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Lehavas David להבת דוד

Maamarim on the parsha from the Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak: truth in avodah, simple faith, and how a Jew raises the world through Torah.

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Parshas Bereishis בראשית

  1. אTruth through Torah: The Answer to the Angels
  2. בFrom Tohu to Heaven: Sifting Good from Evil
  3. גLonging Like the Waters: Cleaving to the Creator
  4. דMasters of the World Through the Torah
  5. הTohu Vavohu Redeemed: Serving Hashem with Every Power
  6. וSimple Faith: The Light Hashem Desires
  7. זShabbos Rest: A Taste of the World to Come
  8. חThe Spice Called Shabbos: Creation Completed through Rest

Parshas Noach נח

  1. אNoach the Humble: Knowing When to Stand Tall
  2. בNoach's Higher Path: Faulting Even Good Deeds
  3. גThe Heart's Inclination: Thirty-Two Paths of Torah

Parshas Lech Lecha לך לך

  1. אKnowing Hashem in All Your Ways: Avraham's Test
  2. בFaith and Fellowship: Avraham's Legacy for Exile
  3. גAvraham's Eager Going: Keeping the First Fire of a Mitzvah
  4. דAvraham's Walk: Longing for Mitzvos, Living by Torah
  5. הRescuing the Captives: Teaching Children Torah and Yiras Shamayim
  6. וFervor and Self-Sacrifice: Avraham's Reward
  7. זSimple Faith: Avraham's Gift to His Children
  8. חFaith and Self-Sacrifice: The Merit for the Land
  9. טWalk before Me: The Heart's Circumcision for Generations
  10. יGoing Only Because Hashem Spoke: Making Earth Heaven
  11. יאAs Hashem First Spoke: Pure, Simple Service

Parshas Vayeira וירא

  1. אRevealed to Him: Holiness Built from Below
  2. בThe Dust of Their Feet: Faith in Livelihood
  3. גWashing Off the Dust: All Is from Hashem
  4. דEvery Mitzvah a Chok: Reward in This World
  5. הBuilt on Kindness: The Gateway to Torah
  6. וEight Days of Longing: The Reward for Yearning
  7. זThe Akeidah in Thought: Self-Sacrifice for Generations
  8. חSelf-Sacrifice: Opening a New Order of Blessing

Parshas Chayei Sarah חיי שרה

  1. אSarah's Self-Sacrifice: Rooted in All Generations
  2. בSelf-Sacrifice in Thought: The Akeidah and Sarah's Longing
  3. גDays Made Whole: Order in Serving Hashem
  4. דUplifted Beauty: Serving Hashem through Tiferes
  5. הOld Age and Days: Serving with Every Trait
  6. וGod of Heaven and Earth: Foundation of Emunah

Parshas Toldos תולדות

  1. אYaakov from Esav: Bringing the Bad into Holiness
  2. בAlways Going, Truly Humble: Yitzchak's Greatness
  3. גGrowing Greater through Wealth: Yitzchak's Avodah
  4. דGive and Give Again: Blessing Bound to Torah
  5. הA Vessel for Blessing: Giving Again and Again

Parshas Vayeitzei ויצא

  1. אBeis El: Prayer Solely for Heaven's Honor
  2. בThe Tzaddik's Prayer: Facing Obstacles as a Son
  3. גBread for Heaven's Sake: Winning over Judgment
  4. דYaakov's Vow: Sanctifying Speech and Money
  5. הReturning in Peace: Israel's Merit from Within
  6. וRachel's Hidden Prayer for Heaven's Honor

Parshas Vayishlach וישלח

  1. אStanding Apart: The Merit That Brings Redemption
  2. בPeace in Exile: Yaakov's Prayer against Brotherhood
  3. גThe Small Jugs: Holy Money through Faith
  4. דAlone with Hashem: Yaakov's Struggle Until Dawn
  5. הWhole in His Wealth: Hashem's Honor in Everything

Parshas Vayeishev וישב

  1. אServing Hashem in Tranquility: Yaakov's Path of Fear
  2. בServing Hashem Even without Tranquility
  3. גYosef's Humility: Credit to the Fathers
  4. דBrotherhood, Not Strife, in Heaven's Name
  5. ה“I Seek My Brothers”: Unity for Future Generations
  6. וBrotherhood and the Leader: Raising Torah and Prayer
  7. זSeeking My Brothers: Unity as Hashem's Command
  8. חRepentance before the Mitzvah: Reuven Opened the Way
  9. טRepenting Anew: Reuven Opens the Way of Teshuvah
  10. יYosef's Two Trials: Wealth, Poverty and Fear

