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.

Adam and the First Humans of Anpin

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 5:4

Even in the highest realms of Kabbalah, the interactions between the divine emanations, the Sefirot, can be just as intricate. Today, we're diving into a particularly fascinating p...

Adam & EveSefirot

Leah Among the Mothers

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 7:4

Jewish mystical tradition, especially when we delve into the Kabbalah, can feel like navigating a labyrinth. Today, we're going to explore a particularly intricate passage from Asa...

Matriarchs

Adam in Paradise

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 7:8

Kabbalah, that ancient Jewish mystical tradition, offers a breathtakingly complex and beautiful vision of just that. Today, we’re going to delve into a particularly intriguing conc...

Adam & EveSefirot

Ethical Instruction

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 8:15

It sounds like a strange question, I know. But in the mystical world of Kabbalah, even the most abstract concepts are given form, even… clothing. Let's delve into a fascinating ide...

Sefirot

Path of the Just and Heikhal

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 8:16

The Ramchal, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, in his Asarah Perakim – that's "Ten Chapters" – gives us a glimpse into a fascinating cosmology, a sort of spiritual architecture, if you w...

ShekhinahSefirot

Ten Chapters of Wisdom and Achra

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 9:1

According to some fascinating corners of Jewish mystical thought, it's a layered process, a divine bureaucracy if you will, involving the Sefirot, angels, and even… well, we'll get...

Sefirot

Samekh Mem in Exile

Kabbalah Asarah Perakim LeRamchal 9:2

It's not a simple answer, of course, but Jewish mysticism offers some fascinating insights. The Asarah Perakim LeRamchal, a key text, delves right into this. It begins by quoting I...

Exile

Gift of Prophecy

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 78:2

Think of it this way: everything in existence is connected to God, to the Divine Source. But the way that connection manifests differs dramatically. Da'at Tevunot (Understanding of...

TorahProphecySoulPrayer

Glory of the Temple and Holies

Other Texts Da'at Tevunot 116:4

It suggests that during our period of "service" – our time here on Earth, striving to connect – the Divine emanation is, in a sense, clothed. Clothed in what? In the world around u...

Temple