Shalom & Machlokes
שלום ומחלוקתPeace and discord — the wholeness of shalom against the fracture of machlokes. The Sfas Emes on shalom.
109 essays
Bereishit
Lech Lecha
Chayei Sarah
Toldot
- Surrendering all faculties to Hashem's willToldot · תרל"ג · Essay 3
- Shabbos Well of RechovotToldot · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Peace as Vessel for BlessingToldot · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Shabbos Vessel of BlessingToldot · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Israel as Vessel of BlessingToldot · תרמ"ח · Essay 4
- Weekday toil versus the Shabbos giftToldot · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Shabbos as peace through ratzon HashemToldot · תרנ"א · Essay 2
Vayishlach
Vayeshev
Vayigash
Yitro
Mishpatim
Terumah
Tetzaveh
Zachor
Purim
Ki Tisa
Pekudei
Vayikra
Tzav
Shabbat HaGadol
Pesach
Acharei Mot
Kedoshim
Emor
Bechukotai
Bamidbar
Shavuot
Naso
Korach
- Korach תרל"א 1Korach · תרל"א · Essay 1
- Nullifying the Self into OnenessKorach · תרל"א · Essay 2
- Unity Through Shabbos PeaceKorach · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Sustaining the World Through KindnessKorach · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- Torah's inner light needs unityKorach · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Bittul and unity versus KorachKorach · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Korach's flaw: self-made wholeness vs bittulKorach · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Dispute for Heaven versus selfKorach · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Korach תרמ"גKorach · תרמ"ג
- Aharon's silence and the power of bittulKorach · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Dispute for Heaven's sake versus self-interestKorach · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Torah needs the vessel of avodahKorach · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Dispute for Heaven's sake ends in unityKorach · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Severity must yield to kindness and truthKorach · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- The indestructible point of truth in every JewKorach · תרמ"ח · Essay 4
- Machlokes and the Shabbos unity of opposing middosKorach · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Peace born out of machlokesKorach · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Kohanim and Levi'im: Sweet and Bitter AlmondsKorach · תרנ"ב · Essay 3
- Unity above individual boundaries vs. KorachKorach · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Aharon draws the distant near in peaceKorach · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Korach's separateness versus Aharon's self-nullificationKorach · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Kohen and Levi: nearness, distance, and one's portionKorach · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Korach's war against the peace of TorahKorach · תר"ס · Essay 3
- Holy dispute and unity through bittulKorach · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Aharon's staff and drawing nearKorach · תרס"ג · Essay 3
- Self-seeking versus communal TorahKorach · תרס"ד · Essay 1
Chukat
Pinchas
- Peace Holding Divine BlessingPinchas · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- Peace Through Holy StrifePinchas · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Peace As Containing BlessingPinchas · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Shabbos Peace Beyond OlamPinchas · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Covenant of Shalom RestoredPinchas · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Covenant Of Peace GuardedPinchas · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Peace Through Self SacrificePinchas · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Transforming Judgment Into PeacePinchas · תר"ס · Essay 1
Vaetchanan
Eikev
Re'eh
Shoftim
- Prophecy From Collective WholenessShoftim · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Making Peace With Yetzer HaraShoftim · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Bnei Yisrael Mastering PeaceShoftim · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Wholeness Through Nullification To HashemShoftim · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Three Pillars Sustaining The WorldShoftim · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Tribes Justice And EnduranceShoftim · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- From Servant To SonShoftim · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Eretz Yisrael Withstands DinShoftim · תרס"ב · Essay 1
Rosh Hashanah
Sukkot
- Shemini Atzeres: receiving through yirah and bittulSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 9
- Sukkah as a place given to ba'alei teshuvahSukkot · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- The unbroken chain of tikkun in Klal YisraelSukkot · תרל"ו · Essay 10
- The sukkah as Hashem's protective garmentSukkot · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Sukkos: peace, ingathering, and the joy of TorahSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 6
- Four Species and sukkah draw down supernal joySukkot · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Four species as four paths of devotionSukkot · תרמ"ז · Essay 3
- Sukkos: the war that brings peaceSukkot · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Sukkah of peace and lulav of victorySukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Sukkah's peace: near and far shalomSukkot · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Two kinds of peace on SukkosSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 3