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.

Yaakov and the Patriarchs

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 7:5

The Jewish mystical tradition, particularly the teachings of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal), offers a fascinating way to visualize these forces and how they relate to our...

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Neshamah from Above and Soul

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 41:1

"Let us summarize all that we said until now on this matter," the Soul says, "for it is voluminous." Now, when the Soul says "voluminous," it's not kidding. We're talking about lay...

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Words from Above and There

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 44:2

We've been talking about the big picture, about creation itself, about the rules that govern everything. But now, it's time to get down to the nitty-gritty. At the heart of it all ...

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Neshamah from Above

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 88:9

What does that even mean? Da'at Tevunot, a profound text of Jewish wisdom, delves into this very idea. It proposes that everything comes into being through either the "concealment ...

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Neshamah from Above

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 118:4

It all boils down to two fundamental characteristics: hester panim, the "concealment of the countenance," and gilui panim, the "illumination of the countenance." Think of it like t...

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Stranger in a Strange Land

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 118:5

We often think of good and evil as two distinct, opposing forces, but what if evil isn't a thing in itself, but rather a lack of something? That's the fascinating idea explored in ...

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Righteousness of Noah and Breishit

Kabbalah Derech Etz Chayim (Ramchal) 1:20

It’s a question that’s haunted humanity since we first looked up at the stars. But is it even possible to know the answer? To understand the mind of the Creator? Psalm 92 seems to ...

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Words from Above

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 2:17

These are HUGE questions that have echoed through generations, and our tradition grapples with them head-on. There's a perspective out there that sees evil as an entity, a power th...

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Neshamah from Above

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 9:6

It’s a question that has plagued mystics and philosophers for centuries, and the tradition offers some fascinating, if mind-bending, answers. to a passage from Kalach Pitchei Chokh...

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