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The stories we tell ourselves often grapple with these very questions. And one of the most intriguing comes to us from the legends surrounding King Solomon, the wisest of all men. ...
According to Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, there was a very real chance that Jacob wouldn't have made it. It all boils down to a moment of vulnerability, a brush with death, and ...
Especially when it comes from those you thought you could count on. Well, let me tell you, the ancient Israelites knew that pain all too well, particularly at the hands of the Edom...
And I will bless thee and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing (Gen. 12:2). And I will bless thee implies: I Myself will bless thee. I will make thy name great indicates tha...
(Lev. 8:2) “Take Aaron and his sons.” It is written (in Prov. 3:35), “The wise shall inherit glory, but fools take up shame.” This verse functioned from the beginning of the world ...
That’s a little like diving into Kabbalah. We see these dazzling colors, these brilliant shapes, but how do they all fit together? How do we make sense of the seeming contradiction...
The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, dives deep into this feeling. It speaks of a separation, a cosmic rift, and our role in mending it. It points to a Shekhinah, the Di...
The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, invites us to do just that, to see the divine secrets hidden in plain sight. Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar 104 uses the colors of a c...
The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, invites us to consider just that. It paints a picture of the human body as a microcosm, a reflection of the divine structure itself....
