by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 7, 2009 | Revelations
Erev Rosh Hashanna, 5769, the final minutes of 5768, 10 years to the hour from when the Kabbalists had prophesied that Moshiach would come. I was about to to a mikveh and checked my blackberry for the final time before storing it away. The stock market had just closed...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 6, 2009 | Revelations
This past erev Shabbat, the father of a friend passed away. It was the hillula of 3 powerful tzaddiks, students of the Baal Shem Tov, so I knew something was up. I never knew his father, but from the moment I entered the synagogue I did. And one after another, first...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 5, 2009 | Revelations
Each of the 8 days of Chanukah we read a laundry list of sacrifice to be made by the 12 tribes in the Miskan or Holy Temple, events far removed from our lives by thousands of years. 1 Silver plate weighing 130 shekels (ShKL) 1 Silver bowl weighing 70 shekels 1 Gold...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 26, 2008 | Revelations
For a long time most of the world has envied America. For a long time most of the world emulated America. For a long time most of the world took advantage of America. Most of the world hates America. To cause so much of a reaction, there must be a lot of Light in...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 12, 2008 | Revelations
It had rained for 2 days straight and with the flood water rising in my backyard, I was reading the Zohar on parsha Noach last night, and not surprisingly there are many insights there into the nature of water. What is in the water we drink? How long can we go without...
