Chelek 22, Emor 02
Life in the Sukkah, the unique nature of this Yom Tov teaches us how to live connected to Hashem.

Life in the Sukkah, the unique nature of this Yom Tov teaches us how to live connected to Hashem.
When is it acceptable to do a mitzvah for the reward?
The spiritual secret of the difference between forbidden items and personal restrictions.
The Kohen Gadol's Yom Kippur uniform, Rashi's unique perspective and a lesson in getting close to Hashem.
Hashem challenges us with powerful temptations so that we can overcome them and experience powerful connection.
The paradox of Lag Baomer, celebrating both the fact that Rabbi Akiva's students stopped dying and the passing of one his greatest students on that date. How Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai epitomises the lessons of Lag Baomer.
Why is Chabad so cautious not to wet matzah, yet deliberately does so on the last day of Pesach? Understanding our spiritual evolution through Pesach.
Rashi's unique insight into the impurity of a Zav.
How to reconcile the face that Tzaraas is the result of toxic speech but only affects people who are spiritually evolved and immune to toxic behaviour.
May a pregnant woman carry a baby to his bris? The secret of spiritual chaperones.
Our soul is dramatically elevated when we follow the Torah, but that's not what should motivate us.
Is the Kohen Gadol a private citizen?
Authentic Jewish education instills faith powerful enough to neutralise our enemies, as Mordechai learned shortly after Haman sealed his decree against the Jews.
Can you bring wood as an offering in the Temple? Why did they celebrate the wood of the altar? Exploring three levels of dedication to G-d.
Three phases of making our world into a Divine home.
Transforming the world isn't as powerful as total immersion in Torah.
It takes absolute purity to build a space for G-d, yet it is our imperfect humanity that creates the ultimate holiness.
The power of memory. The Divine Tefillin knot and why spiritual forgetfulness is so toxic.
Why does Rashi repeat the message that not all Canaanite nations had to be expelled from the Land? A lesson in self- mastery.
All together. We have to include every Jew to have a connection to Hashem.
How far should we go for a fellow Jew? A lesson from Moshe's sacrifice after the Golden Calf.
Sharing light without restraint. Two insights from the Rambam's diagram of the Menorah.
The plan always included the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, while keeping it eternal. The paradox of Shlomo Hamelech's plan to hide the Aron.
Rashi's insight into the unique covenant & connection we made with Hashem before receiving the Torah.
Aligning the Heavenly and earthly Temples.
Respect for a fellow Jew is respect for G-d.
Two Jews, how many opinions? The unique unity that Torah produces.
Act with urgency when a Jew is at risk.
Should Chabadniks eat Seudah Shelishis? Decoding the mystical paradox of that meal.
Who did Hashem need Pharaoh to know the plague of firstborns would be at midnight?