Parshas Mikeitz מקץ

  1. אTwo Years Forgotten: Delay That Builds Redemption
  2. בTwo Years of Days: Repairing Trust through Torah
  3. ג“A Little Balm”: Effort According to One's Trust
  4. דAbundant Mercy: Enough Suffering, Pure Compassion

Parshas Vayigash ויגש

  1. אThe Tzaddik's Teshuvah: Opening the Gate for All
  2. בWhose Holiness Brings the Flow: Yosef and Yaakov
  3. גYour Eyes See: Mitzvos without Ulterior Motives
  4. דGuarded Eyes, Holy Speech: Yosef's Proof through Torah
  5. הWalking in Torah: Yosef's Way and Yaakov's Way
  6. וA Beis Midrash in Goshen: Sanctifying the Place
  7. זYaakov's Shema: At the Sight of Yosef

Parshas Vayechi ויחי

  1. אDays Drawn Close: A Life without a Missing Day
  2. בYosef's Blessing: Torah, Holiness and Bris Milah
  3. גFrom All Evil: Blessing Redeems the Good
  4. דBecoming a Vessel: Rebuke and the Kohanim's Blessing
  5. הForever or for an Hour: Why We Whisper “Baruch Shem”
  6. וHashem Awaits Moshiach: Personal and Collective Redemption
  7. זThe King's Revenge: Blessing for the Final Generations

Parshas Shemos שמות

  1. אKnowing We Have Not Yet Begun
  2. בAdding Good Deeds: The Broken Heart's Cry
  3. גWhen the Body Itself Cries Out to Serve
  4. דThe Living Path of the Avos in Exile
  5. הLaws Beyond Reason: The Key to Redemption
  6. וEverything Comes from Hashem: Avraham's Coin
  7. זRaising the Root: Moshe's Eyes and Heart
  8. חThe Hidden Sigh: Crying Out for Heaven's Honor
  9. טCrying Out for the Honor of Heaven
  10. יA Holy Mouth before Pharaoh: Guarding Speech
  11. יאMy Firstborn: Doing Good Beyond the Command
  12. יבMoshe's Compassion and the Hidden Mercy of Exile

Parshas Va'eira וארא

  1. אKnowing Hashem through Kindness, Not Only through Judgment
  2. בAccepting Judgment as Mercy: Moshe's Two Messages
  3. גElokim to Moshe, Hashem to the People
  4. דPrayer for Hashem's Name and the Heavier Exile
  5. הThe Vengeance of Mercy: Judgment That Awakens
  6. וCrying Out for Our Father: Freedom to Accept His Yoke
  7. זA Redemption of Body and Soul
  8. חPraying for Heaven's Honor Brings Redemption
  9. טFour Redemptions: Body and Soul, Nation and Individual
  10. יAharon's Harsh Words: Remembering Our Father in Heaven

Parshas Bo בא

  1. אIn the Ears of Your Son: The Customs of Our Fathers
  2. בEach Man by His Elders: Sharing the Tzaddik's Kavanos
  3. גTeshuvah First: Why Moshe Called the Elders
  4. דThe Wicked Son's Question as Good Tidings
  5. הThe Wicked Son's Question: Good Tidings for the Generations
  6. וWalking Toward the Mitzvah: Longing That Counts as Doing

Parshas Beshalach בשלח

  1. אFaith through the Tzaddik: Shabbos Shirah and Tu BiShvat
  2. בTaking Yosef Along: Remembering the Tzaddik's Holiness
  3. גWith an Uplifted Hand: Faith in Our Own Deeds
  4. דPraying for Heaven's Honor: Silence That Brings Salvation
  5. הSelf-Sacrifice Below Draws Miracles Above
  6. וSaved “On That Day”: Kindness Splits the Sea
  7. זSong from the Heart: Teshuvah Out of Love
  8. חKindness Below Opens the Sea Above
  9. ט“My Father's God”: Faith Seen and Faith Received
  10. יThe Faith of Our Fathers Holds Firm
  11. יאNot the Beginning of Holiness: Humility and Our Fathers' Merit
  12. יבHearing Deeply: Hashem the Healer Who Prevents Illness
  13. יגHands That Do: Defeating Amalek through Torah Lived
  14. ידMaking Handles for Torah to Defeat Amalek

