Did Rabbinic Judaism really come from Pharisee Judaism? Were the Sages of the Talmud themselves Pharisees (“Perushim”)? Find out the surprising answer in this short video!
For the full class on ‘Understanding Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes’, see here.
Please see also ‘The Mystery and Mysticism of the Essenes’
This Wednesday, the 5th of Iyar, is Israel’s Independence Day, Yom Ha‘Atzmaut. That the State of Israel was born on this date in particular is no coincidence. On the surface, the reason it happened on this date is because that was when the British Mandate expired, and was the earliest opportunity for the Zionist leadership to declare independence. Behind this, however, there is a far deeper mystical reason. Continue reading