Naso: The Mitzvah of Confession
“A man or a woman if they commit of all the sins of a person, to transgress a transgression against G-od, and that soul shall...
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Hidden Things
David beseeches God: "Who can understand errors; cleanse me from hidden things" ("שגיאות מי יבין מנסתרות נקני"). Errors are unintentional sins. But what are "hidden...
Moses, Shimon, Isaac, Israel
The Oral Torah is a living, growing organism. From generation to generation its submission and separation dimensions are ever reinterpreted. But with regard to the...
Miracles, Redemption, Torah
The Torah calls the Jewish People upon leaving Egypt "the army of God." To leave exile we must become an army, with a commander-in-chief. The...
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...
