Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Ein Sof and True Knowledge

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 2:15

These aren’t new questions, of course. Jewish tradition has wrestled with them for millennia. And in the Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, ("400 Gates of Wisdom") a profound idea emerges, o...

Wisdom

Words from Above

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 2:17

These are HUGE questions that have echoed through generations, and our tradition grapples with them head-on. There's a perspective out there that sees evil as an entity, a power th...

ProphecyWisdom

Voice of the Prophet

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:1

Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound Kabbalistic text, gives us a starting point. It tells us that God's very desire to share goodness, to reveal His absolute oneness, is, paradoxic...

ProphecySinai

Blessing of Eyn Sof

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:2

We often grapple with this question, especially when it seems to contradict the idea of a benevolent God. Jewish mysticism, particularly the Kabbalah, offers a fascinating, albeit ...

Shabbat

Blessing of Eyn Sof

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:4

And tucked away in the ancient text, Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah ("Key to the Gates of Wisdom"), we find a fascinating, four-part answer, a kind of cosmic blueprint. This text lays out...

Hell/GehennaJudgment

Doors of Knowledge

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:7

The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound Kabbalistic text, grapples with this very idea. It asks a fundamental question: Why do we even need to perform mitzvot, commandments? Why do...

Adam & Eve

Acquiring Wisdom

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:10

Pure perfection. Unbounded light. So, why create anything else? The answer, according to this line of thinking, lies in the very nature of goodness itself. The Kalach Pitchei Chokh...

Wisdom

Doors of Knowledge

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:11

This isn't about some abstract philosophical argument. It's about how the very nature of God's oneness manifests in the world, even, perhaps especially, through the presence of wha...

Mysticism

Prophetic Calling

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 4:12

But within Jewish mystical thought, particularly in works like Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, we find a fascinating perspective: that the very existence of evil ultimately serves to reve...

ProphecySinaiShabbat