Burying in a Jewish cemetery Burying near a Tzaddik, and near a Rasha and near a non-Frum Jew:[1] One may not bury a Rasha near a Tzaddik [and certainly may not bury a Tzaddik near a Rasha]. Furthermore, one may not even bury a small Rasha near a great […]
The loves of Bechal Levavcha, Nafshecha, Meodecha
The loves of Bechal Levavcha, Nafshecha, Meodecha:[1] The love of Bechol Levavcha is a passion to attach to Hashem that comes from both his animal and G-dly soul. It is is triggered by contemplation in Mimalei Kol Almin and how the true life of everything is Elokus. The love of […]
Reshaim
Rasha: Loses control of mind over heart:[1] A true Rasha however does not have control of his thoughts, as their hearts are in control of their minds and not the opposite. This is a result of their great sin. In order to regain control of the mind over the ehart, […]
Creation of evil allows G-d to have pleasure of good
Creation of evil allows G-d to have pleasure of good:[1] A constant pleasure is not a pleasure. For this reason, Hashem created evil, as it gives a constant battle between good and bad, and when someone does good it is a novelty and victory which gives Hashem pleasure/Shashuim. If only […]
Inability to have children and how Hagar helped
Inability to have children and how Hagar helped:[1] Avraham and Sarah were barren and could not naturally have children. The reason for this is because they were very refined spiritually and could not create physical children. They did however create spiritual beings, souls, each time they unified. This why Sarah […]
The throat in Avodas Hashem
Throat:[1] The throat is the most narrow area of the body. In Avodas Hashem it represents the constraints, restrictions, and barriers in bringing one’s intellectual knowledge into emotional fruition. The throat is therefore called the land of Mitzrayim. The back of the throat is the neck. This is the level […]
Women growing pubic hair
Women growing pubic hair: It used to be in Temple times that Jewish girls did not grow pubic hair, neither under the arm pit or pubic area. This was an advantage of beauty held by Jewish girls over the daughters of the other nations as the verse states “Vayeitzei Lach […]
Hashem brings Divine sparks to every person for him to refine
Hashem brings sparks to the person:[1] Every person is given a task in this world to elevate and refine a certain number of Divine sparks for the sake of service of G-d. Sometimes, one is required to travel to far off places to accomplish this refinement. At other times Hashem […]
Intelectual love
Intellectual love:[1] At times, as well as in certain souls, it is not possible to arouse a palpable love of G-d in one’s heart. Rather one arouses an intellectual pull towards attaching to G-d, with his heart remaining a distance from this desire. Although this love is not true love of […]
The power of thought on reality
The power of thought on reality:[1] We tend to think that our thoughts are meaningless and have no effect on reality. In truth however, our thoughts effect the outside world. This can be seen from the bird called the Rieh. The Rieh bird is called by this name as it […]
