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 | Dec 17, 2008 | Revelations
Chanukah: Eight days of Miracles Designed to Bring Mashiach It’s as innocent as the child’s dreidel, or the chocolate gelt. Four sides corresponding to the Tetragrammaton (YHVH), but 4 sides engraved with the Hebrew Letters G, H, N, and Sh. Four letters...
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...
by Jeffrey Meiliken | Dec 4, 2008 | Revelations
What does the word Vayetze tell us? We know that the spiritual essence of the assorted Torah parshot (portions) are found in its first verses, and sometimes in its first word. It’s not for nothing that very high level righteous souls (tzaddikim) gave them their...
