Light of the Infinite: The Genesis of Light

The power of tzedakah is that you literally give life to someone: they go from a lowly state of hopelessness and darkness to a state of feeling life and hope and light again.

The fact that I controlled my mind from considering even a single thought from the Torah may be accounted equal to having observed the whole of the Torah.”

Yakov doesn’t see each moment as being a movement, a slow death march, or an infinite repetition, but rather he sees that within time, there is the space that offers the possibility of being present, of elevating moments, and of redemption at any moment. And knowing that time is full of struggles, as well ups and downs, but specifically within thos

with all the seemingly unending descents, hardships and ways to break our strides, we can’t let it pull us down. We have to keep moving; keeping our soul’s essence and the ultimate purpose of spiritualizing reality until our own redemption, both prati (personal) and klali (public/general) become actualized into the final redemption and the redempti

realizing that what Hashem gives isn’t only to fulfill one’s own mission, but that of the missions of those that preceded him. And so valuing possessions not only because they allow him to reveal the Light of Infinite in this world, but also because they allow him to further the state of completion of the souls that came before him.

Esav’s reality is stuck within the conception of material temporality, which is a being moving towards death; every moment a whisper of imminent and inevitable mortality.

Avraham, the father of the Jewish tradition, discovered the Truth by searching what it meant to be his true self and the responsibilities that come with that, while those around him had fallen to worshiping desires and other false idols.

Rambam teaches that acting according to the letter of the law is mishpat (justice), while improving one’s good qualities is known as tzedek (righteous).

There is an adage, If you see that your livelihood is limited, then give tzedakah. It applies to lack in general—if you feel like you aren’t receiving, focus on giving,