The Tzaddik
צדיקThe righteous one — the channel who draws light down to the world. The Sfas Emes on the tzaddik.
115 essays
Noach
- Noach the tzaddik versus the AvosNoach · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- From unearned chesed to earned righteousnessNoach · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Mitzvos as the offspring of tzaddikimNoach · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- The Tzaddik as Living TestimonyNoach · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Bittul as the source of true offspringNoach · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Avraham's unquenchable love kept holiness aliveNoach · תרמ"ח · Essay 3
- From tzaddik to the joy of the uprightNoach · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- The Tzaddik as Foundation of the WorldNoach · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Three levels of creation toward ShabbosNoach · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- The tzaddik as vessel for Torah-lightNoach · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Mitzvos draw chayah, Torah draws yechidahNoach · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- A tzaddik's true offspring are mitzvosNoach · תרס"ג · Essay 1
Lech Lecha
- The tzaddik sustains and blesses the worldLech Lecha · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- The tzaddik's gaze elevates all creationLech Lecha · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- The tzaddik's glory shines from contrastLech Lecha · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Trials as spiritual elevationLech Lecha · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Serving Hashem within nature to rise above itLech Lecha · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
Vayeira
Chayei Sarah
- Daily renewal and the whole daysChayei Sarah · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- Every person is Hashem's shaliach in the worldChayei Sarah · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Eliezer's bittul to the tzaddik's willChayei Sarah · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Each soul's days and their rectificationChayei Sarah · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Whole days bound to creation's rootChayei Sarah · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Unifying all one’s days into wholenessChayei Sarah · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Tzaddikim's wholeness in every life-stageChayei Sarah · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Binding every realm to its heavenly rootChayei Sarah · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Tzaddik's wholeness illuminates time and placeChayei Sarah · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Man above time, infusing vitality into creationChayei Sarah · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Avraham, the vessel of chesedChayei Sarah · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Wisdom as remembering the soul's rootChayei Sarah · תרס"ד · Essay 1
Toldot
- Receiving blessing while bound to the GiverToldot · תרל"ד · Essay 4
- The tzaddik who uses falsehood without clinging to itToldot · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Cleaving to the tzaddik spreads his wellspringsToldot · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Continual giving versus fixed ownershipToldot · תרל"ו · Essay 3
- Famine as concealment of Divine vitalityToldot · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Yaakov's Renewing Blessing of ShabbosToldot · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
Vayetzei
- Carrying the inner Shabbos point into galusVayetzei · תרל"ב · Essay 1
- Finding Hashem in concealed placesVayetzei · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- The holy imprint a tzaddik leavesVayetzei · תרל"ו · Essay 4
- Falsehood flees the perfected tzaddikVayetzei · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Awakening the creative letters through prayerVayetzei · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Maaser sanctifies the whole through its partVayetzei · תרמ"ג · Essay 5
- The well of Shabbos watering the weekdaysVayetzei · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Tzaddikim reveal Torah hidden in creationVayetzei · תרמ"ח · Essay 3
- Yaakov, the hidden light, and the evening prayerVayetzei · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Yaakov's ladder and elevating the body to the soulVayetzei · תרס"א · Essay 3
Vayishlach
Vayeshev
Mikeitz
Chanukah
Vayigash
Shekalim
Tetzaveh
Zachor
Purim
- The cure precedes the blowPurim · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- An eternal salvation against eternal evilPurim · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- The singular tzaddik who shields his generationPurim · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- The tzaddik prepared within galusPurim · תר"נ · Essay 1
- The tzaddik who never bowsPurim · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Mordechai the steadfast tzaddik defeats AmalekPurim · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
Ki Tisa
Vayikra
- Embodied souls cannot stand like angelsVayikra · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- The strength of the baal teshuvahVayikra · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Every Jew as Hashem's messengerVayikra · תרמ"ז-תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Teshuvah as a path beyond the tzaddikVayikra · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- The soul as a limitless portion of the DivineVayikra · תרס"א · Essay 3
Tzav
Shabbat HaGadol
Shmini
Acharei Mot
Emor
Bechukotai
- Tzaddikim validate creation's hidden sourceBechukotai · תרל"ב · Essay 4
- Gradual buildup toward complete rectificationBechukotai · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Chosen tzaddikim carry the nation's powerBechukotai · תרמ"ג · Essay 4
- Three ascending levels of tzaddikimBechukotai · תרמ"ג · Essay 5
- Inheriting the Avos' rectificationBechukotai · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
Bamidbar
- Holy Desire Awakens Hashem's LongingBamidbar · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Intrinsic unquenchable longing for HashemBamidbar · תרמ"ו · Essay 3
- Bnei Yisrael reveal creation's hidden honorBamidbar · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- The tzaddik's holy desire for HashemBamidbar · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Serving Hashem from love versus fearBamidbar · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Inner love for Hashem actualized through the tzaddikBamidbar · תר"ס · Essay 1
Shavuot
Beha'alotcha
Shlach
Korach
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
- Shabbos tranquility and the hidden light of the weekSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 6
- The inner point revealed by stripping the outerSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 8
- Receiving chesed from merit, not needSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 5
- The hidden light revealed in the sukkahSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 12
- Sukkah's peace: near and far shalomSukkot · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Restoring each person's portionSukkot · תרס"ג · Essay 4