Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Divine Chariot of Merkabah

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 10:5

The ancient mystical text, Heikhalot Rabbati, which translates roughly to "The Greater Palaces," gives us a peek behind the curtain, into the celestial realms surrounding God's thr...

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Kingdom of Totrosyah

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 15:1

What would you do? The ancient mystics grappled with this too, and their answers often led them to the deepest secrets of the cosmos. Today, we’re diving into one of those secrets ...

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Patriarchal Covenant and Nehunya

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 17:1

Jewish mystical tradition has some pretty answers, and today we're going to peek into one of them, thanks to a text called Heikhalot Rabbati. Now, Heikhalot Rabbati – that’s Hebrew...

PatriarchsHoly LandShekhinah

Sweetness of Torah and Temple

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 28:3

Jewish tradition grapples with this very idea, especially when it comes to the Torah, the Law. Rabbi Ishmael, a central figure in mystical Jewish thought, shares a fascinating teac...

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The Great Flood and Jacob

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 57:6

Jewish tradition, particularly in esoteric texts like the Tikkunei Zohar, often uses water as a metaphor for the forces that can overwhelm us, especially when we stray from our spi...

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Esau Among the Fathers and Israelites

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 103:20

Jewish tradition has wrestled with this feeling for millennia. The Tikkunei Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah, dives deep into this very question. Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar...

PatriarchsHoly LandExile

The Golden Calf of Moses

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 108:13

The Tikkunei Zohar, a later, more mystical expansion on the Zohar (the foundational text of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism), delves into the depths of Moses's plea after the Israelites...

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Jacob's Vision and Noah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:89

And according to tradition, the land wasn't exactly empty when Jacob's sons were destined to inherit it. No, no. It was provisionally granted to a whole host of Canaanite nations: ...

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Pharaoh in Battle and Sarah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:100

(Yes, that's the title of the whole collection.) It's a wild ride through the aggadah – the stories, the embellishments, the "filling in the blanks" that surrounds the more straigh...

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