Torah
תורהTorah as the blueprint of creation and the light that sustains the world. The Sfas Emes on Torah and its study.
395 essays
Noach
- Mitzvos as the offspring of tzaddikimNoach · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Avraham's unquenchable love kept holiness aliveNoach · תרמ"ח · Essay 3
- Torah’s light radiates across all timeNoach · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Rectifying mouth and heart through TorahNoach · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Power Of Speech Builds For HashemNoach · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Mitzvos draw chayah, Torah draws yechidahNoach · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Avraham's supernatural Torah supersedes Noach's natureNoach · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- Shabbos as gift versus renewal of the AvosNoach · תרס"ג · Essay 2
Lech Lecha
Vayeira
Chayei Sarah
Toldot
Vayetzei
- The well as Oral Torah and tefillahVayetzei · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Yaakov's ladder as daily-renewed natureVayetzei · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Finding holy letters in concealed placesVayetzei · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Yaakov's ladder as Torah ascentVayetzei · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Yaakov's vow as eternal attachment to truthVayetzei · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Yaakov, the hidden light, and the evening prayerVayetzei · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Body and soul yearn for HashemVayetzei · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- Torah rolls away the stone of concealmentVayetzei · תרס"ה · Essay 2
Vayishlach
- Angelic Protection Through TorahVayishlach · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Truth of Jacob and ShabbatVayishlach · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Shabbat as Eternal TruthVayishlach · תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Truth in Torah and JacobVayishlach · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Jacob’s Spiritual Elevation with GodVayishlach · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Truth as Divine ConnectionVayishlach · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Conversion Through CovenantVayishlach · תרס"א · Essay 2
- Jacob’s Spiritual LegacyVayishlach · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Divine Assistance and PreparationVayishlach · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- Seeking Mercy Through Torah and PrayerVayishlach · תרס"ה · Essay 1
Vayeshev
- Torah Fire and DesireVayeshev · תרל"ג · Essay 1
- Unity Through Jacob’s HolinessVayeshev · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- Legacy of the PatriarchsVayeshev · תרל"ד · Essay 4
- Overcoming the Evil InclinationVayeshev · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Sanctity of Covenant and TorahVayeshev · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Jacob as Torah FireVayeshev · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Covenant and Torah TruthVayeshev · תרס"א · Essay 2
- Purity of Jacob’s LineageVayeshev · תרס"ד · Essay 1
Mikeitz
Chanukah
- Miracle Light of ChanukahChanukah · תרל"א · Essay 1
- Hanukkah’s Inner LightChanukah · תרל"ה · Essay 5
- Right and Left in HanukkahChanukah · תרל"ה · Essay 9
- Greek Influence on TorahChanukah · תרל"ו · Essay 7
- Light of Mitzvot and TorahChanukah · תרל"ז · Essay 4
- Ever‑Renewing Light of ChanukahChanukah · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Hanukkah Miracle and Greek InfluenceChanukah · תרמ"א · Essay 5
- Greek Wisdom vs. Torah PraiseChanukah · תרמ"ב - תרמ"ג · Essay 9
- Oral Torah and ChanukahChanukah · תרמ"ד · Essay 8
- Inner Light of ChanukahChanukah · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Chanukah and Oral TorahChanukah · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Divine Presence in Every HomeChanukah · תרמ"ה · Essay 9
- Torah’s Fivefold PowerChanukah · תרמ"ז · Essay 6
- Oral Torah and Renewed LightChanukah · תרמ"ז · Essay 9
- Forgetting the Torah’s EssenceChanukah · תרמ"ז · Essay 11
- Light Amid Greek DarknessChanukah · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Torah and Temple LightChanukah · תר"נ · Essay 5
- Holiness of Right vs. LeftChanukah · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Torah’s Unique Divine WisdomChanukah · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Education Through Divine LightChanukah · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Oral and Written Torah LightChanukah · תרנ"ה · Essay 4
- Light from Right and LeftChanukah · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Rabbinic Light and RenewalChanukah · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Divine Service and ChanukahChanukah · תרנ"ח · Essay 4
