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THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 33: Studying Torah Without Letup; Grasping the Tree of Life; Words of AdmonitionGate 4, Chapter 34: A Small-Scale Sanctuary; Torah Study Is Spiritual Food; A Concluding ThoughtBook is concluded! Thank you, Rabbi Chaim Volozhiner, for a great Sefer! | (07_08_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 203 – 208) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 28: Profound Secrets Hidden in the Torah TextGate 4, Chapter 29: Study And Practice; Healing For the Whole Body; Like the Fish of the SeaGate 4, Chapter 30: Superiority of Torah Study; Torah Study Without Doing Mitzvos Is Worthless; The Torah Confers Everlasting LifeGate 4, Chapter 31: Torah Study Is Like Offering a Sacrifice; Torah Learning Brings Forgiveness; Torah Learning is Like a Mikveh; The Torah Makes the Sinner Turn Back; Like a FountainGate 4, Chapter 32: Torah Learning Brings Joy to All the Worlds; Immune to the Blandishments of the Yetzer Hara; A Perfect Remedy; The Torah Guards the Torah Scholar; Like Fish in Water; The Torah is Your Life | (06_24_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 186 – 203) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 23: After Death; The Fate of One Who Refuses To Learn Torah; Abandoned the TorahGate 4, Chapter 24: The Gravity of His PunishmentGate 4, Chapter 25: Torah Learning Protects the World From Destruction; One Man Can Save the WorldGate 4, Chapter 26: The Exalted Root of the Torah; Prayer Depends on Torah StudyGate 4, Chapter 27: The Gradual Descent of Kedushah; The Torah Retained Its Heavenly Kedushah | (06_17_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 176 – 186) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 20: The secrets of the Torah are Revealed to HimGate 4, Chapter 21: Tzaddikim Are More Powerful After Death; The Original Light of CreationGate 4, Chapter 22: Decline in Torah Study Leads to Disaster; “A Time to Act for G-d”; When One Becomes Lax in Torah Learning; The Book and the Sword | (06_10_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 168 – 176) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 16: Relief from Anxieties; Exempt From Paying TaxesGate 4, Chapter 17: Torah Study Saves From Gehinnom; Everlasting LifeGate 4, Chapter 18: Untouched by the Forces of Nature; He Controls the Forces of NatureGate 4, Chapter 19: The Torah Comprises the Names of G-d; G-d and the Torah is One; G-d Loves Torah Scholars | (06_03_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 158 -168) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 9: The Torah Brings on YirahGate 4, Chapter 10: Blueprint of the WorldGate 4, Chapter 11: G-d, the Torah, and Yisroel Are One; The World Before the Giving of the Torah; The Fruits of Torah Study; Upholding the World; G-d’s Friend and PartnerGate 4, Chapter 12: Creating New Torah InsightsGate 4, Chapter 13: G-d’s Joy and DelightGate 4, Chapter 14: As if Standing at Sinai; Bringing Goodness to the WorldGate 4, Chapter 15: The Power of Torah Learning; The Torah Protects From Harm | (05_20_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 146 – 157) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
THE STUDY OF TORAH LISHMAH – FOR IT’S OWN SAKE!Gate 4, Chapter 1: Studying Mussar at the Expense of Torah; An Inversion of Values; A MisconceptionGate 4, Chapter 2: Torah Lishmah Is Not Fervent Devotion; Another ProofGate 4, Chapter 3: Torah for Torah’s SakeGate 4, Chapter 4: Yiras Shamayim, Fear of G-dGate 4, Chapter 5: The Storehouse of YirahGate 4, Chapter 6: Connecting With G-dGate 4, Chapter 7: Fear of G-d Is a PreservativeGate 4, Chapter 8: Storehouse for Torah | (05_13_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 135 – 146) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Prologue To Gate 4, Chapter 1: The Bane of PridePrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 2: Do Not Disparage Your Fellow; Torah Study Equivalent to all MitzvosPrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 3: Shelo Lishmah leads to Lishmah; A Reassuring ThoughtPrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 4: The Yetzer Hara’s Deception; Doing Mitzvos at the Proper TimePrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 5: Performing the Mitzvah Is What Counts; Prayer Must Be EnunciatedPrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 