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.

Guardians from Above and Egypt

Book of Jasher Jasher 81

We know the big story: the plagues, the Exodus, the parting of the Red Sea. But what about the nitty-gritty details of those first few days of freedom? The Book of Jasher, a text m...

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The Cause Of All Causes

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Think of it like this: the "Cause of all Causes" is above everything. I mean everything. There's no higher power, no celestial being pulling the strings of it. It's the ultimate or...

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The Two Liliths

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Some traditions suggest there isn't just one Lilith, but two! Imagine this: It's Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year, a day of atonement and intense prayer for the Jewish peopl...

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The Death Of Adam

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We read about death all the time, but imagine being the first person… ever… to face it. Well, Jewish tradition has a lot to say about the death of Adam, the first human. And it's n...

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The Messiah Will Descend From The Side Of Evil

Tree of Souls

Yet, Jewish tradition whispers of just such a mystery: that the Messiah himself will descend from the side of evil. How can this be? Well, the story starts with King David, the anc...

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The Infancy Of Moses

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Take Moses, for example. We know him as the liberator, the lawgiver, the one who spoke to God face to face. But what about Moses the baby? What was his story? According to Legends ...

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Reincarnation of Souls and Ibur

Other Texts Sha'ar HaGilgulim 2:8

But the Ibur is something different entirely. According to the Chachamim, the Rabbis, the Ibur is a secret, a hidden process where the soul of a righteous person, a Tzaddik, can en...

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Reincarnation of Souls

Other Texts Sha'ar HaGilgulim 5:1

In the Jewish mystical tradition, particularly within the teachings of the Kabbalah, the concept of reincarnation, or gilgul, offers a fascinating perspective. But it's not always ...

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Mystical Contemplation and the Crown

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 42:2

He paints a picture of each world – and remember, in Kabbalah, the universe is structured into multiple nested worlds – containing not just the familiar five Sefirot of KaḤaV TuM (...

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