by Jeffrey Meiliken | Jan 21, 2011 | Revelations
The other day my son brought home his science work, which stated that Jupiter, the 5th planet from the Sun, had an orbit of 778.5 million km from it. That was pretty astonishing given that the Sun’s surface temperature is 5778K and that 5778 is the year the...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Nov 3, 2009 | Revelations
The portion Lech Lecha, the 3rd in the Torah, is about letting go of our negativity and moving on. According to the Arizal, there are 5 level of Holiness (of the soul) and 4 of evil, since there is no level of evil corresponding to the highest level, yechida. This is...
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...