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 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 | 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...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 5, 2008 | Revelations
The verse V’Ydber Adonai El Moshe L’emor וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר Why is the verse V’Ydber Adonai El Moshe L’emor repeated so often in the Torah and what does it have to do with Creation? In an earlier article we discussed how the...
