853. The Need to Recognize the Greatness of the Creator
The need to recognize the greatness of the Creator is specifically in Lishma [for Her sake]. Lo Lishma [not for Her sake] means the gifts, […]
The need to recognize the greatness of the Creator is specifically in Lishma [for Her sake]. Lo Lishma [not for Her sake] means the gifts, […]
Two kinds of scrutinies are found in the human species: bitter and sweet, and true and false. Prior to the
“A certain heretic said to Raban Gamliel: ‘You are a people with whom its God has performed levirate marriage,’ as
“Rabbi Yosi says, ‘A proselyte who converted is as a newly born child.’ One is not punished for the past.
“One will not marry a woman he intends to divorce” (Yevamot 37b). In other words, one should not accept the awakening
“Our sages said, ‘Proselytes are not accepted in the days of the Messiah’” (Yevamot 24b). The Messiah means the time of
“Willows of the brook that grow by the stream, etc., Rabbi Zira said, ‘Why is it called ‘It is rooted
The Book of Aluma: One who does not believe is worse than an idol-worshipper, for he admits that there is
“According to the labor, so is the reward.” In other words, afterward, he sees that the labor he gave was
“Great reward according to his work.” We should ask, since even in corporeality, a person is rewarded according to the