Cleaning for Passover and the Search for Spirituality
- Headapohl, Jackie
- "The spiritual meanings of chametz and matzah are actually the flip-sides of the very same Jewish mystical teaching....
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Egypt Now – Part 2
- Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher
- "Exodus from Egypt represents the passage from one reality to another, from matter without form (aