The Moadim
מועדיםSacred time — the festivals as meetings between Yisrael and Hashem. The Sfas Emes on the moadim.
167 essays
Noach
Vayeira
Chayei Sarah
Vayetzei
Mikeitz
Chanukah
- The Power of PraiseChanukah · תרל"ב · Essay 3
- Chanukah תרל"הChanukah · תרל"ה
- Sanctity in ExileChanukah · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Chanukah’s Eight-Day MeaningChanukah · תרל"ו · Essay 5
- Sanctifying Time and RenewalChanukah · תרל"ו · Essay 9
- Oral Torah Festivals LightChanukah · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Spiritual Purpose of ChanukahChanukah · תרמ"ב - תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Hanukkah as Spiritual PillarChanukah · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Four Redemptive PraisesChanukah · תרמ"ד · Essay 6
- Hanukkah and Future RedemptionChanukah · תרמ"ו · Essay 4
- Covenantal Signs of IsraelChanukah · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Covenant and Sacred RemembranceChanukah · תרמ"ח · Essay 7
- Sanctity of Chanukah’s OriginChanukah · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Sanctity of Time RenewalChanukah · תרנ"א · Essay 4
- Freedom and Complete PraiseChanukah · תר"ס · Essay 5
Bo
Yitro
Shekalim
Purim
HaChodesh
- This month and the renewal of clarityHaChodesh · תרל"ב · Essay 2
- Bnei Yisrael awaken creation's renewalHaChodesh · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Renewal of creation through the new monthHaChodesh · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Bnei Yisrael as masters over timeHaChodesh · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Sanctifying time and the inner gateHaChodesh · תרמ"ז-תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Rosh Chodesh and Shabbos as beginning and endHaChodesh · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Revealed kingship through the monthsHaChodesh · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- Nissan: sanctifying time and renewalHaChodesh · תר"ס · Essay 1
- The moon as contracted attainable lightHaChodesh · תרס"א · Essay 1
Shabbat HaGadol
Pesach
- Pesach תרל"א contPesach · תרל"א
- Passover Observance NotesPesach · תרל"א · Essay 1
- First Day of PassoverPesach · תרל"א · Essay 6
- Inner Light of the FestivalsPesach · תרל"א · Essay 7
- Second Night ReferencePesach · תרל"א · Essay 8
- Second Day of PassoverPesach · תרל"א · Essay 12
- Shabbat During the FestivalPesach · תרל"א · Essay 14
- Sanctity of Festivals and FaithPesach · תרל"א · Essay 15
- Fading Memory of PassoverPesach · תרל"א · Essay 16
- Passover Teachings CollectionPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 10
- Light of Shabbat and FestivalsPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 13
- Unity of God and IsraelPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 14
- Seventh Day of PassoverPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 16
- Second Night ReferencePesach · תרל"ג · Essay 2
- Final Days of PassoverPesach · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Spiritual Unity of Time and PlacePesach · תרל"ו · Essay 11
- Inner Meaning of the FestivalsPesach · תרל"ו · Essay 12
- Festival Unity and ProtectionPesach · תרל"ז · Essay 5
- Sacred Renewal on FestivalsPesach · תרל"ז · Essay 6
- Sanctity of the FestivalsPesach · תרל"ז · Essay 8
- Renewal Through the FestivalsPesach · תרל"ח · Essay 4
- Hidden Divine Light in FestivalsPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 9
- Sanctity of Shabbat and FestivalsPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 10
- Sanctifying Desire Through TorahPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 17
- Last Days of Passover MixturesPesach · תר"מ · Essay 8
- Pesach Reflections and ThemesPesach · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Inner Purity Revealed on FestivalsPesach · תרמ"א · Essay 6
- Accepting the Heavenly YokePesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- Three Festivals and Human FacultiesPesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 5
- Historical Note Before PassoverPesach · תרמ"ב · Essay 12
- Torah as the Path to RedemptionPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 9
- Inner Divine Beauty RevealedPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 10
- Divine Presence Through Hidden OpeningsPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 11
- Festivals as Divine BondPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 12
- Passover Teachings and InsightsPesach · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Pilgrimage and Divine RenewalPesach · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Themes of the Four SonsPesach · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Holiness in the FestivalsPesach · תרמ"ו · Essay 6
