Eretz Yisrael
ארץ ישראלThe holy land and its place in the inner life of Yisrael. The Sfas Emes on Eretz Yisrael.
47 essays
Lech Lecha
Vayetzei
Vayishlach
Vayechi
Shemot
Shmini
Metzora
Acharei Mot
Kedoshim
- Cleaving to Hashem through plantingKedoshim · תרל"א · Essay 5
- Joining Torah's holiness to physical deedsKedoshim · תרל"ב · Essay 3
- Torah as the tree of life for all creationKedoshim · תרל"ו · Essay 5
- Planting every thing back into its rootKedoshim · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Hidden inner core of land and brisKedoshim · תרס"ב · Essay 3
Behar
- Shemittah renews the gift of the LandBehar · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Shemittah, Torah-root, and ownership of the landBehar · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Shemittah as redemption of the landBehar · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Shemitah elevates nature to its rootBehar · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Eretz Yisrael, unity, and the root aboveBehar · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Serving Hashem as servant and childBehar · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Shemittah as the Shabbos of Eretz YisraelBehar · תרס"א · Essay 1
Shavuot
Shlach
- Calev's reward of mesirus nefeshShlach · תרל"ו · Essay 3
- The spies' test of hidden meritShlach · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Divine will above nature and the spies' failure of emunahShlach · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- The spies and reliance on HashemShlach · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Self-perception shapes outer realityShlach · תר"מ · Essay 2
- The spies' error: self-reliance over Divine chesedShlach · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- Descending into the physical to elevate itShlach · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Uniting Torah with physical deedShlach · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Torah Ohr versus Ner MitzvahShlach · תרמ"ז · Essay 5
- Inheriting the Land through the Merit of the AvosShlach · תרמ"ז · Essay 6
- Eretz Yisrael raises the physical to its rootShlach · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Conquering the Land through bittulShlach · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Receiving Hashem's gifts as He willsShlach · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Eretz Yisrael as hidden treasure to be soughtShlach · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Spies' Sin: Fearing the Land's DinShlach · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Eretz Yisrael won through human effortShlach · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Living above nature and the spies' failure of emunahShlach · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- The soul's mission overrides rest; the inner landShlach · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- The hidden inner goodness of Eretz YisraelShlach · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Living above nature through TorahShlach · תרס"ד · Essay 1