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Da’at Tevunot, a profound work of Jewish thought, asks us to consider this very question. It points out the sheer, astonishing energy humans pour into the pursuit of fleeting pleas...
Our sages, may their memory be a blessing, had some pretty fascinating ideas about it. They taught us that the world as we know it exists for six thousand years, and then… well, th...
We often grapple with this question, especially when it seems to contradict the idea of a benevolent God. Jewish mysticism, particularly the Kabbalah, offers a fascinating, albeit ...
The text tells us that our service – the acts of devotion, the performance of mitzvot (commandments) – isn’t just about following rules. It’s about actively participating in reveal...
But within Jewish mystical thought, particularly in works like Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, we find a fascinating perspective: that the very existence of evil ultimately serves to reve...
The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound Kabbalistic text, delves into this very idea, exploring how imperfection, what it calls the "Residue," came into being. It posits two possib...
This text, a Kabbalistic work, grapples with a question that's plagued humanity for millennia: why does imperfection persist? Why, if we believe in a benevolent and all-powerful fo...
And within the complex system of Kabbalah, the relationship between different realms, or worlds, can seem especially tricky. We're going to look at a specific point of confusion, s...
One intriguing piece of the puzzle lies within the concept of Nekudim, a crucial stage in the unfolding of creation according to Kabbalah. The very name Nekudim, meaning "points" o...
