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Jewish mystical tradition certainly thinks so. And it has some pretty specific ideas about the combatants and the weapons. to a fascinating, and frankly, a little bit bizarre, pass...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, offers a fascinating explanation, linking our spiritual vitality to... Torah study? And, unexpectedly, the health...
The passage focuses on the image of the Lower Shekhinah (the Divine Presence). Now, the Shekhinah is a complex concept, often described as the divine feminine presence, the immanen...
Jewish mysticism has some profound insights into that feeling, and how to reignite that spark. to a passage from the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, specifically Tikkun 98. This...
Stick with me, because the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, dives deep into just that. It's all about connections, you see. Connections between our bo...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, certainly does. It sees the colors of a candle as nothing less than the garments of the soul. Powerful stuff. : "...
It all starts with the idea that God will rebuild Jerusalem, as (Psalm 147:2) tells us: "The builder of Jerusalem is Y”Y..." But what does that have to do with our insides? The Tik...
The mystical text, Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, has some pretty powerful words for that feeling. It warns, "Woe to the person, whose soul has descended to beneath his feet." ...
It’s more than just wax and wick, you know. According to the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, one of the most profound works of Kabbalah, a candle's light holds deep mystical sig...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, speaks directly to this feeling. It delves into the forces that can separate us from the ultimate source of goodn...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a mystical companion to the Zohar, that foundational text of Kabbalah, offers a fascinating, and somewhat…unconventional… perspective on this...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, delves into that very feeling, exploring what can obstruct our connection to the Divine. It speaks of "clouds" th...
Our tradition offers some beautiful guidance on how to focus our intentions during prayer, and it all revolves around where we direct our eyes and our hearts. The Tikkunei (spiritu...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central work of Kabbalah, is absolutely brimming with that feeling. a particularly intriguing passage. It begins with a seemingly simple st...
It's not always easy to grasp, but the rewards are immense. Our passage starts with this image of fire: "At first, in the heart of the fire of prophecy, and then in the final exile...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, offers a fascinating answer. It sees music as a reflection of the divine, a way for the Holy One to connect with ...
Jewish tradition wrestles with this feeling, this unsettling reality, head-on. There's a verse in Habakkuk (1:13) that screams this frustration: "Why do you look upon traitors, and...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a cornerstone of Kabbalistic literature, offers us a stunningly intimate glimpse into this very idea. Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar 104 speaks...
We’re all human. We all have our imperfections. But what about our souls? Is it possible that something within us can be truly without blemish? The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zoha...
It's in that daily struggle, that daily striving to connect with the Divine, that we find ourselves at the heart of a profound mystery. The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a cen...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, invites us to do just that, to see the divine secrets hidden in plain sight. Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar 104 use...
It even gives it a name. to the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, specifically Tikkun 105. Now, the Tikkunei Zohar is like the Zohar's cooler, more intense cousin. It's a deep div...
Jewish mystical tradition certainly sees it that way. to a fascinating, and perhaps a little strange, passage from the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar that paints just such a pic...
It all hinges on the image of a dove and an eagle. The "dove," the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar tells us, is prayer itself. More specifically, it represents the Lower Shekhina...
Jewish mysticism often points to that very feeling, that inner landscape, as the place where the Divine touches us most intimately. to a passage from the Tikkunei (spiritual repair...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a collection of mystical interpretations of the Zohar, that foundational text of Kabbalah, offers a fascinating glimpse into how we can find ...
Jewish mysticism uses that very image to describe what happens when we lose our connection to something deeper. The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, u...
Jewish mysticism has a powerful image for that feeling. It’s about the Shekhinah, the Divine Presence, and a moment of heartbreaking fragility. The passage we're looking at comes f...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), reads the story of Jonah – Jonah swallowed by the great fish – as a metaphor for the soul...
Jewish mysticism has a lot to say about that very tension. Today, we're diving into a small but powerful passage from the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a later expansion of th...
The passage speaks of the "wings of the Shekhinah (the Divine Presence)" as being the "covering of the blood" of a beast or bird. Now, before you get squeamish, remember that in Je...
The Torah tells us (Exodus 22:30) that if an offering is treifah, basically unfit, then "you shall throw it to the dog." Okay, makes sense. But the Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zoha...
Jewish mysticism offers some fascinating, and sometimes startling, perspectives on this very struggle. The text begins with a seemingly odd statement: offerings are always slaughte...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a companion volume to the Zohar, that foundational text of Kabbalah, offers a fascinating, and frankly, wild, answer. It sees the human body ...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah expanding on the Zohar itself, delves deep into the secrets of creation and the human soul. In one particular pass...
We open our mouths, and thoughts – complex, nuanced, deeply personal thoughts – become audible, shared, tangible. It's kind of isn't it? The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a ce...
What sparks this joy? What ignites this closeness? The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar offers a striking image: an older person emerges from behind a wall. Now, walls in Kabbalah...
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, dives deep into this very idea, exploring the hidden landscapes of the soul and how they relate to our outward ap...
The Jewish mystical tradition, especially the Kabbalah, loves to wrestle with these kinds of questions. And one of the most fascinating places to find these wrestling matches is in...
The mystics understood that feeling deeply. They saw it as a reflection of something profound happening in the spiritual realms, a cosmic ebb and flow of souls and divine presence....
The Tikkunei (spiritual repair) Zohar, that mystical expansion on the Zohar, uses a powerful metaphor to describe the relationship between us and the Shekhinah, the divine feminine...
"God has made one thing opposite the other" (Ecclesiastes 7:14). The Tanya's sixth chapter maps the dark side of the soul's architecture. Just as the divine soul has ten holy sefir...
Medieval Jewish belief held that the dead do not simply vanish. As Joshua Trachtenberg documented, the spirits of the deceased remained active, aware, and dangerously close—capable...
A Kabbalistic meditation preserved in Kitzur Shnei Luchot ha-Berit teaches that the 613 commandments of the Torah form a covenant between the Holy One, blessed be He, and Israel — ...
The Yalkut Reuveni, a late Kabbalistic anthology, preserves one of the strangest Jewish teachings about the soul: gilgul, transmigration. Souls, this tradition says, do not vanish ...
The Torah uses an unusual word — "michsah" — when describing how the Passover lamb should be allocated. (Exodus 12:4) says the lamb must be divided "according to the michsah of sou...
What is the intent of "according to the count of souls"? From (Ibid.) "A man (according to his eating"), I might think only a man. Whence do I derive (the same for) a woman, a tumt...
Rabbi Yonathan builds a towering logical structure to prove that Passover leftovers cannot be burned on the festival — and like Rabbi Yishmael, he argues the Torah did not need an ...
