by Jeffrey Meiliken | May 11, 2009 | Revelations
Just a quick note to let you all know that you are in the right place at the right time. If you have been counting the Omer, you’ve been using one of David’s Psalms in the shape of a menora and counting one word each day and one letter of its central...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 30, 2009 | Revelations
The Hebrew word for swine, as in swine flu, is chazir, which can also mean “it will return,” and if we permute the letters we get Raz Chai or the “secret lives.” A little while back, we were pointing out that many of the depressing milestones...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 24, 2009 | Revelations
Before we move on in the Torah, I’d like to point out that this Shemini/Pesach connection we’ve been discussing also connects to the 8 days of waiting before a circumcision, or brit milah , in that, as explained by the Arizal, the difference between matza...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 20, 2009 | Revelations
I want to start off by saying, I hope you felt the shift last week. It’s the children, especially the youngest and most innocent and purest amongst us who recite the 4 questions. The future belongs to the children. Moshiach is here for the children and because...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 18, 2009 | Revelations
I’ve been busy this week between Pesach and a community program for kids that I’m helping to run, but there will be numerous new articles coming soon. In the meantime, I wanted to share a quick revelation. The Hebrew vowel called kametz hagadol (a T-shape...
