by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jul 31, 2009 | Revelations
We are the Chosen Ones. What does it mean to be chosen? My wife wasn’t feeling well the other day and when I left to drop my son off at a play date, I told my daughter she was in charge while I was gone. She immediately said, “Then I’m the boss,” so I explained to her...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jul 22, 2009 | Revelations
These are the journey(s) of our lives. In the Torah portion Masei, we encounter the list of the 42 journeys the Israelites took during their 40 years in the desert including exiting the exile in Egypt at Pi-Haratha to entering the Promised Land. The tzaddikim,...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jul 12, 2009 | Revelations
I have a special fondness for the Baal Shem Tov and all the stories about him, so this past Shabbat as I read yet another of them I realized the he too, as a youth, along with his teacher had tried to bring the revelation of Moshiach (the Messiah) before his time. His...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jul 9, 2009 | Revelations
A lot happened in Parsha Chukath, and it all has to do with the so-called end of days, the next 9 years. Right after G-d tells Aaron and Moses about using the Red Heifer for cleansing, Miriam dies in Parsha Chukath in the beginning of chapter 20, the 137th chapter in...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jun 23, 2009 | Revelations
Bravo! Kudos to Mordechai O. who picked up the the challenge and noticed a profound connection within the 5 core Torah elements that we’ve been discussing in our last two articles (It’s a Beautiful Thing, and Even More Beautiful). I noticed a much more...
