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We know Moses, of course. But what about the man who welcomed him into his home, whose daughter became Moses' wife, and who offered crucial advice that shaped the Israelite legal s...
Central to Judaism is the absolute oneness of God. It’s right there in the Shema, that foundational declaration: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deuteronomy 6:...
The passage in Tikkunei Zohar 56 dives deep into a pivotal moment: the sin of the Golden Calf. Remember that story? Moses is up on Mount Sinai receiving the Torah, and the Israelit...
This passage, specifically from Tikkunei Zohar 62, plays with the concept of terumah (תרומה), the offering given to the priests. It suggests that the portion of this offering—two p...
And sometimes, just sometimes, the mystical texts offer a glimpse, a fleeting impression of that cosmic perspective. The Tikkunei Zohar, a later, deeply esoteric expansion on the Z...
The Torah touches on this in the Brit Bein Habetarim (ברית בין הבתרים), the Covenant Between the Pieces, in Genesis 15. But the story doesn't end there. The Legends of the Jews fil...
He wasn't born a leader, that's for sure. For forty long years, he was a shepherd for his father-in-law, Jethro. And let me tell you, he was a good one! Jethro had no complaints. A...
Some of the Jewish mystical tradition points to a pretty incredible source: the heavens themselves. Imagine Moses, not just receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai, but first journeying...
And his father-in-law, JETHRO, saw it happening right before his eyes. The story goes that Moses, after the Exodus, was single-handedly acting as judge for the entire Israelite nat...
