Questions in the BibleThe First Ten QuestionsImry GalEinaiJune 6, 2011 by Imry GalEinaiJune 6, 2011187Questions come from doubt. Doubt comes from sin. Sin comes from illusion. The Torah was given to save us from false illusions. Illusion is in...
Jewish Home and Family LifeLife After DeathImry GalEinaiMay 18, 2011April 29, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMay 18, 2011April 29, 20142 66There are three levels of life: Living a healthy life in this world; life after spiritual death (sin); life after physical death. To live a...
Political ScienceThe Heart and Mind of Dealing with EnemiesImry GalEinaiMay 16, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMay 16, 2011February 23, 20142 51There are three ways to deal with enemies: surrender, fight, or make peace by neutralizing the root of their animosity. The Ba'al Shem Tov told...
Intermediate Level KabbalahFrom Afar God Appears to MeImry GalEinaiMarch 23, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 23, 2011February 23, 20140127In one verse King David says: "I place God before me always" ("שויתי הוי' לנגדי תמיד"). But in another he says: "My sin is before...
InspirationThe Unhappy TzadikImry GalEinaiMarch 22, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 22, 2011February 23, 2014098I would like to be a true tzadik (consummately righteous), but I'm not. Is it because I don't want enough, or is there some other...
PurimRectifiying Edom and IshmaelImry GalEinaiMarch 17, 2011April 16, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 17, 2011April 16, 2014147The two great exiles of the Jewish People in our days: Edom (אדום, 51) and Ishmael (ישמעאל, 451) equal 502 = "Cursed be Haman" (ארור...
InspirationSnake SpineImry GalEinaiMarch 15, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 15, 2011February 23, 20142 123In the Torah there are many applications to the "law of similars." One of them is that in order to kill a snake you must...
InspirationPreventive LoveImry GalEinaiMarch 12, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 12, 2011February 23, 2014134Loving a rasha does not mean to condone his evil deeds. If you love his soul you'll do everything possible to prevent him from doing...
InspirationLoving your OppositeImry GalEinaiMarch 12, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 12, 2011February 23, 2014040Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz (one of the great disciples of the Ba'al Shem Tov) said that a consummate tzadik (righteous person) is one who loves...
InspirationElisha's Chaotic SleepImry GalEinaiMarch 9, 2011February 23, 2014 by Imry GalEinaiMarch 9, 2011February 23, 20142 84Elisha Ben Avuya was dubbed Acher, "other," because he left the side of Torah (the side of faith) and went to the "other side" (the...