Mikveh and the Mystery of the 7 “Clean Days”
Mikveh and the Mystery of the 7 “Clean Days” It is stated in Shemot (Va'eira): “Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over thei...
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Mikveh and the Mystery of the 7 “Clean Days” It is stated in Shemot (Va'eira): “Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over thei...
Zohar HaKadosh on the Hidden Meaning of Shabbat Candles “The women of the holy nation are commanded to light Shabbat candles. And the Sages explained the rea...
Zohar on Shir HaShirim – The Mare and the Shekhinah The Zohar HaKadosh says that Shlomo HaMelech said: לסוסתי ברכבי פרעה – “Le-susati be-rikhvei Par'oh”...
Ta'anit Dibbur and Tikkun Lashon Hara The primary spiritual work of women is the refinement of the mouth and speech. Women find it more difficult than men to...
Tehillim 5, or How to Enter and Leave a Synagogue - "Va'ani berov chasdecha avo veitecha, eshtachaveh el heichal kodshecha beyiratecha" - (I, through Your ab...
May Jews Whistle? Jewish Prohibitions from Our Grandmothers In 5736, during a Farbrengen in honor of Rosh Chodesh of the month of Cheshvan (October 1975), the...
Food and Spiritual Issues A person's table (when kosher: with a bracha before eating and with Birkat Hamazon)—purifies him of all his transgressions and annu...
Pharaoh – Nape of the Neck – Food According to Kabbalah, Pharaoh symbolizes the nape of the neck and the throat. Pharaoh’s enslavement of the Jewish people c...
15 Tishrei – Yahrzeit of Deborah the Prophetess The prophetess Deborah—Deborah the Prophetess—was the fourth judge of the Jewish people during the era of the...
Zohar on Tehillim 25 — the prayer of “Nefilat Apayim” (falling on one's face) Tehillim 25:1 Rabbi Shimon said: לדוד אליך ה' נפשי אשא אלקי בך בטחתי וגו' — “Of...
Zohar on Tehillim 65 – Atonement for Sins Rabbi Chiya says: It is written in Tehillim (65:4): “Iniquities have prevailed over me, our transgressions aton...
“Shirat Devorah” – a segula for teshuvah and the annulment of all sins Chazal teach that Hashem loves when Israel sings songs to Him. The Torah be...