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The story in Genesis leaves us with Esau heading off to Mount Seir, and it feels like maybe, just maybe, the brothers have finally found a way to coexist. But as we often find in t...
The traditional texts give us some fascinating, and sometimes surprising, details. So, picture this: Jacob, having blessed each of his sons individually, gathers them all together ...
It’s a powerful emotion, one that can lead us down paths we never thought we’d tread. The Torah, our sacred text, is full of stories that explore these complex human emotions, and ...
The Legends of the Jews by Ginzberg recounts this scene, drawing from various rabbinic sources. Zebulon, at the ripe old age of 114 – two years after Joseph's death – calls his son...
There was a transition, a gradual dimming of the light. It’s almost like the Egyptians were waiting for something… or someone. Ginzberg tells us that as long as the sons of Jacob w...
And the answer, in its purest form, is surprisingly simple: God wanted to share the goodness. That's the core idea we find in Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a Kabbalistic text whose name...
We, as humans, have limitations. A carpenter builds a table. A baker bakes bread. Each action stems from a specific skill, a specific power. But what about God? Does God have a spe...
And to understand this, we need to dive into a fascinating concept discussed in Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a Kabbalistic text concerned with the "138 Openings of Wisdom." Think about...
We often think of letters as just symbols, little squiggles we use to communicate. But in Jewish mysticism, specifically in the Kabbalah, they're so much more. They're considered b...
