Moshe Rabbeinu
משה רבינוThe faithful shepherd who drew the Torah down to Yisrael. The Sfas Emes on Moshe Rabbeinu.
134 essays
Vayeshev
Shemot
- Divine Name and RedemptionShemot · תרל"א · Essay 3
- Moses’ Mission and Israel’s MeritShemot · תרל"א · Essay 5
- Divine Mission and HumilityShemot · תרל"ב · Essay 4
- Roots of RedemptionShemot · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Moses, Justice, and MercyShemot · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Fear and Divine RevelationShemot · תרמ"א · Essay 3
- Daily Struggle and RedemptionShemot · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Sharing in Communal SufferingShemot · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Divine Name and RevelationShemot · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Divine Merit and Future PotentialShemot · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Hidden Meaning of ExileShemot · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Spiritual Symbols and CovenantsShemot · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Sanctity of Shabbat Before SinaiShemot · תרנ"ב · Essay 3
- Torah as Source of FreedomShemot · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Divine Justice and MercyShemot · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- Revealing Torah Through DeedsShemot · תרס"ב · Essay 2
Yitro
Terumah
- Moshe draws the Mishkan's root downwardTerumah · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Mishkan unites vision and actionTerumah · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- The heavenly form of the Mishkan withinTerumah · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Moshe as eternal broker of the TorahTerumah · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Three brokers connecting us to HashemTerumah · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- The inner point that rectifies actionTerumah · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Torah's garment beyond reach of sinTerumah · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Torah inheritance restored through unity and ShabbosTerumah · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Every individual builds the Mishkan through MosheTerumah · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Torah as Moshe's inherited giftTerumah · תרס"ג · Essay 2
- Torah condensed into practical mitzvosTerumah · תרס"ג · Essay 3
Tetzaveh
- Moshe and Aharon: voice, vessel, and the peace that holds blessingTetzaveh · תרמ"א · Essay 3
- Torah is light, mitzvah is its lampTetzaveh · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Ner Mitzvah Versus Torah OrTetzaveh · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- The crown of Torah belongs to allTetzaveh · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Pure oil refined through crushingTetzaveh · תרס"א · Essay 2
- Souls that receive light versus souls that are lightTetzaveh · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Moshe and Aharon: soul and body unitedTetzaveh · תרס"ג · Essay 2
Purim
Ki Tisa
- Completion unlocks the Torah's giftKi Tisa · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Moshe binds himself to Klal YisraelKi Tisa · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Torah as gift after total toilKi Tisa · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- The tzaddik who descends to upliftKi Tisa · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Receiving Torah with bridal longingKi Tisa · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Becoming Shabbos through TorahKi Tisa · תרס"ב · Essay 2
Parah
Vayakhel
Pekudei
Vayikra
- Every Action a Divine MissionVayikra · תרל"א · Essay 1
- Da'as as living awareness of one's missionVayikra · תרל"א · Essay 2
- The angelic point in every JewVayikra · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- Becoming a malach through na'asehVayikra · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Embodied souls cannot stand like angelsVayikra · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Moshe's angelic essence and naasehVayikra · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Moshe's prophecy empowered by the nationVayikra · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Humility as the Fruit of ClosenessVayikra · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Daas as wisdom lived in actionVayikra · תרמ"ז-תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Teshuvah as a path beyond the tzaddikVayikra · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Daas as humility and dveikusVayikra · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Small aleph: Torah contracting into deedVayikra · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Torah as gift versus earned preparationVayikra · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Uniting body and soul through bittul, like MosheVayikra · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Completing mitzvos to reach inner hearingVayikra · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Moshe's eternal portion in the spoken TorahVayikra · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Shabbos restores the thousand levels of SinaiVayikra · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Small alef and the lowered TorahVayikra · תרס"א · Essay 1
