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.

Reckoning of Souls and Angel

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 103:15

The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, doesn't shy away from the darker corners of existence. And it links that very human experience of bitterness to nothing less than th...

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Esau Among the Fathers and Israelites

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 103:20

Jewish tradition has wrestled with this feeling for millennia. The Tikkunei Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah, dives deep into this very question. Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar...

PatriarchsHoly LandExile

The Golden Calf of Moses

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 108:13

The Tikkunei Zohar, a later, more mystical expansion on the Zohar (the foundational text of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism), delves into the depths of Moses's plea after the Israelites...

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Shekhinah: Halls of the Angels

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 110:5

It's there, woven into the very fabric of creation, using imagery so rich and evocative it can take your breath away. to a passage from Tikkunei Zohar 110, a section of the Tikkune...

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Moses and the Heavenly Realms of Angels

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:9

Jewish tradition offers some truly fascinating perspectives. For instance, the idea that God's goodness should reign on earth just as it does in Heaven. To achieve this, the tradit...

HeavenMosesTorahMiracles

Joseph and Creation of Paradise

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:38

According to the legends, entering Paradise isn't just strolling through a gate. Imagine two immense gates made of carbuncle, a fiery, glowing gem. And guarding them? Sixty myriads...

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The Garden of Eden and Satan

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:38

We often think of him in the Garden of Eden, maybe naming animals, but according to tradition, his influence stretched far beyond that. It wasn't just the animal names Adam passed ...

CreationHeavenAngelsDemons

Adam and the Angels

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:42

Turns out, according to some stories, they almost made a pretty big mistake. Picture this: The angels, these celestial beings, were so impressed with Adam, the first human, that th...

Adam & EveShabbat

Halls of the Angels and Adam

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:71

According to tradition, God didn't just leave the entrance to Paradise unguarded. Instead, He appointed the cherubim, those powerful, almost indescribable angelic beings, to stand ...

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