Parshas Yisro יתרו

  1. אSimple Faith: Why Moshe Retold the Miracles
  2. בWhy Only Yisro Came: Everything Is for Israel
  3. גSacrificing the Yetzer: Yisro's Lesson before Sinai
  4. דSimple Faith: The Foundation for Receiving the Torah
  5. הCamped in the Wilderness: The Teshuvah That Uplifts Others
  6. וEncamped Against the Mountain: Three Ways to Conquer the Yetzer
  7. זOne Heart through Kindness: Receiving the Torah Together
  8. חIn the Merit of the Fathers: Humility at Sinai
  9. טSoft Words for the Humble, Hard Words for the Great
  10. יSoft Words, Hard Truths: When Blessing Is Rebuke
  11. יאA Holy Nation: Every Jew Is Called
  12. יבA Treasure Guarded: Exalted Awe at Sinai
  13. יגSeeing the Voices: “We Will Do and We Will Hear” and the Angels

Shabbos Hisachdus שבת התאחדות

  1. אSitting Together as One: Unity Draws Down Blessing

Parshas Mishpatim משפטים

  1. אMishpatim from Sinai: Keeping Every Law as a Decree
  2. בCustoms of Israel: The Handles That Guard the Torah
  3. גEven Monetary Laws from Sinai, Not from Reason
  4. דBeyond Understanding: Keeping Even the Logical Laws as Decrees
  5. הHumanly Holy: Sanctity through Eating and Drinking
  6. וCommunal Prayer, Elevated Eating and Healing
  7. זServing Hashem at the Table: Eating as Avodah
  8. חElders and Youths: Every Jew's Own Mission
  9. ט“Be There”: Torah with Total Self-Sacrifice

Parshas Terumah תרומה

  1. אHashem Wants the Heart: The Gift of Good Will
  2. בA Dwelling for Hashem in Everyday Life
  3. גA Dwelling for Hashem in Every Home

Parshas Tetzaveh תצוה

  1. אMoshe's Missing Name: The Light of Self-Sacrifice
  2. בSelf-Sacrifice: The Thread of Tetzaveh

Parshas Ki Sisa כי תשא

  1. אThe True Leader Lives Only for Others
  2. בHalf a Shekel: Unity That Brings the Shechinah
  3. גShabbos Rest for the Soul, Not the Body
  4. דPreparing All Week to Make the Shabbos
  5. הWhy Your Anger? The Power of Teshuvah
  6. וTeshuvah before Torah: The Bride's Gift
  7. זFilling the Void: Writing a Sefer Torah Now

Parshas Vayakhel ויקהל

  1. אGathering Together: Every Shabbos a Yom Kippur
  2. בShabbos Assembly: Moshe Gathers Souls with Da'as
  3. גShabbos Speech: When Words Become Deeds
  4. דVayakhel: Shabbos, Unity, and the Blessing Without Toil
  5. הVayakhel: Unity Brings the Shechinah to Rest
  6. וShabbos Holiness Elevates the Weekday Labors
  7. ז“From Yourselves”: The Good Will Behind Every Gift
  8. חSelf-Sacrifice That Bears Fruit for Generations
  9. טHumility That Leaves Room for the Shechinah
  10. יThe Lasting Imprint of Holiness: “Sufficient, and Extra”
  11. יאThe Missing Yud: Giving Without Self-Importance

Parshas Pekudei פקודי

  1. אTwo Dwellings in One: Torah with Yiras Shamayim
  2. בThe Leftover Donation: Witness to Forgiveness
  3. גPreparing for the Mitzvah Is Itself Avodah
  4. דDone at the Command: Longing That Counts as Deed
  5. הHashem's Presence in the Work of Our Hands
  6. וMoshe's Humility in Every Hand That Built
  7. זBound to Moshe: The Shechinah in the Work of Their Hands

Parshas Vayikra ויקרא

  1. אThe Small Aleph: Called Closer Through Humility
  2. ב“Vayikra”: Preparing to Receive Holiness
  3. גThe Small Aleph: Humility at the Heart of the Offering
  4. ד“Mikem”: Bringing Ourselves Near Through Humility
  5. הOffering Ourselves to Hashem from Our Youth
  6. וMitzvos and Offerings Are for Our Own Good

