Chassidus Perspective

The spies feared that the artziyus of the land would “consume” its inhabitants, making them coarse and lowly as well.

Within the everyday world of business, we must realize that Hashem is operating teva on a plane that transcends teva.

Couldn’t the nesi’im have been more generous by donating an extra wagon, so that the task would be a bit easier?

In the Mishkan there was no such thing as an unused entity, as that would go against what the Mishkan was all about.

Lomdus and reasoning, however great they may be, cannot bring about Yetzias Mitzrayim, because they are part of who we are.

Aharon accomplishes that our self-transformation should not just be the result of a higher force, but should be our own achievement.

Why does a Jew engage in business? Not because this is where his passion lies, but because it is what Hashem wants.

Doing permissible activities lesheim shamayim is not merely a hiddur; it is a mitzvas asei and a fundamental part of Torah.

For a Jew to truly belong to Hashem, he cannot have “private affairs”; the Torah must permeate everything he does.

To believe that one is a great thinker and needs to understand everything is enslavement to yeshus and gaavah.

Our bittul to Hashem should be so great that serving Him becomes the way we think and feel, until it turns into our source of enjoyment.

Parshas Tazria emphasizes the advantage of man's natural effort. By contrast, Parshas Hachodesh relates how Hashem revealed Himself to us in a miraculous way. These two opposite ideas are merged when a Yid realizes that his natural and limited Avodah can be expressed in an unlimited way being that he is connected to Atzmus.

Hashem is our Father and we are His children, and our love does not depend on the qualities we see in each other.

Although he does not despise evil nor appreciate good, he resolves to curse Haman and bless Mordechai “ad delo yada.”

A baal gaavah doesn’t necessarily possess additional qualities and talents. Yet, he is haughty and arrogant.

A baal gaavah will never concede that he made a mistake. Either he will convince himself that it wasn’t wrong, or he will shift the blame to someone else.