Once a person accustoms himself or herself to hearing the voice of God issuing from everything, the supernal meaning now comes that has eluded the person and this is spiritual wisdom. For certainly, concealed and hidden spiritual wisdom contains divine meaning. Moreover, by means of getting in the habit of paying attention to the voice of God issuing from everything, the voice of God is revealed now in spiritual wisdom. Until finally, in the spiritual wisdom itself, one finds

This beautiful teaching was cited by Rabbi Shalom Schachter during the hesped [eulogy] for his father, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi zt”l (August 17, 1924 - July 4, 2014 • 17 Menachem Av 5684 - 5 Tammuz 5775) אמר רבי אלעזר בשם רבי חנינא: תלמידי חכמים מרבים שלום בעולם, שנאמר (ישעיהו נ"ד) וכל בניך לימודי ה‘ ורב שלום בניך. אל תקרי בניך אלא בוניך Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Hanina: The disciples of the wise increase peace in the world, as it says, “And all your childr

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To Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Jewish Agency of the State of Israel Dear Chairman Sharansky, I was pleased to see that Prime...

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