Bittersweet is the Sweetest
The Ba'al Shem Tov taught that Amalek (עמלק, 240), Israel's archenemy, is equal to "doubt" (ספק). No doubt that he is the original skeptic. Amalek...
Tag : Elisha Acher
Elisha's Chaotic Sleep
Elisha Ben Avuya was dubbed Acher, "other," because he left the side of Torah (the side of faith) and went to the "other side" (the...
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:...