- Light Rising from StruggleChanukah · תרס"א · Essay 4
- Spiritual Priorities Over WorldlinessChanukah · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Dual Hearts in Divine ServiceChanukah · תרס"ג · Essay 2
- Light of Torah-Driven LifeChanukah · תרס"ה · Essay 4
Vayigash
- Unity of Written and Oral TorahVayigash · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Revealing Divine SpeechVayigash · תרמ"ב · Essay 3
- Torah and Mitzvah RelationshipVayigash · תרמ"ג · Essay 3
- Divine Purpose of Egypt DescentVayigash · תרמ"ח · Essay 4
- Inner Wisdom and Spiritual EffortVayigash · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Unity of the TribesVayigash · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Divine Presence in ExileVayigash · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Inner Work and Divine AssistanceVayigash · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Spiritual Greatness in ExileVayigash · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Unity of Body and SoulVayigash · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Torah Revealed Through ConcealmentVayigash · תרס"ג · Essay 2
Vayechi
- Birth of a Jewish SonVayechi · תרל"ג · Essay 1
- Hidden Divine Life in ExileVayechi · תרל"ד · Essay 1
- Inner Divine Point in IsraelVayechi · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Divine Protection Through TorahVayechi · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Unity and Redemption Through ShabbatVayechi · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Divine Plan in ExileVayechi · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Hearing Old and NewVayechi · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Renewal Through Torah TruthVayechi · תרס"ד · Essay 1
Shemot
- Fear Before WisdomShemot · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Hidden Goodness of IsraelShemot · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Exile as Preparation for RedemptionShemot · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- The Danger of Lashon HaraShemot · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Daily Struggle and RedemptionShemot · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Spiritual Growth Through ExileShemot · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Three Divine Gifts and Human FacultiesShemot · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Divine Merit and Future PotentialShemot · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Divine Purpose of ExodusShemot · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Torah as Source of FreedomShemot · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Covenant and Redemption ProcessShemot · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Divine Presence in ExileShemot · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Suffering as Divine PreparationShemot · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- The Purpose of Creation and RedemptionShemot · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Divine Revelation and ReadinessShemot · תרס"א · Essay 2
- Divine Letter MysteriesShemot · תרס"א · Essay 3
Yitro
- Shabbos as testimony and direct giftYitro · תרמ"ח · Essay 3
- Torah as both gift and earned takingYitro · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Soul-root, Torah, and Shabbos revelationYitro · תר"נ · Essay 3
- Bnei Yisrael as Hashem's witnesses through TorahYitro · תר"נ · Essay 4
- Yisro: the man who heard and fledYitro · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Torah elevates sparks and draws the far nearYitro · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Torah recaptured: refining holy sparks belowYitro · תרנ"ג · Essay 2
- Sinai's testimony fixed through thought, speech, deedYitro · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Redeeming the Torah's captive lightYitro · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Torah as strength gathers holy sparksYitro · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Torah as the Engine of True FreedomYitro · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Shabbos blessing as Torah's rootYitro · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Torah lifts Yisrael above natureYitro · תרס"ב · Essay 2
Mishpatim
- Reasons of mitzvos as the inner TorahMishpatim · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Humility guards Torah before and afterMishpatim · תרל"ז · Essay 2
- Torah's judgments uphold all creationMishpatim · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Truth concealed in a world of falsehoodMishpatim · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Sweetening strict justice with mercyMishpatim · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Torah revealed through hints that awaken longingMishpatim · תרס"א · Essay 1
