ואנכי הסתר אסתיר
The Miracles of Everyday Nature
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The Rebuke – the בעל קורא’s Aliyah
כרמים תטע ועבדת, ויין לא תשתה ולא תאגר כי תאכלנו התלעת Though you plant vineyards and work them, you shall not drink wine nor store because the worm shall eat them. The Custom of Not Calling the בעל קורא for his twice annual Aliyah There is a twice-a-year custom in which during the reading of … Read more
Removing the Sun from its Sheath – without vaporizing the solar system
The Two Kings and the Cosmic נרתיק: A Scientific Hypothetical Interpretation of a Midrash
For millennia, Jewish tradition has maintained that the cosmos we observe today is fundamentally fractured, operating in a state of diminished spiritual and physical reality. The Torah describes an initial universe where light was perfectly balanced, a harmony that was lost and which the Messianic era is destined to restore.
Letters of the Soul – נ
נפל לתוכו יין או מחל ושנו מקצת מראיו, אם אין בו מראה מים ארבעים סאה, הרי זה לא יטבל בו Wine or sap [the liquid from pressed olives which is not oil] fell in it, and changed some of its appearance, if it does not have the appearance of water [in the amount of] forty … Read more
Proper Transmission of Torah – המניח את הכד
המניח את הכד One who puts down the ‘Jug’ The ‘Jug’ is a reference to “the” twenty-four (24) books of the Torah[1] (see Kabbalistic commentaries on the verse[i] וכדה על שכמה) – as the Mishna does not state המניח את כדו but rather “the (known) jug”. Here we are talking about one who puts this … Read more
ישראל אריה ליב
On how to spell ישראל אריה ליב Based on the name of Yisroel Aryeh Leib Schneerson O.B.M. Biography The youngest brother of the seventh (7th) Lubavitcher Rebbe, R’ Yisroel Arye Leib, known as Leibel, was born to his parents Rabbi Levi Yitzĉok and Ĉana Schneerson on the twenty-first (21st) of Iyar, in the year 5666, … Read more
Stepping over the Silver Spoon
a discussion on potential homiletical meaning behind the Chabad custom of the groom and bride stepping over a silver spoon on the threshhold of the Yichud Room.
The ברכה Dimension
On viewing Dimensional Mathematics through the lens of Kabbalah
Letters of the Soul – ה
הטביל בו את המטה
A soul can always be rendered Tahor, by means of accepting the yoke of Heaven. A soul’s purpose.
לאמר
on the word לאמר, which is disconnected from its verse.