by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jul 13, 2016 | Intermediate |
Da’at Tevunot 1:7 (# 38 – 40 [beg.]) 1. Ramchal had said that everything will eventually play a role in the revelation of G-d’s Yichud — including our having been created flawed, and the reality of sin and wrongdoing. But that begs the question, though, of...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jul 13, 2016 | Intermediate |
2:2:5 Delving into it even more so we see that while the reward and punishment system we’d depicted above is certainly rooted in Divine Justice 1, it’s also based on the realities of the human condition 2. For as we explained 3, our actions affect our very...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jul 5, 2016 | Intermediate |
2:2:4 Mercifully, there’s another means of achieving a place in the World to Come. It comes down to a different way of being purified if you’ve been very wrongful but not wrongful enough to be annihilated 1, and it involves the realities of Gehenom 2....
by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen | Jun 20, 2016 | Beginner |
In the previous article we discussed why there was such a strict punishment when the Jews treated each other in a strict fashion: They missed the point of “what is right and good,” that it is wrong to treat one’s fellow Jew in a harsh and unforgiving...
by Rabbi Daniel Travis | Jun 20, 2016 | Intermediate |
Before meeting with someone of great importance, a person will take every precaution to make sure that he is presentable. When there is even the slightest possibility of appearing offensive to the distinguished person they are speaking to, they will make sure to...
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