Lag BaOmer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the thirty-third day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of Iyar; one reason given for the holiday is as the day of passing of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai author of the Zohar. Rabbi Shimon commanded his students at his passing, They… Continue reading »
May
10
Apr
15
THE CABALA OF MOSHIACH
Many Jewish communities in the United States mark the last day of Passover as the end of a Jewish holiday that celebrates the deliverance of Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. A hundred and six years ago a Rebbe in Russia proclaimed, the four Alephim were coming into the world and therefore commanded his followers… Continue reading »
Apr
12
THE CABALA OF THE 7TH DAY
The seventh day of Passover is the day the sea split; a week has passed since the Exodus from Egypt and the Israelites have stopped on the banks of the sea with the Egyptians in close pursuit as the holiday concludes. The birth of the Jewish People becoming a nation concludes with the breaking of… Continue reading »
Apr
09
THE CABALA OF CHOL HAMOED
Chol Hamoed (literally, The weekdays of the holiday) are the intermediate days of Passover in the spring and Sukut in the fall; they are the days sandwiched between the beginning and end holy days of both festivals. Passover is seven days long because it took seven days to leave the slavery of Egypt and become… Continue reading »
Apr
06
THE CABALA OF PASSOVER
After centuries of slavery, Passover, referring to the way in which God passed over the homes of the Israelites during the night while killing the Egyptian first born, the last of the Ten Plagues was being visited upon the Egyptians. The Cabala explains, God went against God’s own kind nature by killing the first born… Continue reading »
Apr
05
THE CABALA OF CHOMETZ
Chametz is the antithesis of matzah, the unleavened bread eaten on Passover to recall the haste in which the Jewish People left Egypt, and the humble faith by which redemption is merited. In the Hebrew language the difference between Chametz and matzah are two letters that look similar to a house – two sides and… Continue reading »
Mar
08
THE CABALA OF PURIM
Purim, the Jewish holiday rooted in the Book of Esther recalls a failed Persian plot to exterminate the Jews; Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu gave President Obama a copy of the Book of Esther during a visit this week in which the two discussed the tension with Iran. The Book of Esther, a story taking place 2500-years-ago… Continue reading »
Feb
08
THE CABALA OF THE TREE
Today, on the full moon of this month, celebrates the holiday of Tu BiShavat, New Year of the Trees; the New Year is a method to calculate the age of a tree. One of the 613 Commandments given to the Jewish People 3500 years ago is not to eat the fruit of a tree grown… Continue reading »
Dec
20
CABALA (KABBALAH) OF CHANUKAH
Chanukah is an eight day holiday marking the victory of the Jews against Greek persecution; when the Jewish People came to rededicate the Temple, they found only one flask of oil with which to light the Menorah for one day, but the oil miraculously lasted for eight days. The Cabala teaches, Oil represents essence; anything… Continue reading »
Nov
07
CABALA (KABBALAH) AND PROPHETIC PEOPLE
Millions of Muslims from around the world were in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the first day of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that every able-bodied Muslim is expected to perform at least once in his or her life. The Torah and the Koran are the two prophetic texts based on languages, Hebrew… Continue reading »
2012 and the Cabala
