Parshat Kedoshim

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The holiness code: love your neighbor, respect parents, keep Shabbat, honest dealings, and ethical commandments. Leviticus 19:1-20:27.

Mysteries of Creation and Loving

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 94:5

You're not alone. Jewish tradition grapples with this very idea. The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound and somewhat mysterious Kabbalistic text, dives deep into the cosmic balanc...

Creation

Malchut: Zeir Anpin in the Holy Land

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 128:16

Like sometimes you're firing on all cylinders, and other times... well, not so much? Jewish mystical thought, particularly in the Kabbalah, offers a fascinating framework for under...

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Stranger in a Strange Land and Anpin

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 131:5

We've talked before about Zeir Anpin and Nukva – key concepts in Kabbalah often understood as representing the masculine and feminine aspects of the divine, or perhaps more accurat...

Exile

Yesod and the Holy Sanctuary

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 52:17

Jewish tradition has a way of grappling with these feelings, of acknowledging the darkness even while holding onto hope. one small but powerful idea from the Tikkunei Zohar, a cent...

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Abraham in Battle and Passover

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:116

to one such moment in the life of Abraham, a story so incredible it practically leaps off the page. We all know the story: Abraham, the righteous one, goes to war to rescue his nep...

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Holy Spirit of Jacob

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 6:149

According to Legends of the Jews, he was just waiting for Joseph to be born so he could finally head home. Why? Because Jacob had a sense – a ruach hakodesh, a holy spirit – that J...

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Holy Spirit and Joseph

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:13

We're talking about the dream where he saw a ladder stretching to heaven, angels ascending and descending (Genesis 28:12). According to Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, Jacob...

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Joseph in the Holy Land

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:206

Take the story of Joseph and his brothers. Talk about a tangled web! We all know the story. Joseph, the favored son, gets sold into slavery in Egypt. Years pass. He rises to power,...

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Holy Spirit of Joseph

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:374

Maybe it's for a job interview, or a tough conversation, or even just trying to get through a family gathering. It turns out, even our ancestors faced similar situations. Take Jaco...

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