Teachings of the tzaddikim
708 divrei Torah from 297 tzaddikim, each with its source and a practical lesson. Search and filters load with the app.
Rav Yitzchak Luria (the Arizal)
Rebbe Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Rebbe Yisroel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov)
Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev
- A True Leader Always Finds Merit · Parshas Pinchas
- Rebuke That Lifts · Parshas Chukas
- Pesach and Chag HaMatzos: Each Praises the Other · Parshas Bo
Rebbe Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezritch
Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk
- Three stages of serving Hashem · Parshas Lech Lecha
- Avraham at the opening of the tent · Parshas Vayera
- The tzaddik as a channel of blessing · Parshas Vayera
- Forty days to change a trait
- To see the good in our friends
Rachel Imeinu
Rav Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam)
Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Rav Avrohom Azulai
Noach Yafeh of Lechovitch
Rav Raphael Boruch Toledano
Rav Menachem Nachum Twersky of Makarov
Rav Yehuda Leib Yaltushkov
- Why the Angels Came to Lot as Angels · Parshas Vayera
Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, Mezhibuzh
- Why No Mon Fell on Shabbos · Parshas Bereishis
- Crying Out for the Sake of Avodah · Parshas Shemos
- The Bread That Changed Their Eyes · Parshas Beshalach
- The One Thing We Give Hashem · Parshas Emor
- Why Elul Is the Time for Teshuvah · Parshas Re'eh
Rav Meshulem Zusha Weissblum of Anipoli
Rav Pinchos Shapira of Koritz
Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowitz of Peshischa
Rav Yisrael Yitzchak Kalish of Vurka
- The Red Heifer and Love of One’s Fellow · Parshas Chukas
- Alone, Yet Among Others
Rav Boruch Asheknazi of Mezhibuzh
Rav Eliyahu of Vilna
Rav Yaakov Yosef HaKohen Katz of Polnoy
- Faith and Love Unite Every Mitzvah · Parshas Yisro
- Never Push Away With Two Hands · Parshas Kedoshim
- How Can We Be Commanded to Love?
- The Rope of the Tzaddik · Parshas Ha'azinu
- The Voice That Needs No Words
- Against Excessive Fasting
Rav Yisroel Meir HaKohen Kagan of Radin
Rav Avrohom Gershon Ashkenazi of Kitov
Rav Sholom Rokeach of Belz
Rav Yissocher Dov Ber of Radoshitz
- A Segulah in Times of Trouble · Parshas Ha'azinu
Rav Yechezkel HaLevi Landau of Prague
Rav Aryeh Leib of Shpola
Rav Eliyahu Gutmacher of Greiditz
Rav Ezra Attiya of Syria
Rav Hai Gaon of Pumpedisa
Rav Menashe Ben Yisrael of Amsterdam
Rav Sholom Shachna Friedman of Probisht
Rav Menachem Azaria of Fano
- Tzedakah Returns in the Opposite Direction
- Two Wives, One Beloved and One Hated · Parshas Ki Seitzei
Rebbe Avrohom Twerski of Trisk
Rav Menachem Mendel Turim of Rymanow
- Hashem Spoke Once, and I Heard Twice
- Lack of Simchah Gives Power to the Enemy · Parshas Ki Savo
- Shabbos as a Delight
- Every Journey Is Written in a Sefer
- Study in Depth
- Halachah and Tosfos in the Days of the Omer
- Reciting the Pesukim of the Mishkan Before Davening · Parshas Vayikra
- The Bow and Arrow of Lag BaOmer
- Learning Torah From Gazing at a Tzaddik
- Noam Elimelech After the Mikveh
- Simchah Is a Segulah for Parnassah
Rav Avrohom Borenstein
Rav Avrohom Dov Auerbach
- Our Attachment to Hashem Through the Chanukah Lights · Parshas Vayeshev
- Three Middos to Guard
Rav Avrohom of Posquieres
Rav Dovid HaLevi Segal
