Parshat Vayera

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Three angels visit Abraham, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the birth of Isaac, and the Binding of Isaac (the Akedah). Genesis 18:1-22:24.

Angels Attend to Rosh Hashanah

Other Texts Sefer HaKanah 45:7

to a fascinating perspective from the Sefer HaKanah, an important Kabbalistic text. The Sefer HaKanah paints a picture of Binah – often translated as understanding or intelligence,...

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Nebuchadnezzar and the Angels of Jerusalem

Other Texts The Wars of God 2:10

The Jerusalem Talmud, specifically in the tractate Shabbat, recounts a rather bold statement. The sages, or Chazal, tell us about someone who, upon witnessing the beauty of somethi...

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Isaac's Legacy and Faith

Other Texts The Wars of God 3:12

Isn't it frustrating when someone twists your words, puts ideas in your mouth, and generally acts in bad faith? That's the vibe I get from this next section of "The Wars of God." S...

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Tale of Isaac

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 47:1

Jewish mysticism has a story about that – a cosmic catastrophe, if you will, that explains it all. And even better, it offers a path toward putting things back together. We're talk...

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Story of Isaac

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 47:31

Jewish mysticism grapples with this very question, and the answer, as we find in texts like Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, is surprisingly intricate, involving a cosmic process of…cleans...

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Life of Isaac

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 86:17

That might be truer on a cosmic level than you ever imagined. Kabbalah, the ancient Jewish mystical tradition, explores the very structure of reality, and it uses some pretty wild ...

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Teachings of Isaac and Anpin

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 132:14

We tend to think of the spiritual realm as fixed, eternal. But according to some of the deeper Kabbalistic teachings, even up there, things are in constant flux, evolving in ways t...

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Zeir Anpin and the Angels

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:25

The core idea revolves around a cosmic dance, a reciprocal flow between the feminine and masculine aspects of the divine. Think of it as a spiritual ecosystem, where what ascends i...

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Angels of Mercy and Asiyah

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:28

It's a layered, step-by-step process, a cascade of influence flowing from the highest realms down to… well, down to us. The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a relatively obscure but insigh...

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