Rambam on the Importance of Sound Sleep
How Long Should One Sleep? Everyone knows that the body needs sound sleep in order to recover. Some studies indicate that 7 hours is the optimal amount of...
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How Long Should One Sleep? Everyone knows that the body needs sound sleep in order to recover. Some studies indicate that 7 hours is the optimal amount of...
How to Get Rid of Gallstones Rabbi David Ben Hasin was one of the leaders of the Meknes community in Morocco 200 years ago and was a renowned cantor. He was a...
Jewish Psychosomatics: Women's Breasts and Spiritual Problems The female breast as a source of nourishment for the Jewish soul. This post discusses the orga...
The Luz Bone and Melaveh Malkah Our Sages, of blessed memory, teach that there is a bone in the human body that does not decompose or succumb to decay. The...
Jewish Psychosomatics – The Liver In the Zohar HaKadosh (Part II, folio 153, p. 1), it says: “There are three rulers—the brain, the heart, and the liver.” T...
Jewish Psychosomatics Organs of the Body Our Sages taught: “The kidneys advise, the heart accepts, the tongue divides, the mouth gathers, the esophagus conv...
The 32 Teeth and the Tikkun of Grinding Food The Ari HaKadosh explains in Shaar Ta'amei HaMitzvot, on Parashat Eikev: “Throughout the meal, or at least whil...
Jewish Psychosomatics — The Connection Between Mental Disorders and Spiritual Problems Mental illnesses are caused by chemical imbalances in the human b...
Jewish Psychosomatics – The Immune System\r\n\r\nThe immune system in Hebrew is “ma'arechet ha-chisun” - מערכת החיסון.\r\n\r\nThe sefirah of hod is associated w...
Jewish Psychosomatics: The Human Body and the Patriarchs According to the Zohar HaKadosh The body and the two arms correspond to the patriarchs, while the head...
Jewish Psychosomatics — The Connection Between Vision and Spiritual Problems The human eye is a symbol of the entire world. The cornea (the white of the eye) h...
Jewish Psychosomatics – 18 Vertebrae The Amidah prayer contains 18 blessings (and 1 that was added later). The bows during the central Jewish prayer "Amida...