Parashas / Festivals Blog

The Three Weeks and The Shattered Messiah: Picking Up the Pieces

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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Parashas / Festivals Blog

Parashas / Festivals Blog

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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