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I found it written somewhere that the eleven offerings brought on Rosh ḥodesh [the New Moon] correspond to the eleven extra days of the solar year over and above those of the…
On the signs of the plague and the poisonous fever that is called pestilence, and how a person should conduct himself to guard himself from them, in accordance with the nature of this lower…
In which it is explained that the essence of the Torah is the performance of the commandments, not intellectual knowledge; and also the reason why it is called the Talmud…
And if one were to ask: why is it that in our generation—and even in the time of the Ari of blessed memory (who successfully revealed many higher secrets)—neither fire nor angels appear, as they did…
They distort the words of the living God. It is a clear Torah lesson, as the sages have taught: “Whosoever speculates on four things, a pity for him! He is as though he had not come into the world.”
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The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Command the Israelite people and say to them: Be punctilious in presenting to Me at stated times the offerings of food due Me, as offerings by fire of…
And now, why is it that I ask you, and beg of you, like a son who begs of his father, that you do everything that you possibly can to emigrate to this holy place? If there is no other reason, then it…
The Lord to the prophet Ezekiel (may he rest in peace): you, son of man, show the House to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the…
[And I read some words to this effect in the letter of R. Abraham Blipp—may the All-Merciful protect and redeem him—written to Venice on November 5, 1607, to our teacher, R. Judah—may the righteous be…
The current expenses of the city of Jerusalem, may it be speedily rebuilt and reestablished in our days, are close to five thousand kuruş per annum. This is not the case for Safed and Hebron. In the…