Eliyahu Touger

“Zion will be redeemed through judgment, and her captives, through tzedekah.”Yeshayahu 1:27; the conclusion of the Haftarah for Shabbos Chazon. At the beginning of the maamar in Likkutei TorahLikkutei Torah, Devarim, p. 1a. See the glosses of the Tzemach ...

Galus, “exile,” is primarily a spiritual condition. When a Jew wakes up in the morning and what brightens or dampens his mood are his material concerns, he is in exile. Instead, what should he look forward to? What should spark his energy? A mitzvah that ...

On this basis, it is possible to explain the connection between bachodesh hashlishi, “in the third month” and bayom hazeh, “on this day”: Even though the spiritual significance of bayom hazeh (interpreted in sec. 10 as referring to the revelation of G-d’s...

The previous sections explained that the revelation of G-d’s Essence, as alluded to by the phrase bayom hazeh, made it possible for a person’s individual identity to be characterized by bittul and for that approach to motivate his involvement in the world...

In sections 1-6 the maamar explains that there is an advantage to the Divine service of a person who redefines his identity and subsumes it in the service of G-d (as alluded to by the phrase bayom hazeh, “this day,”) over the total obliteration of one’s p...

Sec. 7 developed the teaching of the Rebbe Maharash that draws a parallel between the acceptance of the yoke of the Kingship of Heaven and the motif of ratzo, and between the acceptance of the yoke of mitzvos and the motif of shov. On the basis of the exp...

The concept explained at the end of the previous section – that the acceptance of the yoke of the observance of the mitzvos is worthy of receiving a crown (i.e., of drawing down G-d’s encompassing light) only when preceded by the acceptance of the yoke of...

The above concept – that there is an advantage to the Divine service of a person who redefines his identity and subsumes it in the service of G-d (as alluded to by the phrase “this day”) over the total obliteration of his personal identity (as alluded to ...

Based on the above, it is possible to explain why Tosafos raise the question (see sec. 1 above) that the Talmud should have derived the fact that the Jews came to the Sinai desert on Rosh Chodesh from a gezeirah shavah based on the word midbar: For the fa...

Further clarification is still necessary: According to the explanations offered above, the fact that the refinement of the primary emotional attributes was completed on Rosh Chodesh Sivan highlights man’s attainment of shleimus. However, the maamar in Tor...