CHAPTER FIVETHE GIVING OF TORAH AT MT. SINAI.THE RESULTS OF EVERY HOUR A JEW LEARNS THEHOLY TORAH, AND FEELINGS OF CLOSENESS TOHASHEM RESULTING FROM TORAH STUDY[INCLUDING SOME ASPECTS OF BELIEF IN HASHEM] The giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai is described at length inthe Torah in parshat Yitro – see the text inside for…
Tag: weekly studies
DIVREY YA’AKOV LESSON FOUR
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF TORAH STUDY AND MITZVOTIN THE UPPER WORLDS, THE BENEFITS FOR THE JEWISHNATION AND HOW A PERSON MUST AWAKENHIMSELF TO SERVE HASHEM, THEREBY HELPING THEJEWISH PEOPLE It is clear from the holy Zohar and other Kabbalistic booksthat apart from our world, Hashem created many countlessmultitudes of worlds and higher spiritual energies. Through themitzvot…
CLOSENESS TO HASHEM Class 3
CLOSENESS TO HASHEM CHAPTER THREEHOW HASHEM CONSTANTLY PERPETUATES THEWHOLE WORLD AND INTEGRATING THIS KNOWLEDGEINTO ONE’S SERVICE OF HASHEM “In the beginning the Lord created the heavens and theearth”. There are many fundamental differences betweenHashem creating the world and a person forming an item. Oneof these differences is that Hashem created the entire worldfrom absolutely nothing,…
CLOSENESS TO HASHEM Class 2
weekly studies
CLOSENESS TO HASHEM Class 1
DIVREY YA’AKOVCLOSENESS TO HASHEMCHAPTER 1THE STRONG DESIRE WITHIN EVERY JEW TO SERVEHASHEM There exists within every Jew a deep inner desire to comeclose to Hashem. There are those who feel this very often andthere are those who feel this less, yet the inner source for thisresides within every Jew. The midrash writes, “When the Holy…
