All posts tagged "Jewish mysticism"

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  Behaalotecha: Living in Love’s Ways and Means

  By Ariel Ben Avraham .“So it was, whenever the ark [of the Covenant between God and Israel] set out, Moses would say,...

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  Bechukotai: Our Relationship with the Creator

  By Ariel Ben Avraham. In previous commentaries in our blog about this portion (Parshat Bechukotai: “Following Love’s Ways” on May 2, 2010...

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  Behar: Serving the Love of God

  The Torah defines the Jewish identity as the people who are destined to serve the Creator. The entire Torah is about our...

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  Tzav: Elevating our Life to God’s Love

  Ariel Ben Avraham . Tzav continues detailing the offerings to be brought to the Creator in order to be close to Him....

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  Ki Tisa: The Attributes of God’s Love

  By Ariel Ben Avraham . Our highest knowledge of God and His Love (represented by Moses) enables the highest awareness of our...

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  Purim: The Meaning of the Jewish Identity

  By Ariel Ben Avraham . We have referred in this blog in various occasions to the Jewish identity as defined by the...

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  Tetzaveh: Living our Connection with God’s Love

  by Ariel Ben Avraham  The Sanctuary and the High Priest relate to each other not as complements but as parts of the...

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  The Sanctuary as the Connection with God’s Love – Terumah

  by Ariel Ben Avraham  The Torah, Israel, the Promised Land, and the Temple of Jerusalem are the essential elements to reveal God’s...

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  Love as the Meaning of Life – Beshalach

  by Ariel Ben Avraham. One of the fundamental principles that the Torah teaches, and the book of Exodus in particular, is the...

• Blogs

  Bo: From Darkness to Light

  by Ariel Ben Avraham  The last three plagues prior to the Exodus from Egypt came with a deeper awareness of the Creator...

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  The Jewish Spiritual Approach to Ego

  The Creation of the Universe with the 22 Hebrew Letters. Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar by Ariel Ben Avraham We...

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  Lech Lecha – Walking Before the Creator

  Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Art by Phillip Ratner Ratnermuseum The portion of this week starts saying: “And G-d...

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  Va etchanan – The Oneness of Israel and Divine Love

  “I beseeched G-d at that time” (Deuteronomy 3:23). Moses fulfilled his transcendental mission as the zealous vigilant-guide who led the children of...