Great Mystics
If our souls are embers, smoldering within, then a Great Mystic is the bellow, fanning that ember until it burns with Divinity.
At times it is hard to hear; at times it is difficult to see; and at times it is a struggle to believe. This is why sprinkled throughout time and space there are people who open our eyes, unplug our ears, remove our barriers. They take heaven and give us a taste here on earth and they inspire us to do the same. These are the leaders, the teachers, the shepherds – these are the Great Mystics of existence.
Tzav: Believers
Using personal anecdotes as well as Chassidic stories, Rabbi Jacobson examines the different types of believers in light of his previous article on atheists.
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Devarim: The Laugh
Life is a continuous cycle of troughs and crests, pain and joy, and in order to fully appreciate both, one must learn to ride the waves.
Read MoreLove: A Paradox
The most famous of Rabbi Akiva’s teachings is the saying: “ ‘Love your fellow as yourself’—this is a fundamental principle in Torah.” How was it that his disciples were deficient in this area? Find out from this translated discussion by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
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Gimmel Tammuz: The Silent Sun
Gimmel Tammuz is the day that the Lubavitcher Rebbe passed. It is also the day that Joshua miraculously stopped the sun. Rabbi Simon Jacobson discusses the connection between the two events.
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The Arizal
Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Arizal, revealed a powerfully elegant mystical structure which deciphers the secrets of Kabbalah from the beginning of time.
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The Ramban
The Ramban’s commentary on the Bible is multi-dimensional, weaving the “wisdom of the truth” (mysticism) into understanding the Bible. This is a fact sheet on the Ramban.
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The Shaloh
Fact sheet on the Shaloh, Rabbi Isaiah HaLevi Horowitz. His major works: Commentary on Zohar; Commentary on Tur Shulchan Aruch and more. Learn about the times and life of the Shaloh.
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24,000 Plus One
The “deeds, teaching and works” of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai are the ultimate rectification of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples’ tragic failure to achieve the proper synthesis of love and truth that would make their love true and their truth loving.
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