Likkutei Torah · Sefer Shemos · Shabbos May 8
פרשת קדושים
Parshas Kedoshim
2 maamarim of the Alter Rebbe on the parsha, in the Hebrew of the Kehot edition, with every marei makom opened right where it appears. Each small section with a faithful English translation and a short explanation.
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The maamarim 2
- וכי תבואו אל הארץ ונטעתם כל עץ מאכל כו׳ “And when you come into the land and plant any tree for food” The three years of orlah and the fourth year’s “praises” trace how G‑d’s glory is revealed: while only the lower attributes shine into supernal speech, the kelipos can draw from it, and when Tiferes, the attribute of glorification, shines, the fruit becomes holy. So too our praise reaches only G‑d’s “Name,” while His essence can only be acknowledged with thanks.
- והדרת פני זקן זה שקנה חכמה And You Shall Honor the Face of an Elder A true Torah scholar holds the Torah permanently in memory, and since the Torah and the Holy One, blessed be He, are all one, G‑d dwells within him even while he is busy with worldly matters; whoever longs for unbroken closeness to G‑d should therefore acquire Torah by heart.
The Rebbe’s maamarim on this parsha 1
The Rebbe built one of his maamarim (5725) on the Alter Rebbe’s maamarim of this parsha. Each maamar’s page summarizes them, with what the Rebbe adds; or see them all together.
Learn it in seven days Sunday to Shabbos
The Rebbe asked that all the maamarim of the week’s parsha be learned in that week, spread over its seven days. Here is the parsha in seven portions of about equal length.