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The Chinukh of Chanukka
By admin
In Chanukka, Holiday Teachings
Posted December 2, 2020

The Chinukh of Chanukka

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.” [...]

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The Coveted Sukkah of Sodom
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In Featured, Holiday Teachings, Short Teachings, Sukkot
Posted September 30, 2020

The Coveted Sukkah of Sodom

"Anyone who fulfills the mitzvah of sukkah in this world, will get a perpetual share (are you ready for this) in the Sukkah of Sodom” [Pesikta d'Rav Kahana].

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Video–Rosh HaShana and the Kabbalistic Mystery of Nesira
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In Elul, Holiday Teachings, Rosh Hashana
Posted September 6, 2020

Video–Rosh HaShana and the Kabbalistic Mystery of Nesira

R. Tsadok notes that Rosh Hashana (humanity's birthday) is actually a very strange Yom Tov given the debate between Hillel and Shamai about whether its better to be born...or not.

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Chai Elul—A Rosh HaShana Teaching for the Baal Shem Tov’s Birthday
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In Elul, Holiday Teachings, Rosh Hashana
Posted September 6, 2020

Chai Elul—A Rosh HaShana Teaching for the Baal Shem Tov’s Birthday

R. Tsadok notes that Rosh Hashana (humanity's birthday) is actually a very strange Yom Tov given the debate between Hillel and Shamai about whether its better to be born...or not.

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The Reward of a Mitzvah
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In Holiday Teachings, Shavuot
Posted May 21, 2020

The Reward of a Mitzvah

The Zohar is teaching that HaShem (so to speak) looked into Him/Her/Itself and articulated a will for a creation that would revel in the glory of G-d. That vision and all the myriad ways it could [...]

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Shavuot through the years
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Shavuot
Posted May 20, 2020

Shavuot through the years

Shavuot teachings over the years (2008-2016).

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Pesach Through the Years
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Pesach
Posted March 28, 2020

Pesach Through the Years

Pesach teachings over the years (2003-present.)

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A Short Tribute to Etrog for Tu B’Shvat
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In Holiday Teachings, Tu B'Shvat
Posted January 14, 2020

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.

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Chanukka—Harbinger of Messianic Gender Shifts to Come
By admin
In Chanukka, Holiday Teachings
Posted December 10, 2019

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.” [...]

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Masters of Judgement
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In Elul, Holiday Teachings, Rosh Hashana
Posted September 18, 2019

Masters of Judgement

Rosh Hashana marks the conception (when the thought of creation arose within the mind of G-d) and Pesach marks the actual birth (when an actual “creature” evolved that could hold the level of [...]

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Rosh HaShana Through the Years
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Elul, Holiday Teachings, Rosh Hashana
Posted September 2, 2019

Rosh HaShana Through the Years

A bounty of teachings on how to prepare for Rosh HaShana and how to direct one's intentions on the day itself. Teachings about teshuva, prayer and shofar.

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A TEACHING FOR THE FAST OF TAMMUZ
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In Holiday Teachings, Tammuz
Posted June 28, 2019

A TEACHING FOR THE FAST OF TAMMUZ

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not opted for duality, preferring Knowledge of Good and Evil over the Tree of Life’s non-dual Knowledge-of-the-Holy-One.  It is also [...]

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Black Fire on White Fire–Torah of Atzilut
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In Holiday Teachings, Shavuot
Posted May 31, 2019

Black Fire on White Fire–Torah of Atzilut

This Torah of Atzilut was what Adam would have received had he not opted for duality, preferring Knowledge of Good and Evil over the Tree of Life’s non-dual Knowledge-of-the-Holy-One.  It is also [...]

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The Klipah Precedes the Fruit
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In Holiday Teachings, Tu B'Shvat
Posted January 16, 2019

The Klipah Precedes the Fruit

“If the Torah had not been given, we would still have learned modesty from the cat, industriousness from the ant…” and many important instructions-by-example from the plant kingdom. [TB Eruvin [...]

