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Imagine, if you will, a time long, long before time as we know it. Before the sun, the moon, the stars… before even the very Earth beneath our feet. What existed then? Well, accord...
It was a spectacle. The Targum Neophyti on Exodus 20:1 describes it as shooting stars, lightning, and fiery torches all rolled into one. Can you picture that? A blazing, celestial ...
It's more than just challah and rest, my friends. The Zohar, that foundational text of Kabbalah (Zohar 2:88b-89a), paints a stunning picture. It tells us that on the Sabbath, when ...
There's a beautiful story, a whispered secret really, that suggests the fragrance of Shabbat comes from a very special spice. In fact, some say it’s actually called Shabbat! But wh...
His twelve sons, the progenitors of the twelve tribes of Israel, are gathered around him. They’re not just there to say goodbye. They're there for something more. According to Targ...
The rabbis certainly grappled with it. There’s a fascinating story recounted in Tree of Souls, attributed to Rabbi Yohanan, about just this question. He challenged his students: wh...
We're not just talking about harps and halos. Jewish tradition paints a vivid, even delicious, picture of what awaits in the World to Come: a glorious banquet hosted by God Himself...
It’s about the birth of Armilus, a figure who looms large in Jewish messianic mythology as something akin to the Anti-Christ. The story starts in Rome. Not just any Rome, but a Rom...
It’s a question that has occupied Jewish mystics for centuries, and the answers are… well, let’s just say they’re fascinating. Today, we’re diving into a concept from the Sha’ar Ha...
