Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Iterations of 2/3

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On comments to a  previous post, someone left a comment pointing to their blog, which brought an idea that the Geulah is related to iteratio...
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Yesod

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It is brought in Kabbalah that Yesod is made up of 3 sections.  The first 2 are Yesod, and the 3rd is Ateret HaYesod.  Furthermore, Yesod of...
Monday, February 23, 2009

For Everything There is a Time

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לכל זמן ועת לכל חפץ תחת השמים עת ללדת - יציאת מצרים, שנמשלה ללידה, הן בעולם התחתון והן בעולם העליון עת למות - הוא עונש לחטא המרגלים, במדבר ...
Monday, February 16, 2009

On Gematrias of Years

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5770 may indeed include 770, which is the Gematra of Beit Moshiach, בית משיח but... Beit Moshiach doesn't necessarily have to do with M...
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Misconceptions - Geulah in 5770

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Last year, I posted a translation of Zohar Chadash: Ma'amar Darach Kokhav miYaakov .  In this section of the Zohar, there is a descripti...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

On Israeli Politics

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Anyone who has followed this blog and follows Israeli politics can realize that my views jive with the Ichud Leumi .  There is no other parl...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Sha'ar Maamrei Rashbi - VaEra

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There (meaning Zohar, section 2) on page 27a, at the end of the page, it is written like this: Rebbi Elazar said from the upper right side g...

Off topic: I was at the supermarket...

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This has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter of this blog.  But regardless... I was in line at the local supermarket yesterday...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Why is Galus Edom So Long?

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It occurred to me that we have never examined in detail why Galus Edom is longer than the punishment for Mechirat Yosef.  (That is to say sp...
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Sunday, February 1, 2009

And the Land Opened Its Mouth

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http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3664948,00.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3664985,00.html This article states tha...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

I'm Back

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There was recently a tragic death in the family, shivah is ending, and I just got back from Chu"l.  May Hashem comfort the mourners.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The False Prophets

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See these two videos: Yitzchak Rabin discusses the idea of missiles on cities in Israel. Members of the Knesset discuss how the Disengagem...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

On Zohar Vayechi

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See the translation here . The Zohar lists 3 exiles: Galut Mitzraim Galut Shoftim The "Current" Galut, which started at the time o...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

On Gaza

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(The majority of the below was written during the week of Vayigash, before the IDF's invasion of the Gaza Strip.  I will post the dated ...
Monday, December 29, 2008

Aderet Eliyahu on Miketz - English

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Breishit 42:9 - "And Yosef remembered the dreams etc" until verse 13.  At first glance, one could ask what this is trying to tell ...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Aderet Eliyahu on MiKeitz

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Below is the GR"A's Aderet Eliyahu on MiKeitz, Breishit 42:9 in Hebrew.  I hope to have time to translate it soon. מב ט) ויזכור יוס...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

1200 Years of Galut - 3 Versions

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The Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar on page 4b And immediately after it went up, "and they went without strength before the pursuer...
Monday, December 15, 2008

The Calculation of Mechirat Yosef

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See here for the full ma'amar from the Zohar Chadash. And when they were finished, the sin of Sinat Chinam caused (punishment), that th...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008

On the Midrash Ne'elam Timeline

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I'd like to write a little bit of analysis on the Midrash Ne'elam of Parshat Toldot, referring to the timing of Techiyat HaMeitim.  ...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

New Blog in Hebrew

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I've put up a separate blog with some of the summary posts from this blog translated in to Hebrew. Here's the link.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Return of Prophecy from Chayei Ha'Avot

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(As an extension of this group of posts.) According to the chronologies that we have, with their precision and imprecision, we can establis...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

It's Also About the Tekufah

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Birkat HaChamah is when the Tekufat Nissan moment falls in the beginning of the night on the 4th day of the week. In the year of Yetziat Mit...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Reflection on the Elections

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It did not occur to me until today. In order to break free of the Outer Klipah of the Left, we must pull away from our orientation to the Kl...
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Rebbi Abahu's Calculation

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At the end of Yerushalmi Sukkah, there is a puzzling Gemara.  There is a discussion regarding the 24 watches of Kohanim.  Every week, the wo...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Synchronization

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We can view the 6000 years of history as 50 days, each one the length of Moshe's life, 120 years.  Alternatively, we can view history as...
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Noach as the 8th Day

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To rework in a new way what I wrote regarding Parshat Tazria: For 7 days after the birth of a boy, a mother is in a biblical state of Tumah,...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Chumash Chronology Spreadsheet

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I've put together a simple spreadsheet with the chronology as it develops in the Chumash, showing the generations from Adam HaRishon unt...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Thoughts on Yehezkel

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The Haftarah for Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot is from Yehezkel chapter 38-39. It is insightful to view the context. Chapter 36 - The prophecy ...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Transitions

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The Zohar speaks about the timing of the Geulah, with the most abundant number of "dates" given in Parshat Vayera 119 . I have me...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Yovel and Geulah

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(Hopefully this post will summarize all the posts on the subject of Yovel to date, as this still seems to be a topic of interest for many.  ...
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