Rav Menachem Nachum Twersky
- Mitzvos, Our Link to Hashem · Parshas Vayera
Rav Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam
- The Mitzvah of Sukkah
- Giving Charity · Parshas Ki Sisa
- Trust Grows With the Need
- The Third of Nissan · Parshas Vayetzei
Rav Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam
Rav Yisroel Friedman
- A Yichud With Every Breath
- Who Told You That You Are Naked? · Parshas Bereishis
- A Diamond in the Rough · Parshas Bo
- Holding Onto Darkei Avos
- Torah in Your Innards
Rav Chaim Palagi of Izmir
Rav Chaim Yosef Dovid Azulai
- Sweet to Mordechai, Bitter to Haman
- Yaakov's Bow and Mordechai's Refusal · Parshas Vayishlach
Rav Moshe Chaim Ephraim Ashkenazi of Sudilkov
- Wisdom Creates Nature, and Wisdom Can Change It · Parshas Bereishis
- The Tikkun of Adam HaRishon · Parshas Noach
- Faith Greater Than Miracles · Parshas Vayishlach
- The World Was Created for Me · Parshas Vayishlach
- Seeing the Sounds · Parshas Yisro
- Why Aharon Was Chosen · Parshas Shemini
- The Journeys of Life · Parshas Masei
- Light Hidden in Darkness
- The Justice of Reincarnation · Parshas Mishpatim
- Becoming Holy · Parshas Kedoshim
Rav Shlomo HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk
- Why He Wrote Tiferes Shlomo
- Teshuvah Without Sadness · Parshas Vayigash
- Thank Hashem for the Good
Rav Dovid Moshe Freidman of Chortkov
Rav Gershon Shaul Yomtov Lipman Heller
Rav Moshe Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin of Brisk
Rav Yoel Teitelbaum
Rav Aharon Perlow of Karlin
Rav Klonimus Kalman HaLevi Epstein of Cracow
- Divine Restrictions and Garments · Parshas Lech Lecha
- Rise Like a Lion in the Morning · Parshas Ki Seitzei
Rav Uri Klughaft of Strelisk
Rav Yisrael Lipkin
Rav Yosef Yoizel Horowitz
Rav Raphael of Bershad
Rav Chaim Itzkowitz of Volozhin
Rav Moshe Alshich
Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
- Man Alone Joins Heaven and Earth
- Why We Read Parshas Zachor · Parshas Ki Seitzei
- Rebuilding on Rosh Hashanah, Protecting in the Sukkah · Parshas Ki Seitzei
- Beis Yaakov, Leave Katnus Behind
- Yosef and the Attribute of Yesod · Parshas Vayeshev
Rav Sholom Hedaya of Aram Sova
Rav Yehuda Lowy
- A Good Heart · Parshas Vayeshev
- Review Your Learning · Parshas Shelach
- The Maharal’s Promise
- Why Non-Jewish Wine Is Forbidden
Rav Yitzchok Hutner
Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Rav Yeruchem Levovitz
Rav Avrohom Hamalach Friedman
Rav Elchonon Bunim Wasserman
Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen
Rebbe Meir Segal HaLevi Rottenberg of Apta
Rav Refael Yosef Chazan of Izmir
Rav Meir Simchah HaKohen of Dvinsk
- When Berlin Is Called Jerusalem · Parshas Bechukosai
- Why a Jew Gives His Life for Hashem · Parshas Va'eschanan
Rav Nachman of Horodonka
- Learn From the Tzaddik at the Right Time · Parshas Bamidbar
Rav Aharon Berachia of Modina
Rav Boruch Ashlag
Rav Elozor Menachem Mann Shach
Rav Meir Baal Haness
Rav Meir Dan Platzky
Rav Meir Leifer of Premishlan
- The Berachos Within the Tochachah · Parshas Ki Savo
Rav Meir Yehuda Leibush Wisser
Mekubel Yichye Tzalach
Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Rav Moshe Aharon Pinto
Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel
Rav Refoel Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky
Rav Shimshon Refoel Hirsch
Rav Shlomo Molcho
Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky
