Yibum: From a Strange Custom Comes the Messiah
The Tikunei Zohar 26 provides us with great insight into a strange custom, the Levirate marriage, a great Mitzvah. This process is called יבום (Yibum). If a man dies, leaving…Continue Reading …
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The Ten Commandments Part V: Where are You, God?
Some Got it, Most Didn’t; Will We? …Continued from The Ten Commandments In the previous installments we spoke of the first 3 words (Exodus 20:2), “I am God, your Lord,”…Continue Reading …
Chanukah in June
It’s funny that in the portion of Naso, we read about the sacrifices that we read during the 8 days of Chanukah and in the very next portion BeHa’alothekha we…Continue Reading …
The Story of Purim; The Story of Our Future
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…Continue Reading …
Amazing Unifications
I was studying the Arizal’s explanations on the 3rd of the 10 plagues last night, Lice (Kinim) of numerical value 120, when it occurred to me that the 50 letters…Continue Reading …