Learning to Hate Amalek
In the latter part of the 5767 (2007), HaRav Ginsburgh introduced a model of 4 types of role models every person needs: a rebbe, a...
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Partzuf: The Laws of Circumcision
The Two Appearances of Circumcision This week’s parashah begins with the verses, If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she shall become...
The Many Circumcisions of the Soul
God appeared to Abraham because after endless good deeds that he had done to age 99 he still felt himself uncircumcised. To circumcise oneself is...
Submission, Separation and Sweetening
The Baal Shem Tov taught that all spiritual service entails three developmental stages of consciousness: submission, separation, sweetening. "Submission" means submission of the ego by...
