The teachers of ethics expounded allegorically: A person must appoint for himself judges and officers in all his “gates,” that is, in the mouth, the eyes, and the ears, to guard himself from sin. At night, one should always make a cheshbon ha’nefesh [accounting of the soul], judging whether he behaved himself properly.
Why do we mourn the Korban Tamid and the Beis Hamikdash? Discover why their loss should still shake us today. Are we truly longing for redemption?
“The situation was already so dire, and now, when the redemption was promised, their persecution is only increased? Where is Hashem’s mercy?”
Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein ztz”l explains the profound distinction between material rewards in this world and the true spiritual reward awaiting in the World to Come. Through the lens of Torah teachings, explore how mitzvot shape our journey toward eternal connection with the Divine.