Shekalim
Terumah
- Torah reveals the hidden light of creationTerumah · תרל"ה · Essay 1
- Torah as the vessel to grasp divine fireTerumah · תרל"ה · Essay 2
- Sincere readiness lets Hashem complete the deedTerumah · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Elevating the holy good in everythingTerumah · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- Torah as the power to elevate creationTerumah · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Torah elevates the hidden good in creationTerumah · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Terumah uplifts the hidden good of CreationTerumah · תרמ"ו · Essay 1
- Moshe as eternal broker of the TorahTerumah · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Torah uncovers the hidden good in creationTerumah · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Three ascending levels of acquiring TorahTerumah · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Infinite levels of Torah and dveikusTerumah · תרנ"ב · Essay 3
- Taking the world through Torah and brachahTerumah · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Torah's garment beyond reach of sinTerumah · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Hidden and revealed dimensions of TorahTerumah · תרנ"ה · Essay 3
- Torah inheritance restored through unity and ShabbosTerumah · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- 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 uncovers the soul's hidden desireTerumah · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Torah as Moshe's inherited giftTerumah · תרס"ג · Essay 2
- Torah condensed into practical mitzvosTerumah · תרס"ג · Essay 3
- Bnei Yisrael as partners in Torah and creationTerumah · תרס"ד · Essay 1
- The holy spark within every actionTerumah · תרס"ד · Essay 2
Tetzaveh
Zachor
Purim
- Purim's love-driven re-acceptance of TorahPurim · תרל"א · Essay 3
- Purim unity and the Oral TorahPurim · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- Planting joy of Purim within the soulPurim · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Unity defeats Amalek and rebuilds the MikdashPurim · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Purim Restores Face-To-Face TorahPurim · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Remembrance reawakens the Purim miraclePurim · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Purim reawakened love of TorahPurim · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Torah's light revealed through worthy vesselsPurim · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Purim reveals the hidden light of TorahPurim · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Haman's fall opens the path to Oral TorahPurim · תרס"ג · Essay 2
Ki Tisa
- Completion unlocks the Torah's giftKi Tisa · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Written and Oral Torah as marriageKi Tisa · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Freedom engraved on the tabletsKi Tisa · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Torah as a gift from above, like ShabbosKi Tisa · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Receiving Torah with bridal longingKi Tisa · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Becoming Shabbos through TorahKi Tisa · תרס"ב · Essay 2
Parah
Vayakhel
- Divine Inspiration in GivingVayakhel · תרל"ו · Essay 3
- Sanctity Completing CreationVayakhel · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Reflection on Forgotten TeachingsVayakhel · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Torah Summary OverviewVayakhel · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Divine Unity Through IsraelVayakhel · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Sanctifying Creation Through TorahVayakhel · תרמ"ט · Essay 2
- Divine Presence Through TorahVayakhel · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
Vayikra
HaChodesh
Tzav
Shabbat HaGadol
Pesach
- First Day of PassoverPesach · תרל"א · Essay 6
- Transcendent Power of ShirahPesach · תרל"א · Essay 21
- Passover Teachings CollectionPesach · תרל"ב · Essay 10
- Faith Restored Through SongPesach · תרל"ה · Essay 3
- Freedom and Divine DrawingPesach · תרל"ה · Essay 8
- Inner Cry of the HeartPesach · תרל"ו · Essay 7
- Divine Presence in Torah StudyPesach · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Power of the Mouth in PesachPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 6
- Exodus as Preparation for TorahPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 12
- Sanctifying Desire Through TorahPesach · תרל"ט · Essay 17
- The Transformative Power of Retelling the ExodusPesach · תר"מ · Essay 2
- Torah as the Path to RedemptionPesach · תרמ"ג · Essay 9
- Passover Teachings and InsightsPesach · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Eternal Power of SongPesach · תרמ"ד · Essay 7
