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It all boils down to the rainbow. Yes, that beautiful arc of color we see after the rain. But not just any rainbow. The Tikkunei Zohar isn't talking about a faded, washed-out bow. ...
The Tikkunei Zohar, in its mystical exploration of the Torah, tells us something surprising. It says: "There is no tzedakah but prayer." Wait, what? How can prayer equal charity? I...
Jewish tradition has a place for you: the "average-ones," the beinonim. But what happens to them? What hope do they have? The Tikkunei Zohar, that mystical companion to the Zohar i...
Notice that little seam near its mouth? It’s a tiny detail, easy to miss. But according to legend, that seemingly insignificant feature has a surprisingly dramatic story behind it,...
Years blurring into decades, every thought, every action geared toward one monumental goal. That’s the story of the Tower of Babel, but not just the part we all know about God scat...
Abraham knew that feeling well. Before he was Avraham Avinu, our father Abraham, before the brit bein ha-betarim—the covenant of the pieces—he was just a man with a promise and a p...
The Torah is full of moments like that, and the story of Abraham and Abimelech is a perfect example. Before Abraham finalized his covenant with Abimelech, king of the Philistines, ...
Build the Tabernacle first, and then create the Ark of the Covenant, the special chest to house the Torah. Makes sense. But then came Bezalel, the master craftsman, with a differen...
It was there, shrouded in mystery, that the Ark of the Covenant resided. And upon that Ark? The Cherubim. Now, these weren't your chubby Renaissance cherubs. The Talmud describes t...
