Tag Archives: Mashiach

Secrets of Purim

What is the deeper mystical meaning of the Purim festival? Is a Jew really required to get drunk on the holiday? And why does the Tanakh describe Mashiach as being able to judge by “smelling”? Find out in this class where we take a plunge into the science and Kabbalah of Purim. Also: what really happened when the Talmudic sage Rava “killed” Rabbi Zeira on Purim? What is the deeper reason for dressing up in costumes? And what was the real name of Mordechai?

For how the ten chapters of Esther correspond to the Ten Sefirot, see here.
For a detailed exploration of the “Four Who Entered Pardes”, see here.
For a written summary of this class, see ‘When Rava “Killed” Rabbi Zeira’.

Garments of Light, Volume Three Now Available!

What does the Torah say about time travel? Where was the Garden of Eden and what was the Forbidden Fruit? How will events transpire in the Messianic Era, and who exactly is Mashiach?

Find the surprising answers to these and other enigmatic questions in the long-awaited third volume of Garments of Light, now available here. The biggest and boldest one yet (weighing in at 505 pages), with a new collection of seventy essays on the weekly parasha and holidays—culled from some of the most popular ones posted here over the past decade (expanded and revised), as well as never-before-seen essays that are too esoteric (and controversial) to post on the internet. Each volume follows the array of Sefirot, so the theme of Volume Three is Tiferet, also called Emet, “Truth”. That said, expect to find an especially large dose of emet in this volume!

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Kabbalah of Music (Video)

What role did music play in Creation? And what is the song of Mashiach? Which instruments did King David play? Find out in this class where we explore the mystical power of music, the divine octave, the musical notes of the Torah, and much more. Also discussed: where did the Breslover Hasidic “Na Nach” concept come from? Can a Jew listen to the church music of Bach? And what is the significance of the number 91?

This class is based on the essays ‘Kabbalah of Music and the Piano’ and ‘Listening to Non-Jewish Music’ from the newly-released third volume of Garments of Light, available here.