Purim Lessons — Mordechai's “She'eilat Ba-Hakitz,” or How to Annul Decrees
“She'eilat Ba-Hakitz” (Questioning While Awake) of Mordechai From the Midrash “Esther Rabbah”, we learn that after Mordechai heard of Haman's plan to destroy a...
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“She'eilat Ba-Hakitz” (Questioning While Awake) of Mordechai From the Midrash “Esther Rabbah”, we learn that after Mordechai heard of Haman's plan to destroy a...
Rabbeinu Chida's Prayer Against All Types of Fear We are living in an extremely challenging time known as "Chevlei Mashiach" (the birth pangs of Mashiach). The...
Candles Before Purim – A Tradition of the Mekubalim Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Ofer conveys a tradition received from the Mekubalim: On the 13th, 14th, and 15th of A...
Prayers on Purim Night Rabbi Yeshua Pinto conveys the following tradition from the Mekubalim. The holy Arizal taught that the holiest 24 hours of the year a...
Rabbeinu Chida's Prayer for Peace Tefilah Al Ha-Shalom - a prayer for peace by Rabbeinu Chida (the mekubal Rabbi Yosef David Azulai), which he included in his...
Tehillim During the War of Gog and Magog and the Nigun of Mashiach During the era of Gog and Magog, Chazal draw our attention to the recitation of Tehillim 2,...
Stories of Tzadikim – Rav Yechezkel Abramsky A man who was about to undergo a complicated medical procedure involving a large-volume blood transfusion approach...
Tehillim During Wartime According to Shimush Tehillim “Shimush Tehillim” is an 11th-century manuscript written by Hai ben Sherira Gaon האי בר שרירא, better kno...
The DNA of the Jewish Soul—No Test Required The Sefer Yetzirah states: “Wisdom is spread through 32 paths,” referring to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet...
“Shirot ve-Tishbachot” are piyutim and hymns of praise. Manuscripts of “Shirot ve-Tishbachot” from several Kabbalistic schools have survived to this day: the...
Prayers for Motzaei Shabbat from "Midrash Talpiyot" for a Successful Week The great Kabbalist Rabbi Eliyahu HaKohen HaItamari of Smyrna (Izmir) presents two im...
Sipurei Tzadikim – Rabbi Aharon Harari-Rafoul The kabbalist Rabbi Aharon Harari-Rafoul and his wife Rachel endured a difficult life. As a young man, shortly af...