by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 24, 2009 | Revelations
Before we move on in the Torah, I’d like to point out that this Shemini/Pesach connection we’ve been discussing also connects to the 8 days of waiting before a circumcision, or brit milah , in that, as explained by the Arizal, the difference between matza...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 21, 2009 | Revelations
This weekend we read Parsha Shemini, meaning the 8th, the 28th portion in the Torah. A fews days earlier we celebrated the 8 days of Pesach and read from Ki Thisa and the 13 Attributes of G-d (Exodus 34:5-7). As usual the clues to the secrets of the Torah portions are...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 20, 2009 | Revelations
I want to start off by saying, I hope you felt the shift last week. It’s the children, especially the youngest and most innocent and purest amongst us who recite the 4 questions. The future belongs to the children. Moshiach is here for the children and because...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 18, 2009 | Revelations
I’ve been busy this week between Pesach and a community program for kids that I’m helping to run, but there will be numerous new articles coming soon. In the meantime, I wanted to share a quick revelation. The Hebrew vowel called kametz hagadol (a T-shape...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 12, 2009 | Revelations
Like our DNA and the Torah, there is no filler in the Zohar, everything has a purpose. Ever since discovering DNA our biologists and geneticists have assumed that large chunks of our genetic coding were just junk taking up space to keep the important stuff apart. We...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 10, 2009 | Revelations
Most people think the cleaning ends with the searching and the burning of the chametz erev Pesach, but that’s on the physical plain. During the 8 days of Pesach is when the real cleansing takes place. We are no longer cleaning our homes, but our souls. Think of...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 8, 2009 | Revelations
My daughter’s kindergarten class reenacted the Passover story and one of the questions asked of the kids was who was the hero? My daughter answer Aaron, “because he went with Moses to see Pharaoh,” while most of the kids said Moses. Now, my daughter...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 5, 2009 | Revelations
Still cleaning and cleansing… In the last installment in my personal pursuit to clean out my home and life and thus my soul, I mentioned the connection to Tzav and the last line of the 42-Letter Name (Ana B’koach), which is ShKVZYT. What I neglected to...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Apr 3, 2009 | Revelations
I haven’t written much this week. I’ve been too busy cleaning and cleaning. Every Pesach (Passover) we invite Eliyahu Hanavi and H’Mashiach into our homes and lives and if we’ve made the proper environment for them they will come. This Erev...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Mar 29, 2009 | Revelations
The Baal Shem Tov has said that he learned all the secrets of healing though the first verse of this 3rd Book in the Torah, Vayikra. I wish I knew them for I’d surely share them with as many people as I could, but I do understand how he could get them from this...