Rav Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg
Rav Yitzchok Isaac Taub
Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik
Rav Avrohom Maimonides
Rabbeinu Chaim Vital
Rebbe Chanina ben Tradyon
Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Kook
Rav Dov Berish Weidenfeld
Moshe Rabbeinu
- Yocheved, Daughter and Woman · Parshas Shemos
- The Order of the Letters in Moshe's Name
Rav Simcha Bunim Bonhart
Rav Chanoch Henich HaKohen Levine
Rav Yaakov Abuchatzeira
- Preparing for Shabbos All Week · Parshas Yisro
- Dan Like a Serpent, Dan Like a Lion Cub · Parshas Vayechi
- Adding Strength Each Day
- Breaking Desires Is the Best Teshuvah
- Weapons for the War Against the Yetzer Hara
- A Segulah for Health in Toiling in Torah · Parshas Beshalach
- The Damage of Lashon Hara · Parshas Noach
Rav Avrohom Abali HaLevi Gumbiner
Rav Chaim Halberstam
Rav Moshe Sofer
Rav Yaakov HaLevi Ruderman
- A Talmid Is Always a Son · Parshas Va'eschanan
- A Teacher Remembers His Students
- Patience with Every Bochur
Yehoshua bin Nun
Rav Chaim Ibn Attar
- Why Mankind Was Created as One · Parshas Bereishis
- Shabbos Sustains the World · Parshas Bereishis
- Why Noach Built an Ark for Himself · Parshas Noach
Rav Naftoli Tzvi Horowitz
Rav Klonimus Kalman Shapira
Rav Moshe Teitelbaum
- All of Them Holy: Korach's Argument · Parshas Korach
Rav Menachem Mendel Morgenstern
Rav Moshe Cordovero
Rav Saadia Gaon
Rav Shlomo Luria (Ashkenazi)
Rav Tzvi Hirsch Kalischer
Rav Eliyohu Eliezer Dessler
Shimon HaKohen HaTzaddik
Rav Yechezkel Abramsky
Rav Aharon Roth
Rav Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz
- Freeing the Holy Sparks · Parshas Yisro
Rav Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik
Rav Yosef Shlomo Dayan
Rav Avrohom Ibn Ezra
Rav Nosson HaKohen Adler (Katz)
Rav Nosson Nota Shapiro
Rav Sholom Mordechai Schwadron
Rav Bentzion Meir Chai Uziel
Rav Chaim Tirar of Czernowitz
- Why Yosef Went Down First · Parshas Vayeshev
- The Judgment of the Shivtei Kah · Parshas Vayeshev
- Here Comes the Dreamer · Parshas Vayeshev
- And Now, Let Us Kill Him · Parshas Vayeshev
Rav Doniel Frisch
Rav Yaakov Kopel Chossid Hager
Rav Avrohom Shmuel Binyomin Sofer (Schreiber)
Rav Meir Hagodol of Premishlan
- Trust From the First Verse · Parshas Bereishis
Nadav and Avihu
- A Fire That Was Not Commanded · Parshas Shemini
- Right Intention, Wrong Way · Parshas Shemini
- Two Threads of Fire · Parshas Shemini
- Pure Intentions, Reward Above
Reuven ben Yaakov Ovinu
Rav Shmuel Borenstein
Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky
Rav Yitzchok Meir Alter Rotenberg of Gur
Rav Yehuda Leib Ashlag
Rav Yosef Shlomo Delmedigo
Rav Osher Perlow
Yehuda ben Yaakov Ovinu
Rav Yitzchok bar Sheshes
Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman
Rav Elozor Simcha Wasserman
Rav Mordechai Twersky of Chernobyl
Rav Yehuda Klonimus Hachossid
Rav Mordechai Rosenblatt of Slonim
Rav Chaim of Krasna
Rav Mordechai Yosef Leiner
- Do Not Defile the Soul With Despair · Parshas Emor
Rav Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz of Nikolsburg
Yitzchok Isaac Eichenstein of Ziditchov
Rav Yo'ir Chaim Bachrach
Rav Shimshon Chaim Nachmani of Modina
Rav Zev Wolf Landau of Strikov
Rebbe DovBer of Lubavitch
Rav Dovid Tevli of Lisa
Rav Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg
Rav Tzvi Hirsch of Chirov
Rav Yaakov Yosef Twersky of Skver