Parshas Tzav צו

  1. אA Lasting Imprint: Serving with Holy Fire
  2. בThe Olah of Torah: Learning with Humility
  3. גThe Tzaddik's Deed Gathers All Israel

Parshas Shemini שמיני

  1. אHumility Before the Shechinah: Taking the Mishkan Apart
  2. בCompleting Ourselves: The Pain That Brings the Shechinah
  3. ג*Vayehi* and Unity: Reaching the Shechinah Together
  4. דSimple Obedience Brings Us Before Hashem
  5. הSimple Faith Beyond Lofty Attainments
  6. וChecking Our Mitzvos: The Way to Hashem's Glory
  7. זDriving Out Discord: Unity Reveals Hashem's Glory
  8. חChosen Because He Was Ashamed
  9. טAtonement for Himself, for the Sake of the People
  10. יMaking Israel a Vessel for Blessing
  11. יאRaised Hands: Blessing That Looks Past Sin
  12. יבRevealing Hashem's Glory: The Mishkan and the Passing of Tzaddikim
  13. יגTogether in Deed, Alone with Hashem in Thought

Parshas Tazria תזריע

  1. אA Son for the Mitzvah: Intention Brings Blessing

Parshas Metzora מצורע

  1. אShabbos HaGadol: The Power That Lifts and Heals
  2. בPlagues That Revealed a Gift: Hashem's Name Made Great
  3. גWealth Through Plague: Bringing Money into Holiness
  4. דHidden Treasure: The Two Sides of Every Coin
  5. הAfflictions as Gifts: Drawing Near Through Abundance

Parshas Acharei אחרי

  1. אServing Like Angels: Simple Faith Above Understanding

Parshas Kedoshim קדושים

  1. אHoliness in Body and Spirit Through the Community
  2. בThe Divine Spark Shines Only in Unity
  3. גHoliness Within the Community, Not Apart From It
  4. דRebuke and Blessing: Seeing the Holiness of the Whole
  5. הOrlah: Making the Physical Serve the Torah

Parshas Emor אמור

  1. אMesirus Nefesh in Every Mitzvah
  2. בMitzvos Done with Life: Sanctifying Hashem's Name
  3. גPesach as “Shabbos”: Faith That Draws Down Blessing
  4. דCounting for Ourselves: Becoming Hashem's Children Always

Parshas Behar בהר

  1. אShemitah and Shabbos: Remembering the Owner of the Land
  2. בMaking Earth into Heaven: Shemitah as a Shabbos for Hashem
  3. גShemitah and Shabbos: Rest That Elevates Labor

Parshas Bechukosai בחוקותי

  1. אToiling in Torah: Learning That Shapes the Body
  2. בFeet That Lead Themselves: Beyond Nature
  3. גPreparing for Mitzvos: Reward Even in This World
  4. דWalking in the Chukim: Serving Hashem With Self-Surrender
  5. הWalking in Chukim, Longing for Mitzvos

Parshas Bamidbar במדבר

  1. אCounted with Love: Joyful Teshuvah Before the Torah
  2. בWilderness, Water and Fire: Humility and Raising the Head
  3. גFire, Water and Wilderness: Giving the Body Over to Torah
  4. דTeshuvah Before Torah: When Every Hour Counts
  5. הLifting the Head: The Tzaddik and Unity
  6. וThe Book of Lineage: Measuring Ourselves Against the Avos
  7. זCleaving to Hashem: Every Person Can Be a Levi
  8. חChildren as Guarantors: The Tzaddik Lives On

Parshas Naso נשא

  1. אHand in Hand: Unity Brings the Torah
  2. בHoliness Together: The Shabbos After Receiving the Torah
  3. גBlessing That Awakens: The King's Revenge
  4. ד“Koh”: Making Israel a Vessel for Blessing
  5. הBlessing Israel Even When It Falls Short
  6. וAharon's Way: Blessing Through Love and Self-Sacrifice
  7. ז*Koh*: The Self-Sacrifice That Brings Blessing
  8. חSelf-Sacrifice Removes the Barrier: Hashem Himself Blesses
  9. טZeal Makes Every Offering New

Parshas Behaaloscha בהעלותך

  1. אSpeak to Aharon: A Perfect Mitzvah Heard Through Moshe
  2. בTwo Powers of the Tzaddik: Rebuke and Blessing
  3. גHumble on Earth: Moshe, Master of His Humility
  4. דCrying Out for the Shechinah: Moshe's Short Prayer

