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 Tzvi Freeman, a senior editor at Chabad.org, is also author of several books, including Wisdom to Heal the Earth. He writes Chabad.org's highly popular Daily Dose of Wisdom. Rabbi Freeman served for five years as mashpia of the West Coast Rabbinic Seminary in Los Angeles, and currently resides in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Subscribe to regular updates of Rabbi Freeman's writing with the Freeman Files subscription.
וּלְתוֹסֶפֶת בֵּיאוּר, בַּאֵר הֵיטֵב לְשׁוֹן "תְּפִיסָא" שֶׁאָמַר אֵלִיָּהוּ: "לֵית מַחֲשָׁבָה תְּפִיסָא בָךְ כוּ'". הִנֵּה, כָּל שֵׂכֶל כְּשֶׁמַּשְׂכִּיל וּמַשִּׂיג בְּשִׂכְלוֹ אֵיזֶה מוּשְׂכָּל, הֲרֵי הַשֵּׂכֶל תּוֹפֵס אֶת הַמּוּשְׂכָּל וּמַקִּיפוֹ בְּש...
The previous chapter mentioned the words of Elijah the Prophet, “No thought can grasp You….” Tikunei Zohar, 17a. Let’s take this idea of grasping the divine further and clarify it well. How Your Mind Grasps an Idea Let’s say your mind has formed a concept...
Introduction You did a mitzvah. You embraced G‑d and He embraced you. There is no moment beyond the moment of a mitzvah, not even in the highest heaven. But have you changed? Or was it a moment that came and passed, leaving you more connected with your Cr...
Soul Clothing In addition to her ten faculties, every divine soul has three clothes: the powers of verbal thought, speech, and action by which she engages in the 613 mitzvahs of the Torah. This means that: When you fulfill all the mitzvahs that require ac...
Introduction We’ve just learned that your second soul is a part of G‑d, a divine being. She embodies an entire structure, all the ten sefirot, with three intellectual powers and the many emotions born through their dynamics. You could call these the essen...
וְעוֹד יֵשׁ לְכָל נֶפֶשׁ אֱלֹהִית שְׁלֹשָׁה לְבוּשִׁים, שֶׁהֵם מַחֲשָׁבָה דִּבּוּר וּמַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁל תַּרְיַ"ג מִצְוֹת הַתּוֹרָה; שֶׁכְּשֶׁהָאָדָם מְקַיֵּים בְּמַעֲשֶׂה כָּל מִצְוֹת מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת, וּבְדִבּוּר הוּא עוֹסֵק בְּפֵירוּשׁ כָּל תַּרְיַ"ג מִצְוֹת וְ...
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