Hachanah & Sefirah
הכנהPreparation — the counting and readying that make receiving possible. The Sfas Emes on hachanah.
102 essays
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Vayetzei
Vayishlach
Vayigash
Shemot
Vaeira
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Beshalach
Yitro
Mishpatim
Terumah
Ki Tisa
Vayakhel
Pekudei
Vayikra
Pesach
- Second Day of PassoverPesach · תרל"א · Essay 12
- Sanctifying Speech and Divine KingshipPesach · תרל"ד · Essay 3
- Spiritual Ascent of the OmerPesach · תר"מ · Essay 6
- Wisdom in Sacred SongPesach · תר"מ · Essay 12
- Offering the First to GodPesach · תרמ"א · Essay 4
- Accepting the Heavenly YokePesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- Refining Spiritual SparksPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 5
- Sanctifying Earthly HarvestsPesach · תרמ"ו · Essay 5
- Roots of Divine AbundancePesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 4
- Elevating Nature Through FaithPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 13
- Sanctifying Earth and HeavenPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 14
- The Omer and Clarifying FirstnessPesach · תרנ"ג · Essay 5
- Divine Blessing Through the OmerPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 4
- Sanctifying the First HarvestPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 9
- Overcoming Amalek to Receive TorahPesach · תרנ"ז · Essay 5
- Covenant and Redemption Through SpeechPesach · תרנ"ח · Essay 4
- Sanctifying the First PortionPesach · תר"ס · Essay 4
Shmini
Acharei Mot
Emor
- Emor תרל"בEmor · תרל"ב
- Purity flows from cleaving to the divine utteranceEmor · תרל"ב · Essay 1
- Sefirah days that elevate toward TorahEmor · תרל"ג · Essay 2
- Refining the world through holy speechEmor · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Refining the soul to receive TorahEmor · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- Emor תרמ"אEmor · תרמ"א
- Purity as the key to TorahEmor · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Sefirah Days as a Gift for PurityEmor · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Wholeness through cleaving to the root in Sefiras HaOmerEmor · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Exodus Empowers Sanctifying Hashem Above NatureEmor · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Aharon's pure fear is the root of purityEmor · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Revealing inner holiness through self-sacrificeEmor · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Shabbos completes the weekdays and the middosEmor · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Refining the hidden Torah within creationEmor · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Refining purity from impurity during the OmerEmor · תר"ס · Essay 1
Behar
Bamidbar
- Yisrael beyond number give measureBamidbar · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Counting elevates each to his rootBamidbar · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- Acquiring Torah through hefker and Hashem-given preparationBamidbar · תר"מ · Essay 3
- Each Jew's unique knowledge of HashemBamidbar · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Bnei Yisrael reveal creation's hidden honorBamidbar · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Shabbos as preparation for receiving TorahBamidbar · תרס"ד · Essay 2
Shavuot
- Shavuot תרל"אShavuot · תרל"א
- Preparing for Torah through truthShavuot · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Two breads, two forms of bittulShavuot · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Shavuos and the unified fiftieth gateShavuot · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Re-accepting the old Torah prepares for the newShavuot · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Purifying the heart to receive TorahShavuot · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Rectifying Speech for Receiving TorahShavuot · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Yearly preparation and purity for the TorahShavuot · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Derech eretz as preparation for TorahShavuot · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- The fiftieth gate of understanding as a giftShavuot · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Night Torah as preparation for Kabbalas HaTorahShavuot · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Shavuot תרמ"ה 5Shavuot · תרמ"ה · Essay 5
- The fiftieth day as the root beyond all mixtureShavuot · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Servant and son: two levels of avodah from Pesach to ShavuosShavuot · תרמ"ו · Essay 5
- Preparing the vessel to receive TorahShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Shavuos as Ingathering Through TorahShavuot · תרנ"ב · Essay 6
- Outer and Inner Gates of ReceivingShavuot · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Exodus and Torah as one redemptionShavuot · תרנ"ג · Essay 4
- The fiftieth gate and the World of FreedomShavuot · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Shavuos as the ingathering to YisraelShavuot · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Shavuos and the yearly renewal of TorahShavuot · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Purity as preparation for TorahShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Purifying heart and tongue toward SinaiShavuot · תרס"ד · Essay 4