From the Chassidic Masters

We are forever asking: What is the reason? What is the meaning? We ask this question of all commandments and all occurrences, even those we supposedly understand...

Mundanity, holiness, and beyond -- a study of the spiritual significance of the Shemittah and Jubilee cycles

Torah law forbids charging interest for a loan, but with a heter iska form, one is permitted to profit on invested capital. Is this not a violation of the spirit of the law? What, indeed, is the "spirit" of this law?