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Tag: Oral Torah

Turning Wisdom into Oral Torah

Our Written Torah is fixed and final.  Its sequence of letters, spacings, stories
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Sifra, Sefer, Sippur

The Torah, says Sefer Yetzira, is really three in one. There’s the Torah
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Purim 2021: Who is Charvonah…

Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one
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The Reward of a Mitzvah

The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and
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Turning Noga into Chashmal

Chashmal thus becomes the codeword for embracing paradox by skirting back and forth
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Black Fire on White Fire: Torah of Atzilut

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not
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Converts: Unsung Heroes of the Oral Torah

Shavuot 5778 / 2018 "And you shall know the soul of a convert,
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From Eden to Purim: Simcha shel Mitzvah

Purim 2018 / 5778 To succeed in our mission we must become connoisseurs
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When the Body Gives Light to the Soul

Purim, 5777 / 2017 R. Tsadok HaKohen broadens the definition of Oral Torah
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The Menorah: Secret of Ruach HaKodesh

Chanukka 2016 / 5777 The menorah symbolizes the Oral Torah—the light that we
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On Chanukka Everyone’s a High Priest

A Chanukha Teaching–2011 Based on R. Tsadok Hakohen, Pri Tsadik – Chanuka #1
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