The Library

So I was learning Chovos Halevovos last night and Rabeinu Bachya talks about the chesbon a person has to make regarding the wonders of creation; the ones we take for granted because they are so common, but that are nonetheless no less amazing. Says the C"H that just beca...

Going through Sha'ar Ha'bitachon in Chovos Ha'livavos six times helped (and still helps) me tremendously. (Addicts should start from chapter 1, not the 'pesicha' introduction, to the sha'ar, I think). It's just 70 pages of warm, warm loving words of compassion and persona...

The Rambam is famously quoted as saying that every person has the potential to become like Moshe Rabbeinu. But compare that with a piece taken out of a shmuz given by Rav Shlomo Freifeld Ztz'l: "The Chovos Halevavos says that there is a cheshbon hanefesh, a way of introsp...