One Opposite the Other
263) “God has made one opposite the other.” As there is in the firmament, the Creator made on earth. And […]
The Zohar
I Went Down into the Garden of Nut Trees
259) “I went down into the garden of nut trees.” This garden comes out of Eden, and it is the
Eighteen Mountains of Persimmon
257) Eighteen mountains of the upper persimmon is Yesod of Bina. It contains nine Sefirot of direct light and nine Sefirot of reflected light, thus, eighteen mountains.
Twelve Mountains of Persimmon
253) There is nothing that the Creator loves more than the prayer of the righteous. Even though He desires it,
He neither Ate Bread nor Drank Water
251) Rabbi Shimon sat and Rabbi Elazar, his son, stood and interpreted the words of the secrets of the wisdom.
Why Exile and Why to Egypt?
246) Why did the Creator wish to bring Israel down to exile in Egypt? Why the exile, and why specifically
Run Away, My Beloved
234) The great Rabbi Hiya went to Rabbi Shimon. He saw a screen of fire that was dividing the house,
I Am Black, and Beautiful
232) “And they said, ‘An Egyptian delivered us.’” They said, but they did not know what they said. It is
The Well of Moses and Jacob
228) Happy are the righteous. Jacob fled from his brother and came across a well, Nukva. When the well saw him,
Come from the Four Winds, O Wind
217) Ezekiel said, “Then He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
