Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitz: Loud Prayer of the Angels on Earth
Rabbi Mordechai Yoffe of Lechovitz was born in 5502 (1742) to Rabbi Noach Haparnas of Nesvizh (in Belarus). He was orphaned as a child. In...
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Kabbalah and the Art of Tying Your Shoelaces
First put on your right shoe, then your left shoe, then bind your left shoe, and finally bind your right shoe. That's the way Jews...
Fleeing from God
An angel asked Hagar, Sarai's maid, "where are you coming from and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm fleeing from Sarai my mistress" ("אֵי...
The Evolution of Where
There are three forms of the question "where?" in Biblical Hebrew. They first appear in the Torah in evolving order, both grammatically and numerically. The first...
The Worm of Scepticism
Elisha Acher came out of paradise a heretic. What went wrong? A worm had been eating away at him all the time. The worm's name:...
Male and Female Angels
After Shema, morning and evening, we continue: "May the Name of the glory of His kingdom be blessed for ever and ever." The first verse,...
Angles on Angels
Every person has his angle or perspective on reality. Every angle is an angel. Just imagine how many angels there are. The three lower worlds,...
Flying Lesson #1: Jewish Levitation
There is a physical exercise called "Jewish levitation," based upon a mystical "unification" gleaned from the writings of the holy Ari. Its first 4 stages:...
