Monthly Archives: June 2023

Perhaps counterintuitively, it’s much harder to conceive of something infinitely large than it is to think of nothingness at all. Many people confuse the terms Ohr Ein Sof with Ein, the Infinite Light, light/energy without end, with complete absence, and … Continue reading →

Once we experience, even just a hint, that God exists at all in any situation we find ourselves in,  it’s a short step to understand that He is everywhere. From the most exalted heights we might imagine a proper abode … Continue reading →

Once we experience, even just a hint, that God exists at all in any situation we find ourselves in,  it’s a short step to understand that He is everywhere. From the most exalted heights we might imagine a proper abode … Continue reading →

Rashi famously scans the first two words (after the initial “And God said to Moses, saying”) of Parshat Shelach, Shelach Lecha, Send yourself, l’da’atcha, to your own wisdom. Traditionally, we always explain this to mean that God leaves it up … Continue reading →

Sefer BaMidbar is commonly (i.e. in non-Jewish circles) known as the Book of Numbers, and numbers do, indeed, play a large part in what there is to learn that goes much deeper the pshat, simple or surface definition.It’s a basic … Continue reading →