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This is one of the most stunning visions in all of Jewish literature. A grieving woman becomes a city of light. And no one — not even Ezra — sees it coming. God had told Ezra to go...
Job, after weathering unimaginable trials, sensed his time was near. He called his ten children, gathered them close, and recounted the incredible story of his life – a life marked...
Jewish mystical tradition certainly thinks so. And it has a name for it: Da'at (Knowledge). We've been exploring some pretty deep concepts, and I want to pause and make sure we’re ...
It talks about the possibility of transforming judgment into mercy and, in doing so, essentially re-creating the world. The Tikkun (spiritual repair)ei Zohar, a central text of Kab...
And they found a pretty startling image to describe it. Imagine this: wine, normally a symbol of joy and celebration, transformed into venom. That's the core of an unsettling passa...
The prophet Elijah gave three gifts to a poor man — and the story of those gifts became a parable about the nature of divine assistance. The details of the gifts vary across differ...
It’s easy to just chalk it up to ancient myths, but what if there's more to it? What if those numbers are telling us something deeper? That’s exactly what I was pondering when I st...