Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

Cain's Transgression and Shekhinah

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 49:20

There's more to it than just personal preference. It goes way back, touching on ideas about faith, humility, and even the very nature of how the divine interacts with the world. So...

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The Tree of Life and Netza

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 68:8

And one of the key pieces of that puzzle is the concept of the Tree. Not just any tree, mind you, but the Tree, a cosmic structure that connects everything. The Tikkunei Zohar, a p...

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Moses Beyond the Firmament and From

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 72:8

Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, dives deep into these cyclical patterns. And it starts with something seemingly simple: the name of Moses...

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Levi Studies Torah and the Serpent

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 85:24

Jewish mystical thought, especially the Zohar and its companion works, wrestles with this very tension. And Tikkunei Zohar 85, specifically, offers a fascinating glimpse into a fut...

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Shekhinah Beyond the Firmament and Presence

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 86:6

Psalm 104 touches on this, describing a vast ocean "wherein is a swarming without number..." The Tikkunei Zohar, that mystical extension of the Zohar itself, picks up on this, and ...

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Moses Beyond the Firmament and Metatron

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 87:7

We all know the story: the Israelites are thirsty, Moses is frustrated, and God commands him to speak to a rock to bring forth water. Instead, in a moment of anger and doubt, Moses...

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Labbiel Beyond the Firmament

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:14

It’s not all harps and halos, let me tell you. Some of them… well, they weren’t exactly thrilled with the idea. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, there were...

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The Tower of Babel

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:103

We all know the story. Humanity, united in language and purpose, decides to build a tower reaching to the heavens. A bit audacious, to say the least. And God, seeing this, decides ...

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Pharaoh: Rod and Serpent

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:272

This is the weight of the story we're about to unpack, drawn from Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews. It begins with a warning, a plea really. "Therefore let these words of mine which ...

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