- Sanctifying Earth and HeavenPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 14
- Shabbat vs. Festivals ConnectionPesach · תרמ"ז · Essay 21
- Freedom as Spiritual FoundationPesach · תרנ"א · Essay 3
- Bread of Affliction and Divine VoicePesach · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Spiritual Gifts of the FestivalsPesach · תרנ"ב · Essay 4
- Divine Peace Through ConflictPesach · תרנ"ב · Essay 7
- Divine Blessing Through the OmerPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 4
- Healing Through Torah LightPesach · תרנ"ד · Essay 7
- Revelation Before SinaiPesach · תרנ"ה-תרנ"ו · Essay 22
- Overcoming Amalek to Receive TorahPesach · תרנ"ז · Essay 5
- Unity of Matzah and MarorPesach · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Redemption Enables True SpeechPesach · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Love of God’s EssencePesach · תר"ס · Essay 7
- Joyful Torah and PrayerPesach · תרס"ג · Essay 4
- Redemption Beyond Human MeritPesach · תרס"ג · Essay 6
- Spiritual Freedom Through the FestivalsPesach · תרס"ד · Essay 2
Shmini
Tazria
Metzora
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
- Holding fast to Torah amid concealmentKedoshim · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- Torah as the tree of life after sinKedoshim · תרמ"א · Essay 4
- Torah as the Tree of Life repairing Adam's sinKedoshim · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Torah as the Tree of Life through separating good from evilKedoshim · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Holiness through the fence of separationKedoshim · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Torah's kedushah above the angelsKedoshim · תרס"א · Essay 2
- Torah's holiness in the soul is indestructibleKedoshim · תרס"ג · Essay 2
Emor
- Refining the world through holy speechEmor · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Purity as the key to TorahEmor · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Torah's pure words purify through bittulEmor · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Showbread, Shabbos, and the inner TorahEmor · תרמ"ח · Essay 2
- Three levels of holinessEmor · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Knowing the world from above through TorahEmor · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Show-bread, Shabbos, and the renewal of CreationEmor · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Torah as fire and water: two modes of purityEmor · תרס"א-תרס"ב · Essay 1
Behar
- Drawing timeless rest into the physical worldBehar · תרל"ב · Essay 3
- Accepting Hashem's yoke brings true freedomBehar · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Unity prepares Bnei Yisrael for TorahBehar · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Toil, Rest, and Rectifying LaborBehar · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Shabbos, shemittah and Yovel as return to the rootBehar · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
Bechukotai
- Toil in Torah as bittulBechukotai · תרל"ב · Essay 2
- Toiling in Torah elevates the physical worldBechukotai · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Torah refines the physical worldBechukotai · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Elevating one's unique portion to its rootBechukotai · תרמ"ג · Essay 2
- Torah engraved on the heart transcends timeBechukotai · תרמ"ח · Essay 1
- Toiling in Torah beyond comprehensionBechukotai · תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Nullifying intellect to Hashem's TorahBechukotai · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Torah channels undiminished Divine flowBechukotai · תרנ"ט · Essay 1
- Bnei Yisrael as witnesses revealing HashemBechukotai · תר"ס · Essay 1
Bamidbar
- Torah lishmah as internalized Torah in deedBamidbar · תרל"ג · Essay 2
- Each soul's root found through TorahBamidbar · תרל"ט · Essay 1
- Brief outline linking Bamidbar to ShavuosBamidbar · תר"מ · Essay 1
- Torah in the wilderness and Yisrael's onenessBamidbar · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Becoming Torah through self-effacement like the wildernessBamidbar · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Drawing out the soul's hidden longing for HashemBamidbar · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- The fiftieth gate above the seventy nationsBamidbar · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Oral Torah revealed through toil lishmahBamidbar · תרס"ג · Essay 2
Shavuot
- Torah as the life-force sustaining creationShavuot · תרל"ג · Essay 2
- Oral Torah and inner divine lifeShavuot · תרל"ג · Essay 6
- Torah as the Tree of LifeShavuot · תרל"ד · Essay 3
- Descent for the sake of ascent at Matan TorahShavuot · תרל"ד · Essay 5
