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Specifically, the scapegoat for Azazel. The book of Leviticus (16:5-10) describes a fascinating, and frankly bizarre, ritual performed by Aaron, the High Priest, on Yom Kippur, the...
It all comes down to water… and a really old cavern. Let's journey back to the time when the Temple in Jerusalem stood in all its glory. During Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, a ...
The holiday of Sukkot, as we know, is based on the biblical verse, "You shall live in booths seven days" (Leviticus 23:42). We build these temporary dwellings, the sukkot (plural o...
to a fascinating perspective from the Sefer HaKanah, an important Kabbalistic text. The Sefer HaKanah paints a picture of Binah – often translated as understanding or intelligence,...
It’s the word zot – "this." Sounds simple. But in the mystical tradition, particularly within the Tikkunei Zohar, the zot is anything but simple. It's a doorway. A portal. A connec...
It’s a feeling woven deep into the fabric of Jewish mystical thought. to a fascinating passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, specifically Tikkun 43, where we find this very image explor...
Jewish mysticism is full of these moments, these cosmic turning points. to one found in the Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah. It speaks of time, specifically the relation...
In Jewish mysticism, that feeling has cosmic significance. It's connected to the very fabric of reality, and believe it or not, even to matzah, that unleavened bread we eat on Pass...
It all begins with a verse from Jeremiah (31:21): "...a neqevah shall encompass a gaver." Now, neqevah means "female," and gaver means "man." Simple enough. But in Kabbalah, nothin...
