A midrash reads: Once the waters had abated, Noah should have left the ark. However, Noah said to himself, “I entered with God’s permission, as it says, ‘Go into the ark’ (7:1). Shall I now leave without permission?” The Holy One, blessed be God, said to him, “Is it permission, then, that you are seeking? [...]
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The letter Hey (ה) has a gematrial/numerological value of 5. It’s the 5th letter of the Hebrew alefbet.
Hey has the easiest voice. The sound of Hey is only your out-breath, the exhalation of prana. It needs no effort, no motion of lips, tongue or mouth (Tanchuma Bereishis 16).
Our spirit (ru’ach) lives in our breath (ru’ach), [...]
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Oy gib me und heym voo der buffloxen gaym…
That would be Yiddish for “Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam…”
Buffloxen!!!
I’d like to talk about home in this post in relation to this week’s Parsha, B’REYSHIT! Yes, this Shabbat we being the cycle of reading the Torah all over again. We got a preview [...]
At the end of Genesis chapter 4, after the story of Cain and Hevel has played itself out to its painful conclusion, we read about the generations that followed. Meanwhile, the text tells us, Adam knew his wife again, and she bore Seth, who begot Enosh. “It was then,” the text tells us, “that men [...]
The holiday of temporary dwelling is upon us. Our tradition tells us that for eight days we need to build a sukkah, move into it, and be joyful. We are not only told what to do, but how to feel. The Torah explicitly tells us to be happy in our celebration [...]