by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 2, 2012 | Revelations
Where to begin? “In the beginning G-d created….” The Torah tells us what to do in its very first word: Bereshit (“In the beginning” ). But the Torah is far from a narrative and the word Bereshit is far more than the beginning of a story....
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Feb 13, 2011 | Revelations
Where is Jerusalem? What is Zion? How can the distance to the final redemption be measured? How far away is it? The Torah and Zohar have all the answers. First, we have to understand what and where is Zion, so let’s turn to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the Zohar...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Feb 6, 2011 | Revelations
There are 5 Books of the Torah as we see them laid out in the scroll before us, 2 dimensionally, and even if we study its secrets and read the Rabbis’ different interpretations, there are still only 5 Books divided into a stream of words, but that’s...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 14, 2011 | Revelations
The Hidden Message in the 10 Plagues It’s mandatory to celebrate Passover (Pesach) every year and recount the story of the exodus, including the explicit listing of the 10 plagues. Why? Is it just so we don’t forget? Wouldn’t it be better to instead concentrate on...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 4, 2011 | Revelations
The deeper the secrets, the more important they are. The Shema Israel prayer is the most well known and widely recited Jewish prayer, yet most people recite it without a clue to its many secrets. When I completed The Genesis Prayer on the Ana B’koach (42-Letter...
