Likutei Halachot: Searching for Chametz
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The purpose of the search is to remove the chametz, which represents the sitra achra (incorporation of evil forces) – from which arises all earthly desires…
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Likutei Halachot: Seder and the Four Cups
When a G-d-fearing person drinks wine, his heart is awakened with a vigorous yearning for Hashem. When one drinks for the sake of the mitzva, wine gladdens the heart…
Likutei Halachot: Holiness and Wealth
Since the Cohanim have more mitzvoth requiring a greater level of holiness than the rest of the nation, they attain greater wealth than the rest of the nation…
Likutei Halachot: Folly and Adultery
In elaborating on the episode of the wayward wife, Rebbe Natan explains that non-Torah ideologies can lead to a spirit of folly that leads to sexual misdemeanor…
Likutei Halachot: Good and Evil Speech
One who speaks detrimentally about tzadikkim and upright people not only causes damage to himself, but brings tragedy on the entire Jewish people, Heaven forbid…
Likutei Halachot: Vows – The Power of Speech
One must be extremely careful before taking a vow. But, a vow can give a person the strength to overcome earthly desires; such is our power of speech…
Likutei Halachot: Freeing the Spirit (Shechitah)
3 min
Meat is only fit to eat after the nefesh has left it; it is forbidden to destroy and consume the nefesh. Someone that eats eiver min ha’chai, is a murderer...
Likutei Halachot: Winter Torah Study
3 min
The Torah we learn, especially during the long winter nights, dictates the course of nature and invokes abundance, best of all the blessings of rain and dew…
Likutei Halachot: Don’t Be Hard on Yourself
A negative spiritual force (klippa) wants you to be hard on yourself, so you’ll adopt all kinds of stringencies; that’s only evil’s ploy to try and rob you of your joy…
Likutei Halachot: Learning for the Wrong Reasons
All dissension arises from the opposition that derives from learning Torah shelo lishmah/with ulterior motives,