- The two crowns of naaseh v'nishmaShavuot · תרל"ה · Essay 3
- Giving and receiving the TorahShavuot · תרל"ה · Essay 7
- Mesirus nefesh as gateway to valuing this worldShavuot · תרל"ה · Essay 8
- Man elevates the physical above the angelsShavuot · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Black fire and white fire of TorahShavuot · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Torah actualizes and renews creation on ShavuosShavuot · תרל"ח · Essay 4
- Bnei Yisrael complete and reveal TorahShavuot · תרל"ח · Essay 8
- The hidden inner good revealed at SinaiShavuot · תרל"ט · Essay 3
- Torah is the gateway to yiras ShomayimShavuot · תרל"ט · Essay 4
- Torah's purpose is refined deedsShavuot · תר"מ · Essay 5
- Three loves of the three festivalsShavuot · תר"מ · Essay 6
- Seeing the sounds at Matan TorahShavuot · תר"מ · Essay 7
- Overcoming Amalek to merit the Torah on ShavuosShavuot · תרמ"א · Essay 3
- Rectifying Speech for Receiving TorahShavuot · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Revealing Hashem's hidden governance through emunahShavuot · תרמ"ג · Essay 3
- Purifying the heart to receive TorahShavuot · תרמ"ד · Essay 1
- Human deeds become Torah through partnershipShavuot · תרמ"ד · Essay 6
- Night Torah as preparation for Kabbalas HaTorahShavuot · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Shavuos renews creation's root through TorahShavuot · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Joining Torah and tefillah on ShavuosShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Bnei Yisrael Complete Creation through TorahShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 5
- Self-nullification gives Torah eternal lifeShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 7
- Shavuos surpasses all Yamim TovimShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 8
- Shavuos as the oath that binds us to HashemShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 11
- Moshe's power lives on in Torah we toil inShavuot · תרמ"ז - תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 13
- Anochi as comfort and redemptionShavuot · תר"נ · Essay 3
- Torah settles the soul in the bodyShavuot · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Outer and Inner Gates of ReceivingShavuot · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Torah as the engine of redemptionShavuot · תרנ"ג · Essay 6
- Shavuos, renewal, and the Tree of LifeShavuot · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- The daily renewed voice of TorahShavuot · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- Shavuos: hastening redemption through Torah and prayerShavuot · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Torah's test at Har SinaiShavuot · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- Rus and the elevation of holy sparks through TorahShavuot · תרנ"ט · Essay 5
- The fire of Torah that opposition only strengthensShavuot · תר"ס · Essay 4
- Ever-renewing thirst for TorahShavuot · תר"ס · Essay 5
- Humility lifts the soul higherShavuot · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Torah as the source of all blessingShavuot · תרס"ב · Essay 2
- Torah unites Yisrael into onenessShavuot · תרס"ב · Essay 3
- Torah transcends the boundaries of creationShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 2
- Torah brings fear and humilityShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 3
- Torah transforms the yetzer haraShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 5
- Gathering for Heaven draws Torah downShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 6
- Yisrael is Shabbos's Torah partnerShavuot · תרס"ג · Essay 7
Naso
- Torah elevates the outer and the lowlyNaso · תרל"ו · Essay 2
- Torah rooted through deedNaso · תרל"ו · Essay 3
- Torah as inheritance and as toilNaso · תרל"ז · Essay 3
- Revealing inner light within the physicalNaso · תרל"ח · Essay 1
- Torah gives life by illuminating worldly actionNaso · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- Torah's freedom rectifies the realm of deedNaso · תרמ"ג · Essay 1
- Children versus servants: Torah and ShabbosNaso · תרמ"ז · Essay 1
- Teshuvah through the speaking ruachNaso · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Torah transcends time and place to rectify allNaso · תר"נ · Essay 2
- Refining the dross through Torah and ShabbosNaso · תרנ"ב · Essay 1
- Torah restores the pre-sin soulNaso · תרנ"ד · Essay 1
- Blemishes are incidental, not essentialNaso · תרנ"ד · Essay 3
- The good eye that turns din into berachahNaso · תרנ"ד · Essay 4
- Torah's unity grants every Jew kedushahNaso · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Torah as unchanging life within the soulNaso · תרנ"ז · Essay 1
- Two levels of love for Hashem through TorahNaso · תרס"א · Essay 1
- Torah refines the vessel of creationNaso · תרס"ב · Essay 1