Tzav
Pesach
- Clarity of Divine PerceptionPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 20
- Divine Redemption Above NaturePesach · תרל"ב · Essay 23
- Sacred Renewal on FestivalsPesach · תרל"ז · Essay 6
- Renewal Through the FestivalsPesach · תרל"ח · Essay 4
- Path to True FaithPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 13
- Division of the Mixed MultitudePesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 7
- Resurrection Rooted in the ExodusPesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 9
- Torah Oral and Written UnityPesach · תרנ"א · Essay 4
- Fifty Gates and RedemptionPesach · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
Shmini
Bamidbar
Shavuot
- Moshe drawing near as emissaryShavuot · תרל"ג · Essay 7
- Torah enduring through Moshe not miracleShavuot · תרל"ג · Essay 8
- Singular Dibros sustain Torah through one JewShavuot · תרל"ה · Essay 5
- Giving and receiving the TorahShavuot · תרל"ה · Essay 7
- Moshe hearing on behalf of the communityShavuot · תרל"ה · Essay 9
- Refining the world rather than becoming angelsShavuot · תרל"ו · Essay 5
- Crowns of na'aseh v'nishmaShavuot · תרל"ט · Essay 5
- The singular Dibros and the eternal tzaddikShavuot · תרמ"ו · Essay 4
- Moshe's power lives on in Torah we toil inShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 13
- Arousing the giving of the Torah from belowShavuot · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- The Shechinah speaking through Moshe's voiceShavuot · תרנ"ט · Essay 4
- Two redemptions and the complete giving of TorahShavuot · תר"ס · Essay 3
- Humility lifts the soul higherShavuot · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Torah brings fear and humilityShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 3
Beha'alotcha
- Nefesh and ruach paths of avodahBeha'alotcha · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Two modes of unity: Written and Oral TorahBeha'alotcha · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Binding the branches into unityBeha'alotcha · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Arousal from below awakens the light aboveBeha'alotcha · תרמ"ב · Essay 3
- Unity below sustains the heavenly palaceBeha'alotcha · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Soul-Food Sustaining the Body through the MannBeha'alotcha · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרנ"ב · Essay 7
- Torah-light grasped through the mitzvosBeha'alotcha · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Moshe's prophecy as essential, not temporaryBeha'alotcha · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Rise and fall between nefesh and ruachBeha'alotcha · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Humility as the channel for prophecy and ShabbosBeha'alotcha · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
Shlach
Korach
- Why Korach descended aliveKorach · תרל"ו · Essay 4
- Torah's inner light needs unityKorach · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Penimiyus versus the hollow externals of KorachKorach · תר"מ · Essay 3
- True achdus needs righteous leadershipKorach · תרמ"ג · Essay 3
- Binding deeds to their root aboveKorach · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Korach and the two holinesses of YisraelKorach · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Receiving Torah through bittulKorach · תרס"ג · Essay 1
Elul
Shabbat Shuva
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
- Torah as inheritance earned through self-refinementSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 9
- Moshe embodies Torah's four levelsSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 9
- Moshe, Torah, and Hashem's kingship are oneSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 11
- Shemini Atzeres: joy beyond natureSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 15
- Sukkah of bittul, Shemini Atzeres of receivingSukkot · תרנ"א · Essay 12
- Sukkah of peace and lulav of victorySukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Moshe, Torah, and the unity of Klal YisraelSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 11
- The Torah Transforms Curse into BlessingSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 12
- Torah as inheritance and betrothalSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 13
- Shemini Atzeres and the level of knowingSukkot · תרנ"ה · Essay 4
- Torah hidden in the soul, actualized through mitzvosSukkot · תרנ"ה · Essay 7
- Moshe and the festivals: half for Hashem, half for youSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 8
- Torah as the power of creation and rectificationSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 9
- From prayer to Torah's lightSukkot · תרס"ג · Essay 8
- Humility draws the Shechinah's joySukkot · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- Torah opens the soul to receive blessingSukkot · תרס"ד · Essay 5