INDEX

A

abortion, 236

Abraham, 3, 9, 12, 13, 18, 47, 51, 52, 83-90, 94, 101, 103, 106, 110, 111, 113-115, 118-120, 143, 172, 177, 179, 182-183, 199, 208, 221

aggadah, 77, 78, 157

Ahasuerus, 64, 157, 158, 164, 165, 186

Akedah, 88, 106, 118, 119, 143

Akedat Yitzhak, 106

Amalek, 142, 164, 165

America, 100, 103, 115, 131, 144, 189, 198, 229

American Council for Judaism, 202

angel, 10, 48-49, 51, 125, 159, 170, 188

Anshei Knesset Hagedolah, 21, 28-29

apostate, 209

aravot, 105, 107, 127, 130-132

Avir Hakadmon, 23

avodah shebalev, 213,220

Ayelet Hashahar, 157, 159

B

Baal Hatanya, 6, 214

Ba'al Shem Tov, 143, 145, 148

Balaam, 184

behirah, 208

Berakhah Me'ein Shalosh, 168, 170

Beruriah, 16-17

Birkat Hamazon, 21, 167-168, 170

C

Chabad, 9-10

circumcision, 167-168, 177

cloud, 8

concentration camp, 37, 120

covenant, 8

Crime and Punishment, 236

D

David, 7, 8, 14, 18, 22, 174- 175, 221- 222

Deus Absconditus, 38

Dostoevsky, 236

dual loyalty, 197

dukhra, 4-12, 19, 36

Dulles, 202

dybbuk, 96, 100

E

Eisenhower, 202

E-l, 136

Eliezer, 47, 54, 119, 127, 148, 182, 187

Elijah, 125, 143

Esau, 25, 87, 116, 126, 138, 144, 190-191

etrog, 127

euthanasia, 236

F

free will, 49

G

gavra, 67

gedolim, 29, 42, 43, 124

gedulah, 64

Germany, 116, 148

gevurah, 106-107, 187, 190-, 198, 201

Gevurah, 135

Golden Calf, 69, 79, 83, 89, 93, 100-101

H

hadas, 128

Haggadah, 144, 148, 183

Halakhic Mind, 228

Hallel, 33, 152-158

Hallel Hamitzri, 154-155

Haman, 64, 159, 161, 164-165, 186

Hannah, 15-16

hatarat nedarim, 29, 94-95, 99

havdalah, 181, 182, 185, 189

Havdalah, 16, 34

hekdesh, 20, 22-26

Hesed, 135

hester, 28, 29, 31

Hillel, 6, 30

hitpashtut, 4, 11, 107

Holocaust, 224

honor, 8, 17, 20, 28, 45- 47, 53, 60, 63- 65, 92, 96- 97, 109

Hoshanah Rabbah, 105-107, 129-130

hukim, 226, 232-233, 235, 237

I

igeret, 141, 146, 148, 161-162

ilem, 31

insecurity, 176-177

Isaac, 39, 47, 83-85, 87, 90, 101, 106-107, 118-119, 144, 172, 177, 179, 182-183

J

Jacob, 2, 26, 47, 55, 58-61, 84-85, 87, 90, 101, 106, 116, 126, 138, 174, 179, 187, 190-192, 200

Joseph, 47, 58- 63, 87, 199, 221-222

K

Kabbalah, 2, 6, 7, 11, 106, 124

Kaddish, 28, 121

kavod habriyot, 45-46, 64

Kedushah, 35, 37

ketav vehamikhtav, 143-146

Keter Kehunah, 206-207

Keter Malkhut, 206-207

Keter Torah, 203, 206-207, 209, 212-213, 215

kiddush Hashem, 193-195

koah, 187-192, 195-196, 201

Kohen Gadol, 61, 128, 130, 207-208

Kol Dodi Dofek, 223

L

Lekhah Dodi, 7, 11

Les Miserables, 235

Levi, 21, 62, 151

levush, 109, 114, 124, 127

limud haTorah, 209

lulav, 127, 130, 234

M

mahol, 192-193

Mah Yoffisnik, 126

masa, 147, 149

Matatron, 10

Megillah, 28, 58, 64, 142, 151- 153, 157, 159, 161-165, 186

me'ilah, 20- 22

metzuvah ve'oseh, 232

midat hadin, 106-107, 134

miracles, 87-88, 90, 104, 143, 154-157, 164

mishpatim, 227, 232-237

morality, 237

Mordechai, 64, 157, 187

Moses, 5, 6, 10, 11, 24, 41, 47, 56, 62-63, 69-95, 99-104, 108, 110, 115, 142-143, 145, 164, 171, 173, 176-177, 179, 199, 218-219, 230

