Parshat Ki Tisa

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The census, the golden calf, Moses breaks the tablets, God's thirteen attributes of mercy, and the second set of tablets. Exodus 30:11-34:35.

Sabbath Candles

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 34:2

It’s a question that Kabbalah, Jewish mystical tradition, wrestles with constantly. And it brings us to a fascinating concept: the "beating" of light. Now, before you picture cosmi...

Shabbat

Sabbath Rest

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 4:10

It’s a question that mystics have pondered for centuries, and one that Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, the Ramchal, delves into in his profound work, Asarah Perakim – "Ten Chapters." T...

Shabbat

Seeing Beyond the Veil and Unlimited

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 27:15

They asked: How can the Infinite, the Ein Sof (אין סוף), which literally means "without end," the Unlimited, be connected to our finite, limited world? How does absolute perfection...

Prophecy

Sabbath Light and Malchut

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 58:16

Our guide is a passage from Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a text deeply concerned with how divine wisdom manifests in the world. It speaks of the Sefirot, those ten emanations of God's ...

Shabbat

Queen Sabbath and Partzufim

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 84:10

Jewish mysticism, particularly in the Kabbalah, grapples with this very idea when discussing the Partzufim (Divine Personas or Configurations). We're talking about complex concepts...

Shabbat

Isaac Keeps the Sabbath

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 86:5

Jewish mysticism, or Kabbalah, often grapples with precisely that feeling. Today, we're going to delve into a particularly fascinating, and yes, complex area: the "Unknown Head" (R...

Shabbat

Arich Anpin Keeps the Sabbath and Kindness

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 95:9

And the answer, like so many profound truths, is layered and complex. We find a clue in the Kabbalistic text, Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah. It speaks of Arich Anpin, often translated as...

Shabbat

Kindness: Arich Anpin Keeps the Sabbath

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 108:4

In Kabbalah, the beard isn't just facial hair. It's a powerful symbol, a channel for divine energy, especially when we talk about Arich Anpin, the "Long Visage" or "Vast Countenanc...

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Zeir Anpin Keeps the Sabbath

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 128:12

Jewish tradition teaches that Shabbat is a time of profound spiritual ascent, a moment when the very fabric of reality shifts. And according to the ancient text, Kalach Pitchei Cho...

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