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.

Exile and the Captive Feminine Divine

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:17

It turns out, this ancient Jewish text might just have something to say about that very human experience. We're diving into a fascinating concept from the Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 1...

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Soul and Destiny of Nukva

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:18

Jewish mysticism, particularly the Kabbalah, has a fascinating way of describing this very feeling, using imagery of divine masculine and feminine energies seeking union. It's a po...

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How Nukva Receives the Light of God

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:19

And in the Kabbalistic text Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138, we find a fascinating, if somewhat cryptic, answer. The text speaks of Nukva, often understood as the feminine aspect of th...

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Prophecy of Adam

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:20

Jewish mystical thought, particularly within the Kabbalah, grapples with this very question. It speaks of a profound cosmic dance, a constant interplay of energies, and the tragic ...

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Mending the Shekhinah in Exile

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:21

Jewish mysticism offers a powerful explanation for this feeling, and a path toward mending what's broken. Our story begins with the Shechinah, often understood as the Divine Presen...

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How God's Feminine Presence Returns

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:23

It’s a question that’s occupied mystics and scholars for centuries. And one answer, a deeply beautiful one, comes from the Kabbalah, specifically from the text Kalach Pitchei Chokh...

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How Divine Influence Cascades Through the Worlds

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:28

It's a layered, step-by-step process, a cascade of influence flowing from the highest realms down to… well, down to us. The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a relatively obscure but insigh...

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The Mystic Ascent of the Soul in the Idra Zuta

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:14

Jewish mysticism, particularly the Kabbalah, wrestles with this very idea, and nowhere is it more intensely explored than in the Idra Zuta. Now, the Idra Zuta, meaning "The Lesser ...

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Wisdom of Rashbi

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 33:5

It begins with a verse from the Book of Daniel (12:3): "The wise shall radiate (yazhiru), like the radiance (zohar) of the firmament..." See the connection? But it's not just any r...

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