Parshas Shelach שלח

  1. אThe Spies' True Mission: Sanctifying the Land
  2. בSelf-Sacrifice for the Mission: Lessons from Canaan
  3. גSend Away Your Own Judgment: Humility in Its Place
  4. דServing Hashem Through the Physical in the King's Palace
  5. הLeadership Without Self-Interest: Moshe's Prayer for Yehoshua
  6. וSending Away Your Own Opinion: The Spies' Error
  7. זElevating the Physical Through Self-Sacrifice
  8. חKalev's Humble Spirit: Who May Lead in the King's Palace
  9. טThe Spies' Counsel: Humility in the Wrong Place
  10. יSlow to Anger: Mercy Only for the Returning
  11. יאTzitzis for the Last Generation: Strict Duty, Great Merit

Parshas Korach קרח

  1. אKorach's Dispute: Separating from Moshe's Light
  2. בKorach's Error: Inquiry Before Simple Faith
  3. גReceiving Through Submission: Korach Against Creation's Order
  4. דOne Sinai, Many Vessels: Korach's Mistake
  5. הMoshe's Greatness From Within: The Answer to Korach
  6. וKorach's Blind Eye: Humility and the Need for a Leader
  7. זNo Areivus Without Unity: Korach's Divided Company
  8. חSeparate from Them: The Tzaddik as the Channel of Life
  9. טThe Cloud Over Korach's Soul: Moshe's Hidden Repair

Parshas Chukas חוקת

  1. אA Chok Beyond Reason: Purifying the Body
  2. בThe Chok of the Torah: Mitzvos Because Hashem Commanded
  3. גA Chok Within Every Mitzvah: Reward Even Here
  4. דLiving Each Day as a Gift: Torah Through Self-Sacrifice
  5. הTrust Measures Effort: Speaking to the Rock
  6. וStriking or Speaking: The Rock Grows Up Through Torah
  7. זSanctified Eyes: When a Word Is Enough
  8. חHoly Eyes: Gateway to Torah's Heights

Parshas Balak בלק

  1. אThe Tzaddik's Prayer That Conquered the Emori
  2. בFire of the Avos: A People That Dwells Alone
  3. גThe King's Revenge: Drawing Back Through Kindness
  4. דPrayer for Heaven's Honor: Silencing the Accusers
  5. הAwaiting Salvation: Preparing to Greet Moshiach
  6. וTents Like Streams: The Holiness of the Beis Midrash
  7. זMah Tovu: The Simple Jew's Tent Becomes a Mishkan
  8. חFrom Tent to Mishkan: The Instant Power of Teshuvah
  9. טStreams and Spices: The Beis Midrash That Elevates
  10. יIn the Eyes of Hashem: Blessing Through Guarded Eyes

Parshas Pinchas פנחס

  1. אZeal for His God: Pinchas and Eliyahu's Truth
  2. בPinchas's Reward: Beyond the Bounds of the Body
  3. גPinchas's Covenant of Peace: A Reward for Klal Yisrael
  4. דMoshe Spoke “to Hashem”: A Leader's Pure Intent
  5. הIn the Name of All Israel: The Leader Who Gives Himself
  6. וA Leader Who Draws His Strength from All Israel
  7. זA Shepherd to Bring the Prince Home
  8. חRebuke and Compassion: The Two Powers of a Leader

Parshas Matos מטות

  1. אVows for Hashem: Every Permitted Act a Mitzvah
  2. בHolding On to Fleeting Inspiration: Vows for Heaven's Sake
  3. גGuarding Speech: Words as Part of the Soul
  4. דThe Power of Speech: “This Is the Thing Hashem Commanded”
  5. הThe Holy Mouth of the Talmid Chacham
  6. וMourning the Shechinah: Tzaddikim and the Beis HaMikdash
  7. זShedding the Self: Pinchas and the Peace That Wins Wars

Parshas Masei מסעי

  1. אBy the Hand of Moshe: Simple Faith Leads the Flock
  2. בRefidim: Torah That Reaches the Hands
  3. גHumility at Sinai: The Cure for Strife
  4. דCities of Refuge: Torah Reveals the Hand of Hashem
  5. הLearning That Acts: Torah That Shapes the Soul

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