Tag: sefirot

Worlds, Souls, Divinity–Inspired by the Komarna Rebbe

This is a teaching about prayer as conveyed by the Komarna Rebbe (R. Yitzchak Eisik Safrin, 1806 – 1874). It is only tangentially related to Purim, though it does appear in his commentary on Megillat Esther. Furthermore, since Purim is a most propitious time for prayer, it is an appropriate teaching for the occasion. But mostly, it is a subject I wanted to broach, and this concurrence of commentary and prayer focus provides an opportunity to do so.

Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women–2

We are Inviting women from around the world to join the actual Jerusalem-based event via zoom (enabled by Shifra Hendrie who has offered her expanded zoom link for the occasion). And… Sharing the nusach/script of the ceremony so you can prepare for the event and, if you are unable to join our Jerusalem ceremony, you can create your own High Council, either on your own or with friends.

Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women

Our Fruit Tree and Vegetable Kingdom Role Models

On Tu B’Shvat we celebrate our generous and magnificent fruit trees that selflessly nourish the world for no other reason than that it’s what they are designed to do. May we honor them back by preserving their habitat, mulching their soil, protecting their pollinators, providing fresh water, repelling their pests and (on their new year’s day) praying for them to enjoy a healthy, lush and fruitful year.

A Short Tribute to Etrog for Tu B’Shvat

The word for etrog (אתרוג) relates to the Hebrew root, רגג, which means, “to long and desire.” For this reason etrog corresponds to to the heart area, the center of conscious emotion and desire.

Chanukka—Harbinger of Messianic Gender Shifts to Come

Since Chanukka and Purim reference toward the future, R. Luria associates them with Mashiach ben David, and the 7th marriage blessing when “the woman of valor becomes the crown to her husband.” R. Luria brings fascinating evidence of the gender shifts that weave through the messianic lineage and narrative.

ZOT CHANUKKA–A TRIBUTE TO THE SHEKHINA

The kabbalists read into Chanukka’s eight days, a journey of progressive tikun down through the sefirot from Binah to Malchut. Curiously, Binah associates with the higher Shekhina called Ima (literally, Mother) and Malchut associates with the lower Shekhina called Nukba (literally, Woman). Chanukka thus begins and ends on a feminine note. The first candle (of Binah) accompanies all the subsequent lights, and its last candle (of Malchut) gets honored with a name of its own—Zot Chanukka—(in part) because it enacts the last frame of the Shekhina’s moonlike odyssey (as we shall see).

Tag: sefirot

Worlds, Souls, Divinity–Inspired by the Komarna Rebbe

Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women–2

Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women

Our Fruit Tree and Vegetable Kingdom Role Models

A Short Tribute to Etrog for Tu B’Shvat

Chanukka—Harbinger of Messianic Gender Shifts to Come

ZOT CHANUKKA–A TRIBUTE TO THE SHEKHINA

Masters of the Saf — Purim 2015 / 5775

Plagues by Land…Plagues by Sea

The Power of a Good Eye

The Book of Esther is a Map of Feminine Development

Anger Drives the Plot

A Time for Silence, A Time for Speech

I Am the First, I Am the Last

Torah of Souls

Mesirut Nefesh and Oral Torah

How to Identify the Crown Princess

The Cosmic, Seven Millenia Wine Party

Knowing that You Don’t Know

Manna and Haman

Haman as Archetype of Narcissism

Amalek At The Crossroads

The Service of Purim IS Lots

The Blessings and the Curse

Haman and the Tree of Knowledge

Rosh Hashana

Cheshvan

Chanukka

Tu B'Shvat

Purim

Shavuot

Tisha B'Av

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