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 | Sep 24, 2011 | Revelations
After my recent lecture in Toronto and a deeper discussion with some of the students I had a renewed interest in how the Ana B’koach (the 42-Letter Name of G-d) interrelates with the first 42 letters of Bereshit (Genesis). I also subsequently received new...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Aug 31, 2011 | Revelations
We’d like to put into perspective a few of the freakish and often catastrophic geological and meteorological events that have befallen the Eastern U.S. in the past year or so, tying them all into statements and decisions made by the Obama government against...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jul 21, 2011 | Revelations
The number 666 is infamous, made so by the phrase in the final chapters of the Christian Bible: Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. In our next couple posts, we’ll...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 22, 2011 | Revelations
It is said that Purim will be the only holiday that we’ll celebrate after the final redemption, but if all the holidays are based on cosmic windows, what separates Purim in the grand scheme of cosmic time? There is obviously some special connection between Purim and...