main postsShlachHealingEating, Its Disorders, and How to Fix the WorldGal EinaiJune 3, 2021June 4, 2021 by Gal EinaiJune 3, 2021June 4, 2021070The Spies described the land of Israel as, “a land that devours its inhabitants”[1] (אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ). Countering them, Joshua and Caleb—the only two spies...
main postsShevatNo Extreme DietingGal EinaiFebruary 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by Gal EinaiFebruary 13, 2020February 13, 2020026According to the Book of Formation, the sense of the month of Shevat is the sense of eating (which includes drinking, as well). We might...
Chassidutmain postsPirkei AvotAnd You Thought Eating was a Simple Matter? Ethics of the Fathers 3:3Gal EinaiAugust 15, 2019 by Gal EinaiAugust 15, 2019052Rabbi Shimon would say: Three who eat at one table and do not speak words of Torah, it is as if they have eaten of idolatrous sacrifices;...
EikevDrawing down blessing from AboveImry GalEinaiAugust 10, 2012August 4, 2020 by Imry GalEinaiAugust 10, 2012August 4, 2020044The Zohar on parashat Eikev discusses the verse, “You will eat and be satisfied and you shall bless Havayah, your God for the good land...