Rav Moshe Yitzchak Gevirtzman of Pshevorsk
Rav Tzvi Hirsch Friedman of Liska
- God and Nature · Parshas Yisro
Rav Shmuel Schneerson of Lubavitch
Rav Yechiel Michel of Zlotshuv
Nechemya
Rav Avrohom Yehuda Leib HaKohen Schwartz
Rav Chaim Soloveitchik
Rav Yisrael Dov Ber of Vilednik
Rav Yosef Meir Weiss of Spinka
Rav Chaim Meir Hager
Rav Moshe of Dalina
Rav Shimshon Dovid Pincus
- Avrohom Ovinu and the Measure of Chesed · Parshas Chayei Sarah
- Modeh Ani, Not Ani Modeh
- The Holes in the Head
Rav Yissochor Dov Rokeach
- The Four Sons Become a Shema
- Learning Ohr HaChaim for Yiras Shamayim · Parshas Acharei Mos
Rav Yitzchak Kaduri
Rav Yitzchok Menachem Dancyger of Alexander
Rav Shmuel Eliezer Eidels
- Returning to the Study of the Maharsha
- Holy Things Come in Groups of Seven · Parshas Beha'aloscha
Rav Yitzchak of Drohovitch
Rav Avrohom Yaakov HaKohen Pam
Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Rav Avraham Brandwein
Rav Avrohom
Rav Azriel Hildesheimer
Rav Meir Yechiel HaLevi Halshtuk
Rav Shabtai Sheptil Horowitz
Rav Simcha Zissel Ziv
Rabbeinu Yaakov
Rav Yeshua Heschel Landau
Rav Yihya Qafih
Rav Yihya Yitzhak Halevi
Rav Yisrael Abuchatzeirah
Rebbe David of Lelov
Rav Gedalia Schorr
- Light Planted in the Tzaddik
- Chosen to Be Hashem’s · Parshas Kedoshim
- Half the Time, Full Concentration
- Hashem Remembers What We Forget
- Hashem’s Wedding Gift
- Yaakov’s Growth in Galus · Parshas Vayetzei
- Two Kinds of Intent · Parshas Noach
- The Greatness of Adam
- Two Kinds of Yirah · Parshas Beshalach
- Knowing One’s Task
Rav Naftali HaKohen Katz
Rav Moshe di Trani
Rav Shmuel Druzi
Rav Yitzchok Isaac Rosenbaum
King David
Rav Moshe Yehoshua Hager
Simeon ben Azzai
Rav Chanina S'gan Kohanim
Hamekubal Yaakov Chaim Yisroel Refael Alfia
Rav Judah (Yehuda) Alkalai
The Tanna Rebbi Akiva
Rav Yechezkel Sarna
Rebbi Yishmael (Ben Elisha) Kohen Gadol
Nochum Ish Gamzu
Rav Simcha Zissel Ziv Broide
Rav Eliyohu Chaim Carlebach
Rav Yitzchok Arye Zekel Leib of Worms
Rav Avraham Abulafia
Rav Yaakov Yisroel Twersky of Cherkas
Rav Yehuda Fatiya
Rav Chaim Elozor Shapira of Munkatch
Rav Dovid Ganz
Rebbi Yehuda (Judah) ha-Nasi
Rav Aharon of Zhitomir
- Where a Person's Thoughts Are · Parshas Vayishlach
The Tana Raban Shimon Ben Gamliel
Rav Yisroel Hager of Vizhnitz
Rebbe Yitzchak Isaac Yehudah Yechiel Safrin of Komarna
- Even a Tzaddik Is Blinded by a Bribe · Parshas Mishpatim
Rav Yochanan HaSandler
Rav Raphael Pinto
Rebbi Amram Chisda (The Pious)
Chavakuk Hanavi ben Isha Hashunamis
Rebbe Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter
- Walking Among Angels · Parshas Bamidbar
Aharon HaCohen
Rav Hillel Lichtenstein of Kolomaya
Rabbeinu Amnon
Rav Meshulem Igra of Tismenitz
- No Dream Without Inaccuracies · Parshas Vayeshev
Rav Nissim Peretz
Rav Yaakov Moshe Toledano
Rav Yaakov Yosef of Ostrog
Rav Yisroel Shapiro of Gradzisk
Rav Chaim Hirschensohn
Rav Menahem Azariah da Fano
Rav Tzvi Hirsch HaKohen of Riminov
Rav Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala
Rav Yoel Halperin of Zamość
Rav Gedalya Rabinowitz of Linitz
Rav Aharon HaKohen Rosenfeld of Pinsk Karlin
Rav Asher (Usher) Freund
Rav Avraham Falagi of Izmir, Istanbul
Rav Hillel HaLevi of Paritsh
Rav Yeshaya Weltfried of Kalish
Rav Dovid HaLevi of Stephin
Rav Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro of Munkach
Rebbe Mordecai of Lechovitz.