- Spiritual Gifts of the FestivalsPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 10
- Festivals as Living TefillinPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 12
- Shabbat’s Hidden Divine LightPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 16
- Shabbat vs. Festivals ConnectionPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 21
- Shabbat as Divine GiftPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 22
- Sanctity of FestivalsPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 23
- Sanctity of Festivals and ShabbatPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 24
- Redemption Through Elevating FoodPesach · תרנ"א · Essay 5
- Spiritual Gifts of the FestivalsPesach · תרנ"ב · Essay 4
- Sanctity of Shabbat and FestivalsPesach · תרנ"ב · Essay 5
- Pilgrimage Radiance of IsraelPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 9
- Passover ReflectionsPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Festivals and Spiritual AwakeningPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 8
- Shabbat and Festivals as Divine JoyPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 23
- Shabbat and Festivals HarmonyPesach · תר"ס · Essay 5
- Yearning for the FestivalsPesach · תרס"ב · Essay 5
- Festivals Reveal Divine PresencePesach · תרס"ב · Essay 10
- Blessing the Land Through IsraelPesach · תרס"ב · Essay 11
- Shabbat and Israel’s SanctityPesach · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- Spiritual Freedom Through the FestivalsPesach · תרס"ד · Essay 2
- Sanctity of the FestivalsPesach · תרס"ד · Essay 4
Shmini
Tazria
Emor
- Mesirus nefesh prepares for the holiness of the festivalsEmor · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Shabbos as the gateway to the festivalsEmor · תרמ"א · Essay 3
- Inner holiness revealed through mesirus nefeshEmor · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Shabbos kedushah across world, year, and soulEmor · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Three Crowns, Three Festivals, and Shabbos AboveEmor · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Radiating holy light through space, time, and soulEmor · תרמ"ו · Essay 4
- Refining the body to reveal holinessEmor · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Three holinesses: Hashem, Torah, YisraelEmor · תרנ"א · Essay 3
- Shabbos as the source of the weekEmor · תרנ"א · Essay 4
- Unity of Yisrael draws down kedushahEmor · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Shabbos as the Menorah of timeEmor · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Shabbos as root of festival blessingsEmor · תרס"ג · Essay 3
Behar
Bamidbar
Shavuot
Balak
Masei
Shoftim
Ki Teitzei
Nitzavim
Rosh Hashanah
- Rosh HaShana YesodosRosh Hashanah
- Rosh HaShana תרל"ב essaysRosh Hashanah · תרל"ב
- Rosh Hashana תרל"ג essaysRosh Hashanah · תרל"ג
- Hearing the shofar rebuilds doingRosh Hashanah · תרל"ג · Essay 1
- Rosh Hashana תרל"ד essaysRosh Hashanah · תרל"ד
- Rosh Hashana תרל"וRosh Hashanah · תרל"ו
- Rosh Hashana תרמ"דRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ד
- Rosh Hashanah as the avodah of prayerRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
Ha'azinu
Sukkot
- The three festivals and the love of HashemSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 5
- Sukkos as Hashem gathering us inSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 4
- Receiving Hashem's bounty for the sake of closenessSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 6
- Shemini Atzeres as crown of the festivalsSukkot · תרל"ו · Essay 7
- Joy awakened through the longing of galusSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 12
- Three festivals uproot desire, jealousy, and honorSukkot · תרל"ח · Essay 5
- Festivals removing three orlos of concealmentSukkot · תרל"ח · Essay 8
- Shemini Atzeres as supernatural additionSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 7
- Festivals as pillars drawing kedushahSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 14
- Leaving home for the sukkah merits TorahSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 10
- Sukkot תרמ"ה 4Sukkot · תרמ"ה · Essay 4
- Sukkot תרמ"ה 5Sukkot · תרמ"ה · Essay 5
- Three festivals as three gifts of da'as HashemSukkot · תרמ"ט · Essay 4
- Internalizing the Sukkah’s supernatural lightSukkot · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Shemini Atzeres and the level of knowingSukkot · תרנ"ה · Essay 4
- Moshe and the festivals: half for Hashem, half for youSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 8
- Bnei Yisrael as Vessels of the ShechinahSukkot · תרס"ב · Essay 4
- Torah reveals the Shechinah everywhereSukkot · תרס"ב · Essay 13
- Torah opens the soul to receive blessingSukkot · תרס"ד · Essay 5