Heaven

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Explore 2,290 Jewish texts related to the theme of Heaven, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Divine Presence

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a cornerstone of Kabbalistic literature, explores these secrets. And in Tikkun 111, we encounter a particularly intriguing idea: the Shekhinah, the Divine Prese...

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...

Divine Presence and Sukah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It’s more than just building a temporary shelter and shaking the lulav. It’s about something much deeper, a profound connection between the divine and the earthly. The Tikkunei Zoh...

Dwelling Place of God and Simchat

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar teaches that during Simchat Torah, a crown, a spiritual diadem, rests upon the head of every righteous person in the heavens. A crown, a symbol of honor and comp...

Jacob: Divine Presence

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

We might shake it with the lulav, alongside the myrtle and willow branches, but the Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, suggests it’s far more than just a ritual object. Ac...

Shekhinah Beyond the Firmament and Dalet

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

That letter is Dalet (ד). Think of it as a door, a humble right angle. In gematria, the Jewish mystical system of assigning numerical values to Hebrew letters, Dalet represents the...

Shekhinah and the Heavenly Realms of Tree

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

to a fascinating passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, a central work of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. The passage focuses on the number eighteen. Eighteen shakings, it says,...

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...

Queen Sabbath and Shabbat

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

We’re all running around, stressed, dealing with work, family, life’s endless to-do lists. But then comes Shabbat, the Sabbath. A moment to breathe. A moment to reconnect. But it's...