Category : The Heart that Never Sleeps

The Jew reaches the highest level of service–"my perfect one"–when he perfects" G-d in His relationship to the world (in His revealed presence in the...

Teshuva begins with the spontaneous sensing of one's heartbeat. This is called "arousal from above", since any spontaneous sensation of spiritual light is a gift given...

Here, "heart" does not refer to the emotive powers of the heart, such as the conscious love of G-d. These powers, along with the power...

In order to "see" the Creator, the initial "arousal from above must be followed by "arousal from below". In the Song of Songs G-d and...

Only with the most intense yet sublime might can infinite kindness and leisure be conveyed to finite recipients. This might effects the contraction (tzimtzum) of...

The love between brother and sister differs from the love between man and wife in three respects. Unlike marital love, fraternal love does not depend...

Doves are the most loyal mates of all creatures in nature. Doves never remate. This instinctive loyalty is expressed in their gaze. Mated doves continually...

Dew, unlike rain, does not depend upon evaporation from the ground below. Thus, dew is symbolic of the gift of Divine Revelation that does not...

When serving G-d, one must as a rule proceed in order through each of the four successive levels–sister, companion, dove and perfect one. From the...