The Light on the Other Side of the Wall

Why do we really light Shabbos Candles? There are many correct answers, but there is a far deeper one….. At the end of the Book of Genesis we read about Jacob summoning his sons to attend his death bed, and telling them what “will happen to them” and “what they...

Count Like G-d

This time next year, Moshiach will be lighting the Chanukah candles beside us… I was thinking about what Rabbi Abuhatzeira, the grandson of the prominent Moroccan miracle working kabbalist, Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali, said about the Hebrew phrase...

Hello from the Other Side

Whenever the tzaddikim, the sages and the prophets told us to count something or to read a Torah portion at a specific time, it was for a divinely given, very good reason. It was not an extra-credit assignment. The counting and reading were either to awaken our souls...

Stranded on Third!

Stranded or Appointed to Be on Third? In our past two articles we have revealed much about how to use G-d’s Name and Unconditional Love, but it also feels like we didn’t quite reveal everything. It also feels like desperation is settling into our world, and quickly...

Choose Redemption Now

Choose Redemption Now We know all the numbers, values and quantities in the Torah must have meaning and a purpose for the Creator. We hope we can gain some insight into these properties of the Torah and from them gain a glimpse into the spiritual workings of the...

Choose NOW the Way You Should Go!

In the previous article “Time to Fight Back” we advised that the final 70 years prophesied in the Zohar and elsewhere is drawing to an end in 2 (!) years. That would be 5778 in the Hebrew calendar year, or 2018 CE. Throughout the hundreds of articles and in books we...

The Time to Fight Back Has Come

This past Shabbat was my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah and in honor of it, I am posting a long overdue, very amended and extended excerpt of the speech I gave on the occasion, since so many people asked for copies of it. To our long time subscribers, I thank you for your...

Korach and the Missing 38 Years of the Torah

This shabbat is the bar mitzvah of my son David, in the portion of Korach. A note of caution; the insights in today’s article may take you far from what you thought you knew about the Torah. According to chazal and just about every commentator on the Torah, Korach was...