(The Pain of the Foundation Stone, Part II) “As in the days when you left the land of Egypt I will show him wonders” (Micah 7-15) Transmitted by the prophet Micah this verse, as is the case with every verse in the Torah, is a formula. We are being informed that all the events that are occurring and will occur throughout the process of the final redemption are but inter-dimensional space-time fractals iterating through time. We are presently in the Era of the...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place During the last several weeks and up until this very moment, Israel — both the Jewish people and the Land — are mourning great loss and stand in grave peril. Perhaps never, since the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War, have Jews in Israel and throughout the Diaspora been so united. We are all feeling her pain—our pain—as Jews and Philo-Semites world round. Adding ethical and spiritual insult to our physical loss and injury, the...
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Joel David Bakst © 2000 This essay, although not written specifically for the Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av, it goes to the spiritual root of this period of time in the Jewish calendar. This is especially true when we apply the Sefirotic template. Notice that the 9th of Av is an iteration of the 9th Sefirah – yesod – the aspect associated with MbY and the 10th of Av is iterating the 10th Sefirah – malchut – the aspect associated with MbD. Although...
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Messianic consciousness is ultimately about atzilutly no-thing.
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This blog is intended for participants in the live classes (and for those subscribing to the recordings) from the ongoing Wednesday night class. Here I will add additional notes and observations as I teach. Here also you can add your own insights and questions on the material. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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