635. This World and the Next World – 1
“One hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is better than all of the life of the next […]
“One hour of repentance and good deeds in this world is better than all of the life of the next […]
Yom Kippur [Day of Atonement] September 16, 1964 “Antiganos Man of Socho complained to Shimon the Righteous … but rather be
“Revealing a portion and covering two portions.” That is, at first, everything was covered, and he came and revealed a
“I will always yearn and I will add to all Your glory” (Psalms 71:14). We should interpret that when one
“The Torah is called Kedusha [holiness], for it is written, ‘for I the Lord am holy.’ This is the Torah, which is
Why was it not said, “And there was evening and there was morning, the seventh day”? It is known that
“Anyone who despises a wise disciple, there is no cure to his illness” (Shabbat [Sabbath] 119b). This means that only
Ten Penitential Days, September 1963 “Rabbi Yochanan said, ‘An idol-worshipper who engages in Torah must die, as was said, ‘He
“If there is no advocate opposite the prosecutor, tell Jacob the words of law and judgment.” We should ask about
Sukkot, October 1963 Avid [Aramaic: do] comes from the word Avud [Hebrew: lost], for the Ayin and Aleph are interchangeable. In other words, when a person comes