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You're not alone. Jewish tradition, especially Kabbalah, is deeply interested in the idea of inner and outer, of the pnim (internal) and chitzon (external) – and it applies this co...
Rabbi Ishmael, a central figure in the Heikhalot literature, the mystical texts describing ascents to the divine throne, gives us a glimpse. Imagine standing at the entrance to the...
Sometimes, the deepest truths are hidden in plain sight, masked by complexity or sheer volume of information. This is something the author of The Wars of God seems to anticipate. R...
But what if you perform those actions for someone else? Does that automatically make you an idolater? The Talmud, in Sanhedrin, tackles this very question. It discusses someone who...
Our sages, zichronam livracha, may their memory be a blessing, were extremely careful to distance themselves from any notion that the Almighty needed His creations or relied on the...
It’s a story of intense debate, careful consideration, and a deep commitment to preserving the integrity of Jewish law and thought. It’s a reminder that tradition isn’t static; it’...
The core of the question boils down to this: is the punishment that the wicked endure before the ultimate end a good thing, or not? Seems simple. But like many things in Jewish tho...
It breaks down the very foundation of governmental order, the architecture of how things work, into two key parts. First, it states that the entire governmental order of Justice is...
Jewish mystical thought, particularly in the Kabbalah, offers a fascinating model. It speaks of Abba and Imma – Father and Mother – as divine archetypes representing the very sourc...
