Like a Motherless Child
To understand why our ignorance of the desire to give is so harmful, we can think of the relationship between […]
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732. Before the Face of the Menorah
June 1958 “Before the face of the Menorah [Temple lamp], the seven candles will illuminate.” RASHI interpreted that it is so it
The Secret of the Two Desires
In the previous chapter, we said that the desire to give creates matter, and the desire to receive gives it
731. Charity for the Poor
Portion BaHar, May 1958, Sunderland, UK Portion, BaHar [In the Mount (Leviticus 25:1-Leviticus 26:2)]: “If a countryman of yours becomes poor and his
The Dawn of Humanity
Layer by layer, life evolved peacefully in its course. Then came humans. The first humans were more like apes. They
The Birth of Life
The story does not end with the creation of the universe. When a baby is born, it cannot control its
The Currents of Desire
When we reflect on humanity’s state at the time of Babel, we can begin to understand why Nimrod rejected Abraham’s
Wisdom in the Tent
Abraham, the inquisitive, thoughtful priest, was astonished to discover that the world runs on desires—two desires, to be exact: to
