by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 19, 2009 | Revelations
The seeds are always planted before the crops, and often it’s not where they are planted it’s by whom. In parsha Vayigash, 46:28 it says [Jacob] sent Judah ahead of him to make preparations in Goshen (Goshnah).” Goshen (Goshnah) has the same 4...
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 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 | 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...
