach
Lech Lecha
Vayeira
- Chesed precedes and tempers judgmentVayeira · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Judgment clothed in chesed sustains the worldVayeira · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Akeidah sweetens din through bittulVayeira · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Three modes of Avraham's prayerVayeira · תרמ"ח · Essay 3
- Avraham's daily thread of chesedVayeira · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Milah empowers chesed and dveikusVayeira · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Chesed Of Avraham Tempers JudgmentVayeira · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- The Akeidah refines Avraham's chesed into Yaakov's truthVayeira · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Avraham's trials as preparation for the TorahVayeira · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- Drawing close to Hashem by receiving His chesedVayeira · תרס"ה · Essay 2
Chayei Sarah
Toldot
Vayishlach
Vayeshev
Vayechi
Shemot
Tetzaveh
Purim
HaChodesh
Pesach
- Divine Mercy and JusticePesach · תרל"ה · Essay 4
- Eternal Power of SongPesach · תרמ"ד · Essay 7
- Passover: Judgment to MercyPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Song of the Sea and Divine WisdomPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 6
- Divine Mercy Beyond JusticePesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 10
- Redemption Through Mercy and JusticePesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 14
- Sweetening Judgment through the OmerPesach · תרנ"ז · Essay 4
- Eternal Divine KindnessPesach · תרנ"ט · Essay 6
Behar
Bamidbar
Shavuot
Naso
Shlach
Korach
Rosh Hashanah
Shabbat Shuva
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
- The sukkah as testimony to true judgmentSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 3
- Chesed earned through din enduresSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Receiving chesed from merit, not needSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 5
- Accepting din earns the chesed of SukkosSukkot · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Sukkah as shelter of Divine chesedSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 4
- Hidden blessing of the sukkah versus the nationsSukkot · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Sukkos: chesed, din, and divine giftSukkot · תר"נ · Essay 4
- Sukkos as Aharon's chesed after judgmentSukkot · תר"נ · Essay 5
- Inner Divine bounty of Shemini AtzeresSukkot · תרנ"א · Essay 10
- Following Hashem into the wilderness on pure faithSukkot · תרנ"ח · Essay 1