by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 26, 2011 | Revelations
In the first installment in this series of articles on the Ten commandments, we established that they were linked with Keter, the highest sefira (Dimension) of all 10 dimensions of the Tree-o-life, and that beginning with the encoding in its first 3 words, “I am...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 23, 2011 | Revelations
The 10 Commandments (Utterances) began in Exodus 20:2 with G-d saying, “I am God, your Lord (Anochi Adonai Elohaycha, ENCY YHVH ELHYC). These 13 letters numerically translates to 107 plus 546, or 653 plus the kolel of 13 (letters) for a total of 666. Got your...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Nov 26, 2010 | Revelations
The 10 paragraphs and 10 chapters of VaYetze and VaYishlach, the 7th and 8th portions of the 54 portions of the Torah respectively, aren’t usually linked together beyond the sequential story of Jacob that they are telling. Nevertheless, on deeper reflection, they are...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Sep 15, 2010 | Revelations
In the 40th verse of the 32nd chapter of Devarim we have an oft overlooked statement by Moses in the middle of the all-important Song of Moses that holds one of the most important secrets of the Torah. The Zohar goes on and on about the connection between this 32nd...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jun 15, 2010 | Revelations
Every bit of the Torah has meaning beyond meaning and a purpose beyond purpose. In our previous article we spoke about Egypt being a code word for the “straits (constriction) of the Sea” with the sea (YM) being a code word itself for the 50 gates of Binah. The Arizal...