Tzitzis & Tefillin
ציצית ותפיליןThe signs worn on body and garment — reminders that bind Yisrael to Hashem. The Sfas Emes on tzitzis and tefillin.
130 essays
Noach
Lech Lecha
Toldot
Vayetzei
Chanukah
- Hanukkah Light and Right–Left UnityChanukah · תרל"א · Essay 4
- Light Enduring Through MitzvotChanukah · תרל"ד · Essay 2
- Right and Left in HanukkahChanukah · תרל"ה · Essay 9
- Light, Holiness, and VictoryChanukah · תרמ"ה · Essay 5
- Divine Presence in Every HomeChanukah · תרמ"ה · Essay 9
- Torah and Temple LightChanukah · תר"נ · Essay 5
- Holiness Surrounding a JewChanukah · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Holiness of Right vs. LeftChanukah · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Holiness in Garments and BodyChanukah · תרנ"ד · Essay 5
- Spiritual Garments from MitzvotChanukah · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Hanukkah’s Priestly LightChanukah · תרנ"ה · Essay 3
- Oral and Written Torah LightChanukah · תרנ"ה · Essay 4
- Light Beyond the TempleChanukah · תרנ"ז · Essay 3
- The Soul’s Everlasting ReminderChanukah · תרנ"ח · Essay 3
- Mezuzah and Chanukah LightChanukah · תרנ"ח · Essay 5
- Mezuzah and Hanukkah LightChanukah · תרנ"ח · Essay 6
- Spiritual Renewal and ZealChanukah · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- Divine Service in ExileChanukah · תרס"ב · Essay 2
- Hanukkah Light at the DoorwayChanukah · תרס"ה · Essay 2
Vayigash
Vayechi
Vaeira
Bo
- Binding Wisdom to the BodyBo · תרל"ה · Essay 5
- Exodus Purifying Torah StudyBo · תרל"ז · Essay 4
- Mitzvos Refining the BodyBo · תר"מ · Essay 3
- Tefillin Revealing Inner TorahBo · תרמ"ד · Essay 3
- Binding Deeds Through TefillinBo · תרמ"ה · Essay 3
- Sanctifying Body and SoulBo · תרמ"ז · Essay 3
- Tefillin Refining Thought Speech ActionBo · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Tefillin Awakening Torah WithinBo · תרנ"ד · Essay 2
- Each Jew a Living TorahBo · תרנ"ו · Essay 3
- Tefillin Awakens the SoulBo · תרס"ג · Essay 1
Beshalach
Yitro
Mishpatim
Terumah
Tetzaveh
Ki Tisa
Pesach
Shmini
Tazria
Acharei Mot
Behar
Bamidbar
Shavuot
Naso
Beha'alotcha
Shlach
- Seeing the hidden Shechinah through tzitzis and bittulShlach · תרל"ב · Essay 2
- Physical mitzvos sanctify the materialShlach · תרל"ג · Essay 5
- Tzitzis and the inner point of remembranceShlach · תרל"ה · Essay 5
- Tzitzis binding externals to the inner pointShlach · תרל"ו · Essay 4
- Mitzvos weave the soul's higher garmentShlach · תרל"ח · Essay 3
- Tzitzis binds the soul's inner powersShlach · תרל"ט · Essay 4
- Tzitzis binding the outer edge to its inner rootShlach · תר"מ · Essay 3
- Tzitzis refines the body as vesselShlach · תרמ"ב · Essay 2
- Tzitzis as root of all mitzvosShlach · תרמ"ג · Essay 3
- White and techeiles as body and soulShlach · תרמ"ג · Essay 4
- Finding the hidden light within the physical bodyShlach · תרמ"ד · Essay 2
- Descending into the physical to elevate itShlach · תרמ"ה · Essay 1
- Tzitzis and tefillin as the two covenants of the soulShlach · תרמ"ו · Essay 2
- Tzitzis as gathering creation into onenessShlach · תרמ"ז · Essay 2
- Tzitzis, the two mitzvah-types, and inner remembranceShlach · תרמ"ז · Essay 3
- Two rungs of white and techeilesShlach · תרמ"ז · Essay 4
- Tzitzis as the garment of inner lightShlach · תרמ"ט · Essay 3
- Tzitzis, tefillin, and the world of emunahShlach · תר"נ · Essay 1
- Tzitzis as the bond to creation's rootShlach · תרנ"א · Essay 2
- Techeiles: hidden light transformed to revelationShlach · תרנ"א · Essay 3
- The eighth day and the techeiles threadShlach · תרנ"א · Essay 4
- Tzitzis and Tefillin Rectify Seeing and KnowingShlach · תרנ"ב · Essay 3
- Spies' Sin: Fearing the Land's DinShlach · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- White Threads as Self-PreparationShlach · תרנ"ג · Essay 3
- Tzitzis and the garments of the soulShlach · תרנ"ה · Essay 2
- Pure intent elevates every mitzvahShlach · תרנ"ה · Essay 3
- Tzitzis opens the eyes to see the ShechinahShlach · תרנ"ו · Essay 2
- Two levels of remembrance in tzitzisShlach · תרנ"ז · Essay 2
- The soul's mission and the two seals of tzitzisShlach · תרנ"ח · Essay 1
- Mitzvos imprinted in the soulShlach · תרנ"ח · Essay 2
- Tzitzis as a lifeline for the soulShlach · תרנ"ט · Essay 2
- White and blue of tzitzisShlach · תרנ"ט · Essay 3
- Yaakov and Yisrael: battle and rest in the spiesShlach · תר"ס · Essay 1
- White and blue of tzitzis as body and soulShlach · תר"ס · Essay 2
- Tzitzis straighten the battling heartShlach · תרס"א · Essay 3
- Tzitzis illuminate the three soul-levelsShlach · תרס"ב · Essay 1
- Hidden light revealed through mitzvosShlach · תרס"ג · Essay 1
- Tzitzis as the opening for the soul's lightShlach · תרס"ד · Essay 2
- Tzitzis, servitude, and the royal garmentShlach · תרס"ד · Essay 3
Korach
- Korach תרמ"בKorach · תרמ"ב
- Aharon's daily Divine choosing versus KorachKorach · תרמ"ב · Essay 1
- Korach and the inner versus outer dimensionKorach · תרנ"ב · Essay 2
- Korach and the Single Point of HolinessKorach · תרנ"ג · Essay 1
- Perception must be guarded by yiras ShomayimKorach · תרנ"ה · Essay 1
- Korach's separateness versus Aharon's self-nullificationKorach · תרנ"ו · Essay 1
- Three stages of ascent and Korach's separationKorach · תר"ס · Essay 2