Rav Sholom Yosef Freidman of Sadigura
Rav Elyakim Shlomo Shapira of Hordona
- Holiness of the Land · Parshas Eikev
Rav Yechezkel Levenstein
Asher - Son of Yaakov
- A candle for happiness and blessing · Parshas Vayetzei
Rav Shmaryohu Shmerel of Varchovka
Rebbe Avraham of Stretin
- Pride without the fall · Parshas Vayishlach
Rav Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz
Rav Yehoshua Buxbaum
Rav Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz
- Power Through the Mouth · Parshas Vayishlach
Rav Mordechai Pogramansky
- No More Tears · Parshas Vayigash
Rav Azriel of Gerona
Rav Elozor Rokeach
Rav Yehoshua Horowitz
- Hashem Does Not Act Alone · Parshas Va'eschanan
Rav Alter Elozor Menachem Biderman
Rav Moshe Pallier of Kobrin
Rav Avrohom Weinberg
- Why Did You Come to Me? · Parshas Yisro
Rav Yisrael Taub
- Music, the Avodah of the Leviim · Parshas Miketz
- Serve Hashem With Pride · Parshas Emor
- A Gathering Place of Fools
- Torah Requires Effort
- Remove Opposition Like Shoes From Your Feet · Parshas Shemos
- One Hour of Teshuvah
- Torah in the Name of Its Author
- Daven With a Minyan for Parnassah · Parshas Bechukosai
Rav Eliezer Papo
Rav Eliezer Tzvi Safrin
Rav Yisrael Friedman
Rav Mordechai Chazan
Rav Pinchas Menachem Alter
Rav Yaakov Segal (Moelin)
Rav Binyomin Mendelson
Rav Avrohom Brandwein
Rav Avrohom Weinberg
Rav Shmuel
Rav Yechiel Meir Lifschitz of Gostynin
Rav Yehoshua Menachem Arenberg
Rav Yehuda Leon Patilon
Rav Yosef Chaim Shneur Kotler
- See the Rebbe Before You
- The Lesson of the Sons of Korach
- Turning Potential Into Action
- Unity and the Shechinah
- Character Before Chelek in Torah
- Ameilus in Times of Yissurim
- Growing Like the Malachim
- Why the Techeiles Is a Process
- The Intent Behind the Deed
- The Three-Fold Reach of an Action
- The Power of Chessed
Rav Avrohom Mordechai Alter
- The Beggar's Purse · Parshas Va'era
- A Request for Achdus
Rav Gedalya Aharon Kenig (Koenig)
Rav Yehuda Zev Segal
Rebbi Yose Hagelili
Rav Yosef Breuer
Rav Avrohom Abba Freedman
Rebbi Chananya ben Akashya
Rav Eliezer Papo
Eli Kohen Gadol (High priest)
Rebbi Matteya ben Heresh
Rebbe Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz
Rav Shaul Brach
- One Mitzva Fulfilled for All Klal Yisroel · Parshas Bo