Din & Rachamim
דין ורחמיםJudgment and mercy — the two hands with which Hashem conducts the world. The Sfas Emes on din and rachamim.
160 essays
Bereishit
Noach
Lech Lecha
Vayeira
- Avraham's humility as inner battle in prayerVayeira · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Chesed precedes and tempers judgmentVayeira · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Avraham merits disclosure through constant deveikusVayeira · תרמ"ו · 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
- Chesed Of Avraham Tempers JudgmentVayeira · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- The Akeidah refines Avraham's chesed into Yaakov's truthVayeira · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
Chayei Sarah
Toldot
- Two paths of avodah: love and gevurahToldot · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Lasting blessing requires chesed over dinToldot · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Mercy bridges kindness and judgmentToldot · תר"מ · Essay 4
- Din, mercy, and Yitzchak's blessingsToldot · תרמ"א · Essay 4
- Yitzchak's hidden plan to bring Esav to teshuvahToldot · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Jacob's Mercy Sustaining AbrahamToldot · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Yitzchak overturns judgment into mercyToldot · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Yitzchak's Three Wells and the Middos of the AvosToldot · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Yitzchak's judgment is deeper chessedToldot · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Mercy flows from da'as and connectionToldot · תרס"א · Essay 2
Vayishlach
- Humility Born of Divine KindnessVayishlach · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Spiritual Battle and SurrenderVayishlach · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Jacob, Justice, and MercyVayishlach · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Jacob’s Spiritual IntegrationVayishlach · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Dual Paths of Good and EvilVayishlach · תרס"ב · Essay 3
- Seeking Mercy Through Torah and PrayerVayishlach · תרס"ה · Essay 1
Vayeshev
Mikeitz
Chanukah
Vayigash
Vayechi
Shemot
Vaeira
Bo
Beshalach
Yitro
Mishpatim
- Divine justice depends on our conductMishpatim · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Torah's judgments uphold all creationMishpatim · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Bittul makes justice belong to HashemMishpatim · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Israel's justice and charity as Hashem's doingMishpatim · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Mitzvos transform the one who keeps themMishpatim · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Torah grants the divine power of judgmentMishpatim · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Sweetening strict justice with mercyMishpatim · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
Zachor
Purim
Pekudei
HaChodesh
Pesach
- Redemption Through Earned MeritPesach · תרל"א · Essay 17
- Redemption Through Divine StrengthPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 3
- Divine Mercy and JusticePesach · תרל"ה · Essay 4
- Salvation Through MeritPesach · תרל"ו · Essay 9
- Exile and Divine PromisePesach · תרל"ט · Essay 4
- Divine Mercy in RedemptionPesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 13
- Hidden Defeat of Baal TzafonPesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 14
- Root of Idolatry UprootedPesach · תרמ"ה · Essay 6
- Future Redemption RevealedPesach · תרנ"ב · Essay 3
- Passover: Judgment to MercyPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Redemption Through Mercy and JusticePesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 14
- Sanctifying the First PortionPesach · תר"ס · Essay 4
Tazria
Metzora
Korach
Balak
Pinchas
Eikev
Re'eh
Shoftim
- Inner Judgment Sustains CreationShoftim · תרל"ג · Essay 2
- Justice As Divine GiftShoftim · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Justice Revealing Divine PresenceShoftim · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 4
- Truthful Judgment Sustaining CreationShoftim · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Justice Reveals Divine MercyShoftim · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Judges Within Every SoulShoftim · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Tribes Justice And EnduranceShoftim · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Eretz Yisrael Withstands DinShoftim · תרס"ב · Essay 1
Ki Teitzei
Ki Tavo
Nitzavim
Vayeilech
Elul
Rosh Hashanah
- Rosh HaShana YesodosRosh Hashanah
- The hidden inner point on Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah · תרל"ד · Essay 3
- Rosh Hashanah's concealed joyRosh Hashanah · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Why no Hallel on Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah · תרל"ו · Essay 3
- Shofar arousing Hashem's mercyRosh Hashanah · תרל"ו · Essay 4
- Transforming din into rachamim through the AkeidahRosh Hashanah · תרל"ו · Essay 5
- Shofar reconnects creation to its pristine rootRosh Hashanah · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Treasuring remembrance sweetens judgmentRosh Hashanah · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Judgment clothed in chesedRosh Hashanah · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Mercy joined to justice on Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Da'as and the renewal of creationRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Divine seeing renews the world for TorahRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ד · Essay 6
- Shofar arouses hidden renewal and mercyRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Creation as arena for Hashem's chesedRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Shofar awakens the soul and mercyRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Accepting Hashem's kingship beyond free choiceRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ו · Essay 9
- Bnei Yisrael's belovedness in the Rosh Hashanah judgmentRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Rosh Hashanah: the descent of the year's binahRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 5
- The shofar as Israel's inner God-given voiceRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 6
- Shofar and the soul's recognition before HashemRosh Hashanah · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- The unchanging voice of YaakovRosh Hashanah · תרנ"ב · Essay 4
- Chesed prevailing over judgment on Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Shofar and teshuvah reveal Divine mercyRosh Hashanah · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Broken shofar blasts shatter din; the whole tekiah unifiesRosh Hashanah · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Rosh Hashanah's judgment transformed into meritRosh Hashanah · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Breaking judgment to reveal mercyRosh Hashanah · תרס"ג · Essay 3
- Shofar and Torah arouse Divine mercyRosh Hashanah · תרס"ד · Essay 5
- Crowning Hashem with an inner will to serveRosh Hashanah · תרס"ה · Essay 1
Shabbat Shuva
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
- The sukkah as testimony to true judgmentSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 3
- Sukkah as a place given to ba'alei teshuvahSukkot · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- 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
- Sukkos reveals Hashem's renewed choice in YisraelSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 7
- Three festivals as three gifts of da'as HashemSukkot · תרמ"ט · Essay 4
- Rain and gevurah transformed into blessingSukkot · תרנ"ה · Essay 5
- Joy born from the days of judgmentSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 2
- The Torah rejoices with Bnei YisraelSukkot · תרס"ב · Essay 12