6: Kavanah Is Not DecisivePrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 7: Other Deceptions of the Yetzer HaraPrologue To Gate 4, Chapter 8: Another False Line of Reasoning; Summation; Conclusion | (05_06_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 119 – 132) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 3, Chapter 1: HaMakom, G-d Is the Place of the WorldGate 3, Chapter 2: The World Endures By the Will of HashemGate 3, Chapter 3: A Word of CautionGate 3, Chapter 4: Hashem Fills and Surrounds All WorldsGate 3, Chapter 5: Hashem Is the Soul of the WorldGate 3, Chapter 6: Do Not Delve Into Hidden Things | (04_22_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 107 – 116) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 2, Chapter 11: Kavanah – Intention; Personal Pleas; Praying for Relief of PainGate 2, Chapter 12: Agonizing Over the Pain of the Shechinah; An Analogy; Channah’s Plea, Tefillah In These TimesGate 2, Chapter 13: How to Pray; Written with Ruach HaKodesh; Visualizing the WordsGate 2, Chapter 14: With All Your Soul; Spoken Prayer; The Next Level of Tefillah; Connecting With the Higher WorldGate 2, Chapter 15: Each According to His Ability; Channah’s Tefillah: the Epitome of PrayerGate 2, Chapter 16: The Three Parts of the Soul; Letters – Action – Nefesh; Vowel Signs – Speech – Ruach; Cantillation Marks – Thought – Neshama; The Highest Level of TefillahGate 2, Chapter 17: The Root of the NeshamahGate 2, Chapter 18: The Ultimate Level | (04_15_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 89 – 103) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 2, Chapter 1: Praying With Heart and SoulGate 2, Chapter 2: The Meaning of BerachahGate 2, Chapter 3: The Names of G-d; The Formula of The BerachosGate 2, Chapter 4: G-d’s Involvement With The WorldGate 2, Chapter 5: The Soul is a Reflection of G-dGate 2, Chapter 6: Feeding the UniverseGate 2, Chapter 7: Harmful FoodGate 2, Chapter 8: Cause and EffectGate 2, Chapter 9: Tefillah – PrayerGate 2, Chapter 10: A Partner of the Creator; The Words of Prayer; G-d Yearns for the Prayers of Tzaddikim | (04_08_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 77 – 89) | רפואה שלמה יהודה ישראל בן הניה |
Gate 1, Chapter 17: Teshuvah (A Review From Last Week)Gate 1, Chapter 18: KareisGate 1, Chapter 19: Yaakov’s Dream; A ParableGate 1, Chapter 20: Removing a Stain on Nefesh; Removing Damage on Ruach; Torah Study Removes the Stain on the NeshamaGate 1, Chapter 21: Torah Study Elevates the Higher Worlds; Why the Torah Was Not Given to the PatriarchsGate 1, Chapter 22: A Word of Warning; The Prophet Yeshaya Confronts King Chizkiah; Man Cannot Fathom the Rationale of the Mitzvos; A One-Time Temporary Ruling; We Must Observe All the LawsGate #1 Completed | (04_01_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 60 – 73) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 1, Chapter 15: The NeshamahGate 1, Chapter 16: The Sparks of the NeshamahGate 1, Chapter 17: Teshuvah | (03_25_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 56 – 61) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 1, Chapter 12: Repercussions of Man’s Actions; Reward of the World to Come; All Your Actions Are Recorded; Sin Is Its Own PunishmentGate 1, Chapter 13: The Impact of Words on the Higher Worlds; Consequences of Evil SpeechGate 1, Chapter 14: The Significance of Intention; An Apt Analogy; Improper Thoughts Cause Damage to the Higher Worlds; Action, Speech, Thought | (03_18_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 48 – 56) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 1, Chapter 9: Faith Can bring About Miracles | (03_11_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 43 – 48) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 1, Chapter 4: Why did Nevuchadnezar and Titus Succeed? | (03_04_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 33 – 43) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Gate 1, Chapter 1: The Image of G-dGate 1, Chapter 2: Continual RenewalGate 1, Chapter 3: Man’s Actions Have an Impact on the Higher Worlds | (02_26_24) Nefesh HaChaim (pg. 29 – 33) | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |
Introduction by the translator, Rabbi A.Y. Finkel, and“The Soul of the Matter,” Mishpacha Magazine (2021). | (02_19_24) Nefesh HaChaim – Introduction | רפואה שלמה בונים צמח אהרון בן ליבא |