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.

Eyn Sof's Transgression

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 27:23

It asks a profound question: how can an infinite, all-encompassing God – Eyn Sof (אין סוף), the Infinite One – possibly concern itself with the finite, limited world we inhabit? If...

Mysticism

Reckoning of Souls and Residue

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 27:27

Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, wrestles with this very question. And in the ancient text Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, we find a fascinating model to help us understand. Imagine a cosmic p...

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Spirit of Prophecy

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 27:31

The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a Kabbalistic text, wrestles with this very problem. It's not about breaking Eyn Sof into pieces, because the text emphatically states "we are not sayi...

Prophecy

Burden of the Prophet and Encompassing

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 28:1

And the Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profoundly important kabbalistic text, offers a striking image to help us grasp this relationship. Imagine the Eyn Sof, the Infinite, as a boundl...

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Unlocking the Mystery of Residue

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 28:3

It’s a question that’s kept mystics busy for centuries. to a concept that tries to explain just that: the Kav, or Line, of the Eyn Sof. Now, Eyn Sof, blessed be He, is the Infinite...

Sefirot

Divine Contraction and Partzufim

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 29:6

A question that gets right to the heart of creation itself. Jewish mystical tradition, specifically the Kabbalah, grapples with this very idea. We’re talking about Tzimtzum (צמצום)...

Sefirot

Roots of the Soul and Partzufim

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 29:9

The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound text of Kabbalah, delves into just that. It explores the idea that within each Sefirah, there exists an inner essence – the pnimiyut (פנימיו...

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Anatomy of the Soul

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 29:12

And in Jewish mystical thought, specifically in the Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, we find a beautiful analogy that might just shed some light on it. Imagine the human body. It's a marve...

SoulSefirot

Line Faces Judgment

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 29:14

It’s a question that’s haunted mystics for centuries, and the Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah offers some fascinating insights. One powerful image it uses, drawn from the Zohar, compares t...

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