How do we make sense of archaeological evidence of advanced ancient civilizations going back 12,000 years? Who really built the Pyramids and the Sphinx? And who produced the Lascaux Cave Paintings that date back 20,000 years? Find out in this eye-opening class where we explore the mystical notion of cosmic Sabbaticals and Jubilee cycles. Plus: revealing the incredible secret concealed in the first letter of the Torah, and where in the Cosmic Jubilee are we currently situated?
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The Mystical Meaning of Snow
This week we begin reading Shemot, the Book of Exodus, and are reminded of some of the smaller details which are sometimes forgotten. One of these is when Moses asked God to provide him with signs that he could use to prove to the Israelites that he is really the redeemer (Exodus 4). God gives Moses three signs: the first is Moses’ staff transforming into a serpent, the second is Moses’ hand becoming “leprous like snow”, and the third is turning water into blood.
The first sign we later see expanded in the famous episode where Moses and Aaron go head-to-head with Pharaoh’s magicians and a serpentine battle ensues. The third sign would, of course, become the First Plague. But what of the middle sign? What is the meaning behind Moses’ hand becoming snowy? Even more intriguingly, the word “snow”, sheleg (שלג), actually appears for the very first time in the Torah right here. As a general rule, when a word appears for the first time in the Torah, it is there that we find its true significance. What is the spiritual significance of snow? Continue reading