Kol Dodi Dofek 1

– “Hodi’eini nah es d’rachecha” – wanted greater yedi’ah of darchei Hashem in order to…

Kol Dodi Dofek 2

– On the level of human experience, we perceive evil. HKB”H doesn’t just have more…

Kol Dodi Dofek 3

– A life of destiny entails exercising his bechira and living as a subject, not…

Kol Dodi Dofek 4

– Both yachid and tzibbur must react to yisruin with teshuva / aliyah.– No such…

Kol Dodi Dofek 5

– “Why” leaves room for many difficult follow-up questions, “what” doesn’t and instead leads us…

Kol Dodi Dofek 6

– The Rav initially writes that yissurin come to raise one up. Later writes it’s…

Kol Dodi Dofek 7

– Antisemitism is a constant, as anyone who has a sense of history knows.– The…

Divine Foreknowledge & Free Choice (Al haTeshuva: Bechira & Teshuva, Part 3)

Rambam (Hilchos Teshuva 5:5) explains that our question regarding the seeming contradiction between Divine foreknowledge…

Anochi Hashem as the Lens Through Which We Experience the World (Al haTeshuva: Bechira & Teshuva, Part 2)

The Rav zt”l explains that the Rambam understands the mitzva of Anochi Hashem Elokecha to…

Al HaTeshuva: Bechira Chofshis & Teshuva, part 1

A discussion of Rav Solovetichik’s derasha that begins in Al HaTeshuva page 191. Discusses the…