by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Sep 18, 2009 | Beginner
This completes the longest chapter of “The Path of the Just”, Ch. 11, which has been a compendium of sage advice and stark warning, and has laid out the particulars of innocence. This chapter has been daunting, frankly. After all, almost the entire human...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Sep 11, 2009 | Beginner
Jealousy doesn’t only come down to wanting the things others have that we don’t, it also touches on coveting more subtle things — like the respect they enjoy and the honor they’re accorded. For while it’s very “possible for a person...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Sep 11, 2009 | Intermediate
Da’at Tevunot 2:9 (# 85 – 86) 1. The idea that G-d’s manifest presence is epitomized by our souls while His hiddeness is epitomized by our bodies is clear enough. And the one that G-d’s interactions with the world are epitomized by the fact that body and soul are...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Sep 3, 2009 | Beginner
Though we all know that “the jealous person gains nothing” being that way, that “he does nothing against the person he’s jealous of” in his stew, and that he only “harms himself” in fact, as Ramchal notes, still and all nearly...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Aug 28, 2009 | Beginner
There are degrees of anger to be sure, but all of them — from the slightest touch of it to the most terrible extent — are wrongful. And yet, “human nature is easily incited to anger”, so we’d need to know what to watch out for to avoid...
