Parshat Pekudei

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The completion of the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, and the glory of God filling the Tabernacle. Exodus 38:21-40:38.

Pillars of Fire and Cloud of Daughter

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 75:2

The Tikkunei Zohar, a companion to the Zohar, that mystical masterpiece of Kabbalah, suggests exactly that. In its 75th Tikkun, it unveils a hidden dimension within the very first ...

CreationMysticismMerkavah

Shekhinah: Dwelling Place of God

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 77:16

to a fascinating passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, a companion to the Zohar, that explores this idea through the mystical lens of Hebrew letters. The Tikkunei Zohar, specifically in...

HeavenAdam & EveTorah

Reckoning of Souls and Angel

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 103:15

The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, doesn't shy away from the darker corners of existence. And it links that very human experience of bitterness to nothing less than th...

Hell/GehennaAngelsDeath

Dwelling Place of God and Simchat

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 111:23

The Tikkunei Zohar teaches that during Simchat Torah, a crown, a spiritual diadem, rests upon the head of every righteous person in the heavens. A crown, a symbol of honor and comp...

HeavenTorahHoly LandHolidays

Moses and the Angels of Shekinah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:197

That’s essentially the choice presented to MOSES in this powerful moment we find in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews. God speaks to Moses, commanding, "Put off thy shoes from off thy...

AngelsMosesPrayer

Celestial Servants and Shekinah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:353

Freedom. Did everyone just instantly start singing and dancing? Well, not exactly. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, the Israelites were… well, they were ex...

AngelsMessiahPrayerHoly Land

Pillars of Fire and Cloud of Egyptians

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:51

Moses, the parting of the waters... but what about the Egyptian side of things? It wasn't just a failed chase; it was a full-blown divine smackdown. Imagine this: the Egyptians, so...

JosephMosesExileEgypt

Giving of the Torah and Shekinah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:133

That’s precisely what Moses did on Mount Sinai. The story, as recounted in Legends of the Jews by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, is truly astonishing. Moses, up on the mountain receiving th...

PatriarchsMosesTorahHoly Land

Divine Presence of Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:1

Did they just pop out to a Bedouin bazaar for some gold thread and acacia wood? Of course not! The story, as you might expect, is far more… divine. We all know the biblical account...

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