Beit Midrash
- Sections
- Chemdat Yamim
- Ein Ayah
Ein Ayah: Drinking is natural for man. It is in fact more pressing a need than eating food, and therefore water is provided in the most complete manner for living beings who need it to survive. It is available for all who need it at most times due to Hashem’s mercy for all of His creations.
This fact and viewpoint helps provide mankind with the light of trust in Hashem within the depths of the internal heart. Unnecessary concern, which is spawned by evil, can remove some of the trust in Hashem, to the extent that one will not have confidence that Hashem will provide him with enough of his necessities. Even if he has plenty water, he will be concerned that he will not have enough in the future. This is a characteristic of leaving Hashem, which causes him to leave by the wayside restfulness, pleasantness, and goodness which should be in his soul and spirit. It is based on this reasoning that the gemara calls one who drinks water and leaves it over, one who follows the ways of the Emorites,
Perceptions of Life after Death for the Righteous and Others
Various Rabbis | 5770
Why The World Needs an Occasional "Shake-Up"
Ein Aya Shabbat 5,23
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 5783
"By G-d- Even Destruction is Constructive"
(Ein Aya Shabbat Shabbat 5, 28)
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tammuz 5783
The Essentially Greatest Must Come First
Various Rabbis | Tamuz 5 5775
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Support for Sons Not Living With Their Father
5770
Proper Foundations of the Home
Ein Aya Shabbat Chapter B Paragraph 192
Tevet 12 5777
Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
Av 5785
