Torah

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Explore 4,111 Jewish texts related to the theme of Torah, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Adam and the First Humans

Other Texts Philo of Alexandria

That’s kind of what we're doing today, diving into some pretty deep Kabbalistic concepts about the nature of the Divine. We’re talking about the Sefirot, those ten emanations of Go...

Sweetness of Torah and Ezekiel

Other Texts Philo of Alexandria

Oy vey! Have we, in our zeal for hidden wisdom, inadvertently stumbled into idolatry? It's a question that weighs heavily, especially when considering the influence of the Zohar an...

From Nothing to Everything

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

But when we delve into the Kabbalah, into texts like the Asarah Perakim LeRamchal (Ten Chapters by Ramchal), we find ourselves swimming in a sea of metaphors, all trying to capture...

Moshe Faces Judgment

Other Texts Kabbalah & Mysticism

Like the big, foundational stuff – the very existence of God, for example – is rock solid, but when you get to the nitty-gritty of how it all works in our daily lives... well, that...

Noah's Generation and Nothing

Other Texts Kabbalah & Mysticism

It’s about a relationship with the One who is completely and utterly in charge. That’s what we’re diving into today, drawing from the text Da'at Tevunot, a foundational work of Jew...

Fools and Sages

Other Texts Kabbalah & Mysticism

It’s a question that gets right at the heart of our relationship with the Divine. Da'at Tevunot, a profound text of Jewish thought, offers a fascinating perspective. It suggests th...

Acts of Creation

Other Texts Kabbalah & Mysticism

It all boils down to the "concealment of the countenance" of God. Imagine it: God, may He be blessed, didn't immediately reveal His full glory, His full "countenance," to creation ...

Voice of Torah

Other Texts Kabbalah & Mysticism

Da'at Tevunot, a work of Jewish philosophy, grapples with this very idea. It tells us that the Master of the Universe, the Creator, is utterly beyond our comprehension. God is "cer...

Moses and the Torah

Other Texts Kabbalah & Mysticism

It's like staring into the night sky – you see the stars, but you know there's so much more you can't see. That's kind of how we grapple with understanding God. Da'at Tevunot, a wo...