by Jeffrey Meiliken | Nov 26, 2010 | Revelations
The 10 paragraphs and 10 chapters of VaYetze and VaYishlach, the 7th and 8th portions of the 54 portions of the Torah respectively, aren’t usually linked together beyond the sequential story of Jacob that they are telling. Nevertheless, on deeper reflection, they are...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Oct 28, 2010 | Revelations
The Torah always presents information to us with great built in redundancy, so it’s not the Torah’s fault if we’re slow on the uptake. For example, did you ever wonder why there were 70 family members who entered Egypt and began the 210 years of...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Sep 15, 2010 | Revelations
In the 40th verse of the 32nd chapter of Devarim we have an oft overlooked statement by Moses in the middle of the all-important Song of Moses that holds one of the most important secrets of the Torah. The Zohar goes on and on about the connection between this 32nd...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 19, 2010 | Revelations
Last Friday and Saturday a storm hit New York, hit us hard. As we ventured out Sunday with no heat, power, or phones we learned that the fierce storm had actually been an unpredicted unnamed hurricane, the Shabbos Hurricane. The hurricane proved fatal for a few, but...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 10, 2009 | Revelations
Most people think the cleaning ends with the searching and the burning of the chametz erev Pesach, but that’s on the physical plain. During the 8 days of Pesach is when the real cleansing takes place. We are no longer cleaning our homes, but our souls. Think of...