by Jeffrey Meiliken | Nov 2, 2008 | Kabbalah Secrets
The first portion of the Torah, Bereshit, has 146 verses, corresponding to the numerical value of the word, Olam, world. At the 80th verse, we encounter the revolving flaming sword that G-d uses to block Adam’s (Man’s) reentry into the Garden of Eden,...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Nov 2, 2008 | Revelations
The 80 verses up to the flaming sword that separated Man from Gan Eden are all the verses in the first 3 chapters of the Torah. The 80 verses corresponds to the letter Pe of value 304805 and since there are 4805 Pes in the Torah, the split of the sword is between the...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Nov 2, 2008 | Revelations
Genesis 1:2 Tohu v’Bohu: “The world was empty and without form.” We know from Chazal that this refers to the 10 sefirot (dimensions) before the interconnectedness of the sefirot (in other words, order). Tohu represents the 10 sefirot (vessels) that...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Oct 25, 2008 | Revelations
The Torah is supposed to be one continuous text, never ending and cycling from last verse connected to the first, and so it is, which is why that’s the way we read the Torah every year on Shemini Atzeret We know from Chazal that the 42-letter Name, that existed...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Oct 17, 2008 | Kabbalah Secrets
How are Moses and the Arizal related? What is their essence? And what level were they at? The 3 letters of Moshe Rabbeinu, Moses’ name, is spelled (MShH) and when it is spelled out it is MM ShYN HY which has a numerical value of (80 + 360 + 15) = 455 which is...