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.

Crown of Wisdom

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 68:7

It’s a question that's haunted thinkers for centuries, and Jewish mystical thought offers a pretty compelling answer. It all boils down to precision. Absolute, divine precision. Th...

Wisdom

Repairing the World

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 69:3

Jewish mystical tradition grapples with this feeling too, but it offers a path, a way to understand and even participate in the tikkun olam, the repair of the world. But how do we ...

Adam & Eve

Repairing the World and Eilu

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 69:6

The ancient Kabbalists, those mystics who delved into the deepest secrets of the universe, felt that too. And they believed they knew how to fix it. The answer? Balance. But not ju...

Mysticism

Gates of Wisdom

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 69:8

The divine lights — emanations of pure energy and wisdom — govern creation through a delicate balance of openness and closure. Sometimes the channels must open to let divine influe...

Wisdom

Torah as Blueprint and Partzuf

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 70:3

According to the ancient wisdom tradition of Kabbalah, it's all heading towards a state of pure goodness and complete perfection. A time when only good exists, and evil...vanishes....

TorahExile

Infinite and Finite of Partzuf

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 70:6

But what exactly is a Partzuf? It's a bit of a mystical mouthful, isn’t it? Well, to understand it, we need to break it down. Our source text, Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, lays it out ...

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Soul and Destiny of Likeness

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 70:8

Jewish mystical tradition, particularly in Kabbalah, often uses the metaphor of the human form, the Likeness of Man, to understand the structure of the divine and, by extension, ou...

SoulWisdomSefirot

Kabbalistic Insight and Kabbalists

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 70:11

It paints a picture of the universe, and everything in it, as intricately linked, a cosmic dance of interconnectedness. And where do we find this idea laid out? In a text called Ka...

Wisdom

Joy of Torah and Partzuf

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 70:15

Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, delves into this very question, often using the concept of the Partzuf (פַּרְצוּף), a divine "face" or configuration. It's a complex idea, but at its he...

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