by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 13, 2010 | Revelations
Our revelations last year, about the Omer we’re pretty startling, but one simple piece of the puzzle had alluded us: why do we count it twice? One time by days and another by weeks. As noted last year, since no light is ever lost, the sum of 49 days we count is...
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 | Jul 22, 2009 | Revelations
These are the journey(s) of our lives. In the Torah portion Masei, we encounter the list of the 42 journeys the Israelites took during their 40 years in the desert including exiting the exile in Egypt at Pi-Haratha to entering the Promised Land. The tzaddikim,...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jul 9, 2009 | Revelations
A lot happened in Parsha Chukath, and it all has to do with the so-called end of days, the next 9 years. Right after G-d tells Aaron and Moses about using the Red Heifer for cleansing, Miriam dies in Parsha Chukath in the beginning of chapter 20, the 137th chapter in...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jun 23, 2009 | Revelations
Bravo! Kudos to Mordechai O. who picked up the the challenge and noticed a profound connection within the 5 core Torah elements that we’ve been discussing in our last two articles (It’s a Beautiful Thing, and Even More Beautiful). I noticed a much more...
