by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 13, 2009 | Revelations
It’s the details that trip us up. Even the slightest slip up can have devastating repercussions, especially so, the higher up you are on your spiritual path. When Moses retrieved Joseph’s bones from the Nile in order to fulfill the pledge to Joseph and to...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 9, 2009 | Revelations
In the Midrash Mishlei 9:2 it is said that in the future time [of Moshiach] all the festivals will be annulled except Purim. They say the Name of G-d (YHVH) has been omitted from the Megilat Esther, but like the Torah whose sum of Yud’s (Y), Vavs(V), and Heys(H)...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 9, 2009 | Revelations
The Name of G-d doesn’t blatantly appear within the Book of Ester we read each Purim. It’s encoded hundreds of times, but it doesn’t directly appear; in other words, it’s concealed. As explained by chazal, even the name Ester connotes...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 7, 2009 | Revelations
From this weeks’ portion, Tetzaveh, Exodus 28:2 “And you shall make holy garments for your brother, Aaron, for splendor and beauty.” The Torah instructs the High Priest to wear 8 garments, 4 of white linen and 4 containing gold. The Hebrew words for...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 6, 2009 | Revelations
In this week’s portion we read about the magical breastplate of the High Priest, the one in which a parchment was hidden inside that contained the 42-Letter Name of G-d to activate the so-called magic. If you are doing the Ana B’koach (42-Letter Name of...
