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Jewish mysticism certainly sees the world that way, especially when it comes to understanding the divine feminine, the Shekhinah. Today, we're going to delve into a fascinating, an...
We're going to dive into just that, exploring a passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, a profound and mystical commentary on the Zohar. It's all about the secret language hidden within t...
Jewish mysticism has a fascinating way of describing this very experience, using the tiniest of details: the vowel points and cantillation marks in the Torah itself. We're diving i...
We all have our baggage, our impurities. But what if I told you there's a way to cleanse that, to find purity even in the face of defilement? It’s a concept the Tikkunei Zohar wres...
We're diving into Tikkunei Zohar 96, and trust me, it's going to get a little… esoteric. The passage starts with a curious observation. It points to the story of Moses, specificall...
Music, even wordless music, has a language all its own. And in the world of Torah, even the little musical notations that guide the chanting – the ta’amei ha-mikra (טעמי המקרא), th...
The Tikkunei Zohar, a central work of Kabbalah expanding on the Zohar, uses a pretty intense image to describe the struggles of Torah scholars. It says they are "goring" in the Tor...
It all hinges on understanding the te-ru’ah – that powerful, evocative sound often translated as a "shout" or "alarm," but here, something far more profound. As Psalm 89:16 puts it...
The passage focuses on the image of the Lower Shekhinah. Now, the Shekhinah is a complex concept, often described as the divine feminine presence, the immanent aspect of God that d...