Parshas Bechukosai
5 maamarim of the tzaddikim on this week's reading, each in Hebrew and English with a takeaway.
Lehavas David
Rav Dovid Matisyohu Rabinowitz ›Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzToiling in Torah: Learning That Shapes the BodyLearning that costs us nothing can leave us unchanged, but Torah learned with toil engraves itself on eye, brain and heart until the body itself is ready to do what we learn…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzFeet That Lead Themselves: Beyond NatureMost of us weigh each mitzvah, asking whether it is within our strength or whether our own errands come first. Dovid HaMelech, in his humility, saw himself that way, yet his feet…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzPreparing for Mitzvos: Reward Even in This WorldA mitzvah begins with how we prepare for it, and Hashem counts that preparation as the mitzvah itself. When we weigh our material needs by the Torah's reckoning, keep Shabbos in…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzWalking in the Chukim: Serving Hashem With Self-SurrenderThe zeal we bring to worldly affairs can be turned toward Torah and mitzvos, and the training ground is the chukim: doing gladly what we do not understand teaches us to meet every…Lehavas David · Rav Dovid Matisyohu RabinowitzWalking in Chukim, Longing for MitzvosWe often feel we keep a mitzvah better when we know its reason, but the maamar teaches the reverse: keeping even the mitzvos we do not understand, simply because Hashem commanded…