God’s Holy Game
When the mind is too tired to study a Torah text in depth, that’s the time to count its letters. God created mathematics for relaxation. God created music for spiritual elevation. The Torah itself is...
View ArticleI am Nothing
What do you prefer, to know all that a human mind can possibly know, or just to be nothing? To be nothing does not mean to cease to exist, it just means that you are neither here nor there. “I am...
View ArticlePalm Reading
In a cultivated acre of 50 palms, 1 is male and 49 are female. Sounds like the 50 days of counting the Omer. In the Torah, the lulav (palm frond) is called the palm (of the hand) of the palm (tree). In...
View ArticleChemistry Lesson
The 4 elements of the ancients, fire-air-water-earth, correspond to the 4 modern elements, carbon-oxygen-hydrogen-nitrogen, respectively. The element of earth is the power of growth in the earth,...
View ArticleA Good Eye
Creation begins with the letter bet, which stands for blessing. In Kabbalah, the letter bet is the Divine energy embodied in the right eye. God created us with two eyes, the right eye to see good in...
View ArticleThe Language of Creation
The Torah has body and soul, law and mystery. Both derive from a common source: the Hebrew language. The first text of Kabbalah is the first text of Hebrew grammar, the Book of Formation. All the...
View ArticleMouth to Mouth
Both Purim and Pesach commemorate the redemption of the Jewish People. Both begin with the letter pei (פ), which means “mouth.” Informing Miriam and Aaron of the unique level of their brother Moses’...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Where
There are three forms of the question “where?” in Biblical Hebrew. They first appear in the Torah in evolving order, both grammatically and numerically. The first form, ey (אי), comprises only two...
View ArticleObserving Shabbat
Shabbat in relation to the weekdays is as sight to hearing. Throughout the week Divine vibrations fill my heart. On Shabbat I see Godliness. In the Zohar we learn that the word Shabbat (שבת) depicts...
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Shevat and the Democratization of Righteousness
According to Kabbalah, every month in the Hebrew calendar was created by means of one of the letters of the alef-bet. Here, we delve into the mysteries of the letter tzadik, which is the source of the...
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