Exile

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Explore 986 Jewish texts related to the theme of Exile, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Complaint of Job of Shekhinah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a central work of Kabbalah, invites us to do just that. It suggests that even the most ordinary things—like the sections of the Hebrew scriptures or the "housin...

Light of Messiah and Shekhinah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism delves into that very feeling, and reveals that even God, in a sense, experiences a similar yearning. It's a radical thought, isn't it? God, waiting. But that's wh...

Giving of the Torah and Shekhinah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It seems straightforward enough, counting seven weeks from Passover until we receive the Torah. But as always with Jewish tradition, there's so much more shimmering beneath the sur...

Samael in Heaven

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism, particularly the Zohar, grapples with this feeling all the time, especially when talking about exile – both the physical exile of the Jewish people and the more s...

Divine Presence of Esther

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It’s a window into a deeper, more mystical understanding of our relationship with the Divine. to a fascinating passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, specifically Tikkun 114, that sheds ...

Haman and the Heavenly Realms

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish tradition is full of stories about overcoming impossible odds, and today, we're diving into one of those stories, found within the mystical depths of the Tikkunei Zohar. Spe...

The Great Flood and Shekhinah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a truly fascinating part of the Zohar itself, touches on this very feeling. Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar 116 uses imagery from the story of Noah to explore the ...

Divine Presence

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The passage speaks of the "wings of the Shekhinah" as being the "covering of the blood" of a beast or bird. Now, before you get squeamish, remember that in Jewish thought, blood, o...

Shabbat: Divine Presence

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism suggests that feeling might be more literal than you think. The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), explores the hidden meanings within ...