For knowledge one needs a good mind; for wisdom one needs a pure soul. Our actions purify or contaminate our souls. This is the meaning of yir’at cheit – fear of sin. 

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Counter intuitively we learn that it is our thoughts that should manifest themselves to others, while our actions should be hidden.

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Forgetting something, being unable to recall it, does not mean the information is eradicated from our minds. But certain distractions can eradicate even profound wisdom from our minds.

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The uniqueness of the relationship between the Jewish People and their G-d lies in the absolute and reciprocal unconditionality of their bond.

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There is a difference between an entrance and a gateway. It is a gate that can be closed that creates a private domain, not an entrance that is always open.

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Our relationship to sefarim is not merely an intellectual one, but a sensual one as well.

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Kedusha – a bi-directional flow of Divine energy between Heaven and Earth.

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What we say springs from deep within us. What we write could be similarly authentic, or it could be palguarized or copied from elsewhere. We need to be clear in our thought and communications whether we are expressing our own, authentic, deepest thoughs or we are communicating the ideas of others. When communicating the ideas of others, perfect accuracy must be insured.

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Awe opens deep spiritual pathways that enable wonder. Familiarity closes these pathways. The moment of entrance is when all the drama happens.

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Giving one’s produce away to someone in need or to a higher purpose is initself an offering of life force just as throwing the blood is in the case of a zevach, an animal offering.

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