by RabbiOlivier | Nov 24, 2017 | Torah Reflections
Vayeitzei Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 God Was in This Place There is one verse in this week’s Torah portion which encompasses the entirety of the Kabbalistic endeavor: “Waking from his sleep, Jacob said, ‘Truly, the Eternal is in this place, and I did not know it!’”...
by katie@betalef.org | Oct 31, 2016 | General, Torah Reflections
Bereshit Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 The Kabbalah of Creation I love the esoteric interpretation by Nachmanides—Rabbi Moses ben Nachman, born in Spain (1194-1270)—on the first verse of Genesis: In a beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [Gen. 1:1] Nachmanides...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 19, 2016 | General
Va-Et’chanan Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11 Because Love is our Natural State This week we find in our parashah the words that are at the center of our daily worship: the Sh’ma, and the first verses of the V’ahavta. While the Sh’ma is calling us to...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 12, 2016 | General
Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 The Power of Spiritual Transmission Since we left last week’s Torah portion and opened our books again to study this week’s, thirty-eight years have passed. The generation of Israelites who had known the slavery of Egypt has...
by RabbiOlivier | Jul 15, 2016 | General
Chukat Numbers 19:1 – 22:1 The Dissolving Power of The Light of Truth Since we left last week’s Torah portion and opened our books again to study this week’s, thirty-eight years have passed. The generation of Israelites who had known the slavery of Egypt has...
