by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 8, 2009 | Revelations
Even before the dawn of civilization, man has looked to the stars for signs. Much more recently, we’ve been equipped with powerful telescopes and computers with which to gaze at them. And our astrophysicists are pretty good. After only a few hundred years of...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 7, 2009 | Revelations
Erev Rosh Hashanna, 5769, the final minutes of 5768, 10 years to the hour from when the Kabbalists had prophesied that Moshiach would come. I was about to to a mikveh and checked my blackberry for the final time before storing it away. The stock market had just closed...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 7, 2009 | Revelations
Traditionally Kabbalah has been passed down from teacher to student and that goes doubly for its secrets, guarded by righteous souls, tzaddiks, from the corruption of man’s evil inclination and from the erev rav (Mixed Multitude) that would stop at nothing to...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 6, 2009 | Revelations
This past erev Shabbat, the father of a friend passed away. It was the hillula of 3 powerful tzaddiks, students of the Baal Shem Tov, so I knew something was up. I never knew his father, but from the moment I entered the synagogue I did. And one after another, first...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 5, 2009 | Revelations
Each of the 8 days of Chanukah we read a laundry list of sacrifice to be made by the 12 tribes in the Miskan or Holy Temple, events far removed from our lives by thousands of years. 1 Silver plate weighing 130 shekels (ShKL) 1 Silver bowl weighing 70 shekels 1 Gold...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 2, 2009 | Revelations
From the smallest packages come the greatest gifts.In this week’s portion, pasha Vayigash, amidst the listing of the 70 Israelites who entered Egypt to begin the exile there, we find a 3 word verse, the Torah’s shortest verse, Genesis 46:23, “And the...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 31, 2008 | Revelations
This past week I witnessed a series of events unfold and the consequences of these events for many of us who are on spiritual paths is substantial. Usually I delve into deep secrets of Kabbalah and spirituality revealed through the gematria of the Torah verses, but...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 26, 2008 | Revelations
For a long time most of the world has envied America. For a long time most of the world emulated America. For a long time most of the world took advantage of America. Most of the world hates America. To cause so much of a reaction, there must be a lot of Light in...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 25, 2008 | Revelations
The numerical value of Mashiach Ben David is 424 and the ordinal value of the letters in Mashiach Ben David (MShYCh BN DVD) is 82 therefore the complete numerical value for Mashiach Ben David is 506, which is not only the numerical value of Ahavatchinam (unconditional...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 17, 2008 | Revelations
Chanukah: Eight days of Miracles Designed to Bring Mashiach It’s as innocent as the child’s dreidel, or the chocolate gelt. Four sides corresponding to the Tetragrammaton (YHVH), but 4 sides engraved with the Hebrew Letters G, H, N, and Sh. Four letters...