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That’s what I find so compelling about this passage from 1 Maccabees 9. It's not about a glorious victory, but the cold, hard reality of occupation. We’re talking about the afterma...
Today, we're going to explore some powerful verses from the Wisdom of Solomon, a book of wisdom literature that delves into just this kind of moral crossroads. The book opens with ...
The Sefer haYashar, or Book of Jasher, a collection of Jewish legends and lore, gives us a glimpse. Chapter 87 opens with a divine instruction. "At that time the Lord said to Moses...
"And it was on the day that Moses had finished to erect the tabernacle" (Numbers 7:1). Rabbi Simon said, "At the time that the Holy One, blessed be He, told Israel to make the tabe...
(Numb. 7:1:) “So it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished.” R. Berekhyah the Priest Berabbi said,101Similarly Numb. R. 12:2. “Before the Tabernacle was erected, when Isra...
We often picture the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, guiding them, protecting them. But what if I told you there's a tradition that paints an even more inti...
Jewish tradition has some pretty incredible ideas about that. Let's peek inside God's house, shall we? According to some accounts, God didn't just create the universe, He built a p...
The Zohar, that mystical cornerstone of Kabbalah, certainly thinks so. And in Tikkunei Zohar 42, we get a glimpse into just how intimate that code might be. The passage starts with...
We’re all human. We all have our imperfections. But what about our souls? Is it possible that something within us can be truly without blemish? The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text o...
