Torah & Kabbalah

Weekly Torah portion with the commentary from the Chumash Ha Arizal, by Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Grandmaster of Kabbalah, illustrated with world's best art.

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Sunday, March 9, 2025

Ki Tisa - Love your wife

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To understand what it means, " You must observe my Shabbat day ," we need to look at the first letters of the words. אַךְ אֶ ת- ש...

Monday, December 9, 2024

Vayishlach - Why did Jacob get into a fight with a man at night?

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Jacob got into a fight with a man he met at night . Why did Jacob put himself in danger by going out alone at night? The story goes that aft...

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Listen, Earth! (Haazinu)

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What does Moses mean when he says, " Listen attentively, Heaven, and I will speak; give ear, Earth, to my words ?" The Torah has t...

Sunday, August 18, 2024

How to drink? (Ekev)

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The word "drink" has a numerical value of 715 . This is composed of four spellings of the name "everpresent," three spel...

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram (Korach)

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Dathan and Abiram were priests (Levy), but they wanted more. They argued that "all the Jewish people are holy," and everyone has t...

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Whose Bad, Moshe or All Else? (Behaalotcha)

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When Jews wanted meat, God killed them. Moses said to God, " If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I...

Saturday, May 25, 2024

Meditation for Lag B'Omer Day – Gratitude ad Infinitum

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The Sefirah associated with the day Lag B'Omer (today) is Glory within Glory or gratitude inside gratitude. When a man is grateful to Go...

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