Elie Baz Haleviאליהו בזבז בן גמילה זצלEliyahu Bazbaz Ben Jamileh zt״l
Every passage below was checked against the Hebrew text on Sefaria. Hebrew is quoted as written; the translator is named under each one.
בְּעֵזֶר יוֹצֵר אוֹרָה. אֲבָאֵר פֵּירוּשׁ הַתּוֹרָה. לְיַחֵד שְׁמוֹ הַנּוֹרָא.
“With the help of the Creator of light, I will elucidate the explanation of the Torah, to unite His awesome name.”
Ohr HaChaim on Genesis 1:1 · Sefaria Community Translation · Read the full text ↗
וּבֶן חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים הִכִּיר אֶת בּוֹרְאוֹ מֵעַצְמוֹ
God spoke to Abraham without first appearing in a vision, because Abraham “already recognised his Creator at the age of five without having received any guidance from a teacher.”
Ohr HaChaim on Genesis 12:1 · Eliyahu Munk translation · Read the full text ↗
וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ הִיא מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה כּוֹלֶלֶת כָּל הַזְּמַנִּים
“Make Me a Sanctuary” is a positive commandment that includes all times — in the desert, in the Land, and for all generations.
Ohr HaChaim on Exodus 25:8 · Study translation of the Hebrew · Read the full text ↗
כִּי כְּשֶׁהַתַּחְתּוֹנִים מַטִּין מִדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב מִסְתַּלְּקִים הַהַשְׁפָּעוֹת
“When people who dwell in the lower parts of the universe stray from the correct path they cause the beneficial outpourings from the upper part of the universe to cease.”
Ohr HaChaim on Leviticus 25:25 · Eliyahu Munk translation · Read the full text ↗
אֶחָד מִצַּד הַשָּׂגַת יְדִיעַת הַתּוֹרָה עַצְמָהּ, וּשְׁנִיָּה מִצַּד קִיּוּם מִצְוֹתֶיהָ
The Torah answers two causes of failure: “Ignorance of what is written in the Torah” and “the difficulty in keeping the commandments.”
Ohr HaChaim on Deuteronomy 30:11 · Eliyahu Munk translation · Read the full text ↗