by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 17, 2009 | Revelations
Sometimes we forget what spirituality is all about… Why are there 6 Days of Creation? Why are the 42 rows of the first column of the Torah (Bible) divided into 6 paragraphs, averaging 7 lines per paragraph? Why are there 6 letters in the first word of the Torah,...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Feb 13, 2009 | Revelations
A lesson from my daughter’s kindergarten class: They were exploring Parshat Noach and the teacher sent us this email letting us know what was going on in class: “We asked each student to draw a picture using a red crayon. We asked them to put effort into...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Feb 11, 2009 | Revelations
For those of you who have already read the blog (Why are You Crying Out to Me?) on the tools G-d gave to Moses with which to split the Red Sea (Endless Sea,) which were hinted at the the 9 letter phrase Ma Titzak Elai (Why are you crying out to me?), we’ve...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Feb 5, 2009 | Revelations
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 in the 3 iterations of the spelled-out Name of G0d, Adonai, associated with the malchut level total...
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...