203. The Torah Is Acquired through Suffering
Why these suffering? There is a rule, “There is no light without a Kli [vessel].” That is, there is no pleasure without […]
Why these suffering? There is a rule, “There is no light without a Kli [vessel].” That is, there is no pleasure without […]
Fear should be that we will not be able to make the correction called “equivalence of form,” which is called
Question: Raising MAN is regarded as raising a deficiency upward. Thus, why does he write that raising MAN is called Mitzvot [commandments] and good deeds? MAN is
Man receives pleasure from three Kelim called “future,” “present,” and “past.” The greatest pleasure is from the future. For example, when one
“Moses His servant” is called “faith in the sages.” Everything that the sages say is called “And they believed in
The light of Hassadim [mercies] cannot shine in a place that was restricted. It is like a person who engages all day
In the work, suffering cleanses, as our sages said, “I place over you a king such as Haman, who will
Devotion means that one must sanctify the name of the Creator in public, meaning if the public forces him to
Concerning the association of the quality of judgment with mercy, by which the lower one became worthy of Mochin, and concerning
“Raba said, ‘Why was David punished? It is because he called the words of Torah ‘songs,’ as was said, ‘Your