The Mishkan
משכןThe Tabernacle — a dwelling place for Hashem built from the offerings of the heart. The Sfas Emes on the Mishkan.
144 essays
Vayetzei
Mikeitz
Chanukah
- Inner Sanctuary of the SoulChanukah · תרל"א · Essay 3
- Miracle of the Hanukkah LightsChanukah · תרל"ד · Essay 8
- Hanukkah as Gateway to RedemptionChanukah · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Sanctity of the Temple GatesChanukah · תרמ"ב - תרמ"ג · Essay 10
- Transcending Natural OrderChanukah · תרמ"ב - תרמ"ג · Essay 12
- Enduring Light of ChanukahChanukah · תרמ"ד · Essay 7
- Enduring Light of ChanukahChanukah · תרמ"ה · Essay 4
- Rededication of HolinessChanukah · תרמ"ז · Essay 8
- Divine Light and TestimonyChanukah · תרמ"ז · Essay 10
- Sanctity of PreparationChanukah · תרמ"ח · Essay 4
- Light from Right and LeftChanukah · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Divine Partnership in MiraclesChanukah · תרנ"ו · Essay 4
- Eternal Light of the Chanukah OfferingChanukah · תרנ"ז · Essay 6
- Hanukkah as Renewal and Divine PresenceChanukah · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Divine Presence Through IsraelChanukah · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- Sanctuary Preparation and HanukkahChanukah · תרס"ה · Essay 3
Vayigash
Yitro
Shekalim
Terumah
- Receiving Torah through emunah and ratzonTerumah · תרל"א · Essay 1
- Inner generosity elevates every deedTerumah · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- Small gifts that reveal the ShechinahTerumah · תרל"ד · Essay 3
- Revealing the Shechinah in every actTerumah · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Sincere readiness lets Hashem complete the deedTerumah · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Moshe draws the Mishkan's root downwardTerumah · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Unity from joining the particularsTerumah · תרל"ט · Essay 4
- Mishkan sanctifies all everyday deedsTerumah · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Mishkan unites vision and actionTerumah · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- The soul-root that yearns to reuniteTerumah · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Elevating action through bittul lishmahTerumah · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Torah elevates the hidden good in creationTerumah · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Elevating our desires to their root in HashemTerumah · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Torah as the enduring Tree of LifeTerumah · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- The heavenly form of the Mishkan withinTerumah · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Elevating the world of action through the MishkanTerumah · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Bnei Yisrael themselves as the dwelling of the ShechinahTerumah · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Three brokers connecting us to HashemTerumah · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- The inner point that rectifies actionTerumah · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- The Mishkan as a vessel for the soul's lightTerumah · תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Building the Mikdash in every heartTerumah · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Three ascending levels of acquiring TorahTerumah · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- A small offering lifts the whole statureTerumah · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Taking the world through Torah and brachahTerumah · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- The engraved point in the Jewish heartTerumah · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Every individual builds the Mishkan through MosheTerumah · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Torah unites the souls of YisraelTerumah · תר"ס · Essay 1
- The Torah engraved on the heart stays awakeTerumah · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Carrying Torah into worldly lifeTerumah · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Torah condensed into practical mitzvosTerumah · תרס"ג · Essay 3
- Bnei Yisrael as partners in Torah and creationTerumah · תרס"ד · Essay 1
Tetzaveh
Ki Tisa
- Shabbos reveals the hidden inner pointKi Tisa · תרל"א · Essay 1
- Shabbos consciousness in every actKi Tisa · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Shabbos: the gift untouched by sinKi Tisa · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Shabbos, the untouched eternal signKi Tisa · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- Mishkan as remedy for separationKi Tisa · תרמ"ג · Essay 3
- Shabbos surpasses even Creation's workKi Tisa · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Shabbos as mercy above the Mishkan's repairKi Tisa · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Shabbos as unmediated holiness replacing the MishkanKi Tisa · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Shabbos as unclothed revelation of Hashem's NameKi Tisa · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Shabbos as a hidden gift above natureKi Tisa · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Shabbos completes the week's laborKi Tisa · תרס"א · Essay 2
Parah
Vayakhel
- Community and Sacred GivingVayakhel · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Guarding Pure IntentionsVayakhel · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Community and the ShekhinahVayakhel · תרל"ו · Essay 1
- Sanctity of Shabbat as Inner CoreVayakhel · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Sufficiency of the OfferingVayakhel · תרל"ו · Essay 4
- Mishkan Construction and AccountingVayakhel · תרל"ז · Essay 1
- Unity Through ShabbatVayakhel · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Sanctity Completing CreationVayakhel · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Divine Generosity and IsraelVayakhel · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- Sanctifying Creation Through the MishkanVayakhel · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Unity of Thought and ActionVayakhel · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Wholehearted Giving to GodVayakhel · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Joyful Return and Divine PresenceVayakhel · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Divine Unity Through IsraelVayakhel · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Inner and Outer Divine ServiceVayakhel · תרמ"ג · Essay 3
- Sanctuary, Completion, and RenewalVayakhel · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Divine Presence and TestimonyVayakhel · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Moses as Israel’s ElevationVayakhel · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Union of Distance and ClosenessVayakhel · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Divine Unity Through NatureVayakhel · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Sufficiency of OfferingsVayakhel · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Enduring Divine PresenceVayakhel · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Building the Mishkan CommunityVayakhel · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Sanctity of Shabbat and MishkanVayakhel · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Sanctifying Creation Through TorahVayakhel · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Enduring Hidden LoveVayakhel · תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Sanctity of Shabbat and SpaceVayakhel · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Vayakhel and Shekalim ThemesVayakhel · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Sanctifying Creation Through ShabbatVayakhel · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Unity of Hidden and RevealedVayakhel · תרנ"ד · Essay 3
- Sanctifying Work and LoveVayakhel · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Unique Divine Connection of All BeingsVayakhel · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Shabbat Reveals Torah LightVayakhel · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Divine Nearness and CreationVayakhel · תר"ס · Essay 1
Pekudei
- Mishkan shaped by heartfelt givingPekudei · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- The Mishkan reveals creation's hidden gloryPekudei · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Bnei Yisrael's testimony reveals the ShechinahPekudei · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Daughter, sister, mother: stages of closenessPekudei · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- The eternal hidden testimony of ShabbosPekudei · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Mishkan as testimony of forgiveness for the EigelPekudei · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Faithfulness to one's root as the vessel of blessingPekudei · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- The Mishkan as testimony to teshuvahPekudei · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Testimony draws down the ShechinahPekudei · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- Faithfulness as the vessel of blessingPekudei · תר"ס · Essay 1
Vayikra
- Selfless intent draws down the highest holinessVayikra · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Completing action draws the Divine call; the leader's power flows fromVayikra · תר"מ · Essay 2
- The strength of the baal teshuvahVayikra · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Hidden light revealed through concealmentVayikra · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Teshuvah as a path beyond the tzaddikVayikra · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Moshe's eternal portion in the spoken TorahVayikra · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
HaChodesh
Tzav
Pesach
Shmini
- The restored song of the eighth dayShmini · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Connecting all things to their rootShmini · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Three supernal utterances above natureShmini · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Teshuvah's hidden songShmini · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Mishkan as a microcosm of CreationShmini · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Three stages: derech eretz, Torah, teshuvahShmini · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Rising above nature on the eighth dayShmini · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Teshuvah as a new path into the worldShmini · תרס"א · Essay 2