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Did you ever think about the exile from Eden as… a divorce? It sounds a little strange, I know. We tend to think of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden as a punishment, a seve...
Can you imagine the fear, the uncertainty? There were no books, no doctors, no one to ask for advice. It was just her and Adam, facing the unknown. The text Penitence of Adam (20:3...
And Jewish tradition offers a particularly fascinating, and sometimes unsettling, account. to the story of the angels and the creation of Adam, the first human. According to Legend...
It’s a chilling thought, isn't it? According to Legends of the Jews, as retold by Louis Ginzberg, when Adam reached the ripe old age of nine hundred and thirty, he fell ill. It was...
Her story, according to some traditions, is filled with sorrow, repentance, and a final plea for reunion. Legends of the Jews, that incredible compilation by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, ...
He wasn't just wandering aimlessly, marked by God. According to the Legends of the Jews, as retold by Ginzberg, Cain was acutely aware of the divine decree that his blood-guiltines...
We’re talking about something called shiurei koma, literally "dimensions of height." Think of them as levels, structures built of light and vessels. These levels, one below the oth...
Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, wrestles with this very feeling. And it all starts with light… and its apparent limitations. We begin with Adam Kadmon, the primordial man, the first pa...
It’s a question that Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, wrestles with constantly. Today, we're diving into a particularly knotty branch of that tree: the relationship between Adam Kadmon,...