Partzuf: The Lost Children of the Haggadah
Every year, we gather at the seder table with four sons: “one wise, one wicked, one simple, and one who does not know how to...
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Partzuf: What Sacrifice, Nearness, Conflict, and Interior Have in Common
This week, we begin the third book of the Pentateuch, Vayikra. In English this book was named Leviticus, following the name given to it by...
Seven Types of Psychological Crises
The Shattering of the World of Chaos Post-traumatic growth is of course based on the metaphor of the growth of plants. In Chasidut, it is...
Partzuf: The Names of the Temple
Solomon’s Dream Parashat Terumah opens with the commandment, “They shall build me a Temple [Mikdash] and I will dwell among them”[1] (וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי...
Partzuf: The Ten Commandments and the Sefirot
The most explicit instance of a model with ten elements in the Torah is the Ten Commandments. Though the English term “commandments” is not precise,...
Partzuf: Four and Seven Idioms of Redemption
One of the foundations of the Seder is the four Idioms of Redemption (לשונות של גאולה): “I will free you… I will save you… I...
Partzuf: The Seven Liquids
The first of the Ten Plagues is blood. The water in the Nile and around it was transformed into blood. Of all the plagues this...
Partzuf: The Four All-Inclusive Sins of the Torah
Sometimes, the elements or ideas we gather and organize into a partzuf—a Kabbalistic model—have not been organized in the past. Although it may make a...
Partzuf: The Kings of Edom
At the end of parashat Vayishlach, the Torah describes the annals of Esau, also known as Edom. In 13 verses,[1] we read of 8 Edomite...
Partzuf: Hebron or 266
This week’s partzuf will be dedicated to taking an important word from the parashah and looking at various words or phrases with which it shares...