Mount Sinai, 29, 40, 56, 70-71, 79, 90, 92, 129, 172-173, 178, 183-184, 186, 197

murder, 233-234, 236

N

neder, 67-68, 72- 73, 75, 94-95

Nefesh Hahayyim, 2, 7, 39, 41

Netziv, 30, 33-34

nukva, 5 7, 9-11, 19

O

Oral Law, 29-30, 214

Oved Elokim, 213-215

P

peru u'revu, 4, 11

Pesukei Dezimrah, 153-154, 156, 158

poverty, 35, 62, 115, 116-117, 125

psychotherapy, 100

R

R. Hayyim Sanzer, 124

R. Hayyim Soloveitchik, 29, 124

R. Yosef, 97- 98, 131

Rabbi Akiva Eiger, 30-31, 39

Rabbi Akiva., 173

Rabbi Elazar, 15, 18, 58, 79- 81, 89

Rabbi Meir Shapiro, 183-184

Rabbi Tarfon, 53-54

Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, 98

Ramban, 135

Rav Haim Volozhin, 39

Rav Avraham Hakohen Kook, 50

Rav Eliezer Shach, 42, 138

Rav Yeruham Levovitz, 211

Reb Elya Hayyim Meisels of Lodz, 117

Rebbe Muvhak, 209- 211

Rinah shel Torah, 204-205, 213, 215

Rosh Hashanah, 24, 106, 109-110, 125, 129, 134-135, 183, 195, 199, 214

rov hokhmato, 204-205, 209-212, 215

S

Safra Rabbah D'Yisrael, 145

Secular ethics, 237

sefer, 130, 141-142, 144-149, 161-162, 164

sefirah, 39, 106-107

Selihot, 16, 136

Shaagat Aryeh, 215

Shammai, 30

Shavuot, 33-34, 97, 171

Sheheheyanu, 151- 153, 164

Shekhinah, 7-8, 10-11, 19, 39, 40, 95, 136, 216-217

shelihut, 49, 52-53, 56-57, 60, 62-66, 73-75

Shemoneh Esrei, 85, 87, 98

shevuah, 67-68, 71, 73, 75, 99

Shir Hakavod, 108

simhah, 121- 123

Simhat Beit Hasho'evah, 122

sipur, 141, 143, 148-149

S'khakh, 105, 111- 114, 123, 125

Solomon, 115, 174, 175

State of Israel, 117, 167, 175-180, 197-199, 202

suffering, 224

sukkah, 111-117, 119, 121, 123, 127, 133

T

Tablets, 69- 71, 79- 80, 90, 143, 178, 183- 185

teiku, 32

Temple Mount, 171-172, 176

teshuvah, 12, 96, 99, 127

Tetragrammaton, 13-14, 172

Tishah B'av, 9

Torah Sheb'al Peh, 91, 144-145, 214

Torah Shebikhtav, 91

Turnus Rufus, 173

Tzelem Elokim, 45, 68

Tzeva-ot, 159

tzimtzum, 23-24, 107, 134

U

Urim Vetumim, 207

U'va Letziyon, 159

V

Victor Hugo, 235

Vilna Gaon, 51

W

wealth, 6, 21, 23, 115-116, 176, 188

Y

yarmulka, 131, 182, 195

Yehuda Leib Gordon, 202

yeshuah, 169-170, 171

YKVK, 13-14

Yom Kippur, 22, 50, 95, 106, 125, 128-130, 135, 147, 174, 232

Z

Zohar, 7, 10, 95, 106-107, 114