The Hebrew word for breathing is Neshimah – נְשִׁימָה. The Hebrew word for the soul is Neshamah – נְשָׁמָה. The נְשָׁמָה is […]
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Nefesh Ibbur: Shemini Atzeret and Shidduchim
The Neshamah of Yid goes to the next world. We know this already, but what about that spark that is the Nefesh? […]
Lilith: The Origin of Demonic Femininity
Sefer “Alpha Beta de-Ben Sira” states that when Adam Ha-Rishon was born, Hashem made him a partner in the same manner that […]
The Esoteric Nature of The Letter “Alef”
The first letter of the Hebrew Alefbet is Alef (א). The word “Alef” means “master”. This letter represents the singularity – the […]
The Esoteric Nature of The Letter “Ayin”
The word “Ayin” means “Eye”. It is also the name of the letter that this word starts with. It is closed from […]
Shabbat vs The Idol of Harvesting
On Shabbat, I heard two Jews conversing on the topic of the stringencies that involve the prohibition of harvesting on Shabbat. One […]
Eretz Yisrael: The Divine Connection
There is a divine relationship between The Creator and the nation who received His Torah. The Nation of Israel has a divine […]
Torah: The Divine Light
Ascending to a higher level of spirituality is a product of dveykut (דבקות) – bonding to HaShem. I once saw the word […]
Counteracting the Negative Energies of Celestial Bodies
Our sages said that the Moon, Mars, and Saturn were affiliated with negative spiritual energy. The celebration of the ראש חודש (against the Moon), […]
The Shekhinah Under The Khuppah
The word “Shekhinah” (shoreish: שכן) refers to the esoteric idea that this softer, relatively less immense energy of G-d could dwell in the physical […]