Shaarei Yosher, sec. 4: Connecting – part 3
… And above him is someone who can include in his “I” all of his household and family. Someone who walks according to the way of the Torah, his “I” includes the whole Jewish...
by Micha Berger · Published October 30, 2011 – ב׳ במרחשון תשע״ב · Last modified October 30, 2011
… And above him is someone who can include in his “I” all of his household and family. Someone who walks according to the way of the Torah, his “I” includes the whole Jewish...
by Micha Berger · Published October 28, 2011 – ל׳ בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 28, 2011
The entire “I” of a coarse and lowly person is restricted only to his substance and body. Above him is someone who feels that his “I” is a synthesis of body and soul. …...
by Micha Berger · Published October 24, 2011 – כ״ו בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 24, 2011
Although at first glance it seems that feelings of love for oneself and feelings of love for others are like competing co-wives one to the other, we have the duty to try to delve...
by Micha Berger · Published October 24, 2011 – כ״ו בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 24, 2011
Reasons to Attend Mussar Institute Kallah IX Where: The Mussar Kallah will take place at beautiful and serene Illinois Beach Resort, located in Zion, Illinois, amid 4,100 acres of a protected state park, right...
by Micha Berger · Published October 22, 2011 – כ״ד בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 22, 2011
The beraisa repeats a story of Rabbi Lazar bei R’ Tzadoq and Abba Sha’ul ben Batnis, who were storekeepers in Jerusalem. They would fill their measure[d jars of oil] on erev Yom Tov and give...
by Micha Berger · Published October 12, 2011 – י״ד בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 12, 2011
In the previous installment, Rav Shimon wrote, “שאם יאמינו שכל חכמתם וקנינם לא להם הוא, הרי אז אבדו כל עשרם, ורק על ידי הכפירה יתעשרו — If they believe that all their wisdom and...
by Micha Berger · Published October 10, 2011 – י״ב בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 10, 2011
One can also feel this way with respect to acquiring a greater thing [than a qav of merchandise], which is wisdom. To elaborate: If a person does not try to the full measure of...
by Micha Berger · Published October 5, 2011 – ז׳ בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 5, 2011
In my opinion, this is true despite all the evil and sin that the world is full of because of this middah of self-love. Added to the challenge of wealth, this middah will cause...
by Micha Berger · Published October 4, 2011 – ו׳ בתשרי תשע״ב · Last modified October 4, 2011
There are also grounds for asserting that in the very foundation of the creation of Adam, the Creator planted in him a very great measure of propensity to love himself. The sages of truth...
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