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Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu: Part Three; Personal Relationship With the Divine

Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu: Part Three; Personal Relationship With the Divine

Part Three: Personal Relationship With the Divine. Humility and Self-Sacrifice “ג) דְהִינֵה הַטַעֲם עֲל זֶה שׁהַיִרְאָה בָּאָה בּעִיקָר עֲל-יְדֵי עֲבוֹדַת הָאָדָם, יֵשׁ לוֹמַר, כִּי יִרְאָה הִיא בִּיטוּל. וּבְּפְרַט יִרְאַת הַמֶלֶךְ, ״שֹוֹם תָּשִֹים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ״ שֶׁתְּהֵא אֵימָתוֹ עָלֶיךָ The reason why fear is specifically a result of our personal effort is, that fear is humility: especially the fear associated with a king.  A possible reason why fear is humility can be understood by the following. Fear is, as defined in Chassidus, the…

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Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu; Parshas Korach, Gimmel Tammuz, 5724 Part One

Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu; Parshas Korach, Gimmel Tammuz, 5724 Part One

Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu; Parshas Korach, Gimmel Tammuz, 5724 (1964) Historical Background to the Ma’amer: This ma’amer is based on the Frierdiker Rebbe’s sicha of 5687 (1927). The Frierdiker Rebbe delivered this sicha after being incarcerated for nineteen days at the Spalerno fortress, before being sent to exile in Kostroma. At the station, before boarding the train car, the Frierdiker Rebbe turned to the chassidim who had come to bid him farewell and delivered the sicha. (Days In Chabad, Kaminetzky & Cohen,…

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Crown Heights (Winter)

Crown Heights (Winter)

I. Wind bites, Frosted cheeks, Ambling down, Crowded streets. The best part of, Community, Is to come, Into unity. Sorry, for the moment, Grateful, for the courage, Climbing gradually, Albeit habitually. II. Explode! With honesty, Travel! Exponentially, We’re in this city, You, add the beauty. Think of something special, Something…confidential, Candid, Celebrate the moment, Admit, That you want it.