mercy
Seeds of redemption
Before Purim, someone shared a beautiful pshat with me in the name of the Chasam Sofer (I believe). If one goes back to the root of the miracle of Purim, we can trace the beginning stage to the party of Achashverosh that is described at the beginning of the story. During that party, the king…
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I recently came across the following beautiful quote from the sefer Sha’arei Orah (שער י): The tenth [and highest] name of the Holy Names is called אקיה (Ehkyeh). This is the name that reaches the level of כתר – Crown – that none other than He knows. This is the name of absolute Mercy with…
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I was deeply moved recently as I read a beautiful piece in the sefer Nefesh Hachaim at the end of the first gate, chapter nine, and the accompanying commentary of Rav Bentzion Epstien (Feldheim hebrew edition of Nefesh Hachaim pp. 98-101). Rav Chaim Volozhin explains the deep idea that Hashem set up the world in…
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