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ZOT CHANUKKA–A TRIBUTE TO THE SHEKHINA
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In Chanukka, Holiday Teachings
Posted November 26, 2018

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 [...]

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Shame is Nothing to Be Ashamed About
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In Elul, Holiday Teachings, Rosh Hashana
Posted September 1, 2018

Shame is Nothing to Be Ashamed About

Rosh HaShana 5779 / 2018[1] Sarah Yehudit Schneider Divine perfection, in order for it to be infinite, must include the possibility of perfecting…a never-ending process by which perfection [...]

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The Shame Behind Causeless Hatred
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Tisha B'Av
Posted July 5, 2018

The Shame Behind Causeless Hatred

A Tisha B’Av Talk and Suggestion for Elul Work Sarah Yehudit Schneider My question is: how can it be, that for two thousand years we’ve known that Baseless Hatred is what caused our exile, [...]

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Converts: Unsung Heroes of the Oral Torah
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In Holiday Teachings, Shavuot
Posted May 8, 2018

Converts: Unsung Heroes of the Oral Torah

Shavuot 5778 / 2018 Sarah Yehudit Schneider “And you shall know the soul of a convert // because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” [Ex 23:9] All HaShem’s secrets are buried in the [...]

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Symbolic Resonance Permeates the Seder
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Passover, Pesach, Pesach Through the Years
Posted March 18, 2018

Symbolic Resonance Permeates the Seder

Pesach 5778 / 2018 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Kadesh. Urchatz We start the seder by pronouncing the fifteen steps that will comprise our evening’s ritual which (among other things) marks the [...]

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The Akeida–A Hero’s Journey
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Rosh Hashana
Posted September 10, 2017

The Akeida–A Hero’s Journey

This essay presents Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Gellman’s exploration of the Mei HaShiloach’s teachings on the Akeida that appears in his book “The Fear, the Trembling, and the Fire.” There may be some [...]

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When the People are Ready the Obstacles Dissolve
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Tisha B'Av
Posted July 26, 2017

When the People are Ready the Obstacles Dissolve

Tisha B’av 5777 / 2017 Sarah Yehudit Schneider [When you come into your Promised Land] HaShem will only uproot the nations before you gradually, little by little. You will not be able to [...]

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Turning Wisdom into Oral Torah
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Shavuot
Posted May 24, 2017

Turning Wisdom into Oral Torah

Shavuot 5777 / 2017 Sarah Yehudit Schneider If it’s truth then it’s also Torah. [TY RH 3:8] If it’s wisdom then it’s also Torah. [M. Tanchuma, Vayelekh 2] Yet, not exactly, because: [If someone [...]

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Blessed Be the Makom…Blessed Be the Giver of Torah…
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Holiday Teachings, Pesach Through the Years
Posted March 30, 2017

Blessed Be the Makom…Blessed Be the Giver of Torah…

Pesach 5777 / 2017 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Blessed be the Makom (Place). Blessed be He. Blessed be the one who gave Torah to His people, Israel. Blessed be He. The Torah addresses four children.  [...]

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Meditation #10 – The Obstacle of Strange Fire (part 2 of 2)
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Featured, Illustrated Video Teachings, Meditation
Posted February 8, 2016

Meditation #10 – The Obstacle of Strange Fire (part 2 of 2)

A spiritual path asks its adherents to walk their talk.  Yet that is easier said than done. Most of us are challenged by the obstacle of Strange Fire.  Meditation, and in particular the practice [...]

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The Obstacle of Strange Fire — #9
By Sarah Yehudit Schneider
In Featured, Illustrated Video Teachings, Meditation
Posted January 11, 2016

The Obstacle of Strange Fire — #9

One of the most difficult and subtle challenges of a spiritual path is the matter of “strange fire” which we’ll define as: “taking pleasure from something that violates one’s own [...]

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