Beha'alotcha
- Two modes of unity: Written and Oral TorahBeha'alotcha · תרל"ח · Essay 2
- Torah's light elevated through mitzvosBeha'alotcha · תרל"ט · Essay 2
- Mitzvos as the candle for Torah's lightBeha'alotcha · תרמ"א · Essay 1
- Mitzvos as vessels for the light of TorahBeha'alotcha · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- The power of Torah and song as Israel's true weaponBeha'alotcha · תרמ"ו · Essay 4
Shlach
Korach
Rosh Hashanah
- Man as the unifying root of creationRosh Hashanah · תרמ"א · Essay 2
- Teshuvah restores Creation's original unityRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Divine seeing renews the world for TorahRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ד · Essay 6
- The shofar and the hidden inner voice of YisraelRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Humility turns the remnant into the beginningRosh Hashanah · תרמ"ח - תרמ"ט · Essay 1
- Fear of Hashem as attachment to TorahRosh Hashanah · תרנ"א · Essay 1
- Torah lishmah awakens dveikusRosh Hashanah · תרס"ב · Essay 3
- Rosh Hashanah renews life through TorahRosh Hashanah · תרס"ד · Essay 2
- Shofar and Torah arouse Divine mercyRosh Hashanah · תרס"ד · Essay 5
Shabbat Shuva
- Two paths of teshuvah: children and servantsShabbat Shuva · תרמ"ה · Essay 2
- Ascending Levels of TeshuvahShabbat Shuva · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Extracting good from within sinShabbat Shuva · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Teshuvah through the power of TorahShabbat Shuva · תר"ס · Essay 1
- Shofar breaks the heart to teshuvahShabbat Shuva · תרס"ב · Essay 3
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
- Sukkah and Shemini Atzeres as outer and inner lifeSukkot · תרל"ב · Essay 2
- Shemini Atzeres: drawing infinite light into limited vesselsSukkot · תרל"ב · Essay 3
- Simchas Torah joy guards the yearSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 10
- Torah as fire, joined through bittulSukkot · תרל"ד · Essay 11
- Torah as the eternal source of joySukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 7
- Heart, soul, might across the Yamim NoraimSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 8
- Torah as inheritance earned through self-refinementSukkot · תרל"ה · Essay 9
- Torah as the bond to supernal festivalsSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 11
- Torah as the root of all creationSukkot · תרל"ז · Essay 15
- Holy speech draws Divine inspirationSukkot · תרל"ט · Essay 4
- Finding one's portion through bittul to the klalSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 3
- Moshe embodies Torah's four levelsSukkot · תר"מ · Essay 9
- Simcha renews Torah and the yearSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 7
- Moshe, Torah, and Hashem's kingship are oneSukkot · תרמ"א · Essay 11
- Expanding the Torah's greatness through the Oral TorahSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 6
- Shemini Atzeres: joy beyond natureSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 15
- Torah as living water of SukkosSukkot · תרמ"ב · Essay 16
- Shemini Atzeres: supernatural joy and Torah-rainSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 8
- Torah unites Yisrael at their rootsSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 9
- Torah draws Yisrael close even after sinSukkot · תרמ"ד · Essay 11
- Torah as gift received through toilSukkot · תרמ"ז · Essay 4
- Receiving bounty in its proper time through TorahSukkot · תרמ"ח · Essay 8
- Torah reveals the inner truth and tzelem ElokimSukkot · תרמ"ח · Essay 10
- Shemini Atzeres: the eighth above nature reveals TorahSukkot · תרמ"ט · Essay 8
- Written and Oral Torah as inheritanceSukkot · תר"נ · Essay 10
- Inner Divine bounty of Shemini AtzeresSukkot · תרנ"א · Essay 10
- Torah as the blueprint and sustainer of creationSukkot · תרנ"א · Essay 13
- The Sukkah as True PermanenceSukkot · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Taking the lulav is taking HashemSukkot · תרנ"ג · Essay 4
- Water libation: raising the lower waters from belowSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 9
- The Torah Transforms Curse into BlessingSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 12
- Torah as inheritance and betrothalSukkot · תרנ"ד ותרנ"ו · Essay 13
- Shemini Atzeres and the World to ComeSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 6
- Moshe's blessing as the Torah's flowing watersSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 7
- Torah as the power of creation and rectificationSukkot · תר"ס · Essay 9
- The avodah of the mouth in galusSukkot · תרס"ב · Essay 7
- Taking the good after purificationSukkot · תרס"ג · Essay 5
- From prayer to Torah's lightSukkot · תרס"ג · Essay 8
- Humble searching lets the Torah elevate usSukkot · תרס"ד · Essay 6