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.

Throne of Glory and Presence

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 4:1

The Heikhalot Rabbati, a text from the Heikhalot literature – a collection of mystical writings detailing heavenly ascents and visions – gives us a glimpse. It paints a picture of ...

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Zoharariel Faces Judgment

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 6:2

Rabbi Ishmael, a central figure in the Heikhalot literature (texts describing mystical ascents to heaven), once posed this very question. He asks, what did Zoharariel, the Lord God...

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David and the Heavenly Realms

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 7:1

That feeling is at the heart of the Heikhalot literature, mystical Jewish texts that describe ascents to the heavenly realms. And there's a passage in Heikhalot Rabbati that just… ...

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David's Vision

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 7:2

The Heikhalot Rabbati, one of the central texts of the Heikhalot literature, offers us just such a glimpse, a breathtaking vision of King David's ascent to the heavens. The Heikhal...

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Kingdom of Lupinus Caesar

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 7:5

Rabbi Ishmael, a central figure in the Heikhalot Rabbati, a key text of early Jewish mysticism, once shared a chilling account. It's a story of earthly torment, of divine justice p...

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Kingdom of Totrosyah

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 15:1

What would you do? The ancient mystics grappled with this too, and their answers often led them to the deepest secrets of the cosmos. Today, we’re diving into one of those secrets ...

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Totrakiel's Transgression

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 16:1

Specifically, we're looking at section 16, which plunges us into some pretty heady stuff. Imagine this: three times a day, a spectacle of "wonderful loftiness and strange lordship"...

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Patriarchal Covenant and Nehunya

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 17:1

Jewish mystical tradition has some pretty answers, and today we're going to peek into one of them, thanks to a text called Heikhalot Rabbati. Now, Heikhalot Rabbati – that’s Hebrew...

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Surya Among the Fathers

Kabbalah Heikhalot Rabbati 19:1

Rabbi Ishmael, a central figure in the Heikhalot literature, the mystical texts describing ascents to the divine throne, gives us a glimpse. Imagine standing at the entrance to the...

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