Hashem commanded a war of vengeance against Midian, led by twelve thousand holy warriors who guarded their eyes with fierce dedication. This essay uncovers the deep connection between shemirat einayim, unholy spiritual forces, and the catastrophic power of androlomusia.
How to Acquire the Attribute of Yosef ha-Tzaddik: In last week's article Ya'akov's Fear in Going Down to Egypt, we learned that through the strength of his character, specifically his shemirat einayim, Yosef was able to break the tumah of immorality that filled the land of Egypt. As a result of his unprecedented strength of…
The Power of One Man's Personal Kedushah: After Ya'akov learned that Yosef was alive and well in Egypt, he knew that he needed to go and see him. He set out from his home with his family and all of his possessions and came to Be'er Sheva where he offered sacrifices to the G-d of…
How to Merit Seeing the Beit ha-Mikdash of Fire: With words of comfort and consolation, Yeshayah ha-Navi records a promise from Hashem that even though B'nei Yisrael will experience much suffering over the years, He will rebuild for them the Beit ha-Mikdash (Yeshayah 54:11-12): 注植谞执讬指旨讛 住止注植专指讛 诇止讗 谞只讞指诪指讛 讛执谞值旨讛 讗指谞止讻执讬 诪址专职讘执旨讬抓 讘址旨驻旨讜旨讱职 讗植讘指谞址讬执讱职 讜执讬住址讚职转执旨讬讱职 讘址旨住址旨驻执旨讬专执讬诐變…
When writing about the importance of reciting the Shema morning and evening, we often focus on the first verse that declares the oneness of G鈥慸, i.e. Hashem echad. However, in this article we鈥檙e going to focus on a verse in the third paragraph (Bamidbar 15:39): 讜职讛指讬指讛 诇指讻侄诐 诇职爪执讬爪执转 讜旨专职讗执讬转侄诐 讗止转讜止 讜旨讝职讻址专职转侄旨诐 讗侄转志讻讎旨诇志诪执爪职讜趾转 讬职讬指 讜址注植砖执讉讬转侄诐 讗止转指诐…