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It all begins with a verse from Jeremiah (31:21): "...a neqevah shall encompass a gaver." Now, neqevah means "female," and gaver means "man." Simple enough, right? But in Kabbalah,...
The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah offering "repairs" or interpretations of the Zohar, gives us a glimpse behind the cosmic curtain. It paints a vivid picture of prayer...
The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, explores this very idea, using the mystical language of numbers and symbols to paint a picture of wholeness. In Tikkunei Zohar 77, w...
According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, all sorts of momentous events piled up on a single day. This was the very day the Israelites crossed the Jordan River. Can...
The ancient rabbis certainly did. They found that very human feeling reflected in the Torah itself, specifically in the book of Numbers, Bamidbar in Hebrew. And they explore it in ...
Shir HaShirim Rabbah, the classical Rabbinic commentary on Song of Songs, offers a fascinating perspective. It suggests that we can "recount your love through wine [miyayin]." But ...
Take Sukkot, for example, the Feast of Tabernacles, a joyous holiday where we dwell in temporary shelters, remembering our ancestors' journey through the wilderness. But it's not j...
It uses the four species taken on Sukkot, the Festival of Tabernacles, as a metaphor for the Jewish people. It comes from Vayikra Rabbah, a Midrashic collection on the book of Levi...
Jewish tradition understands that feeling, and, in a way, provides a "second chance" in the form of Pesach Sheni. But what exactly is Pesach Sheni, the "Second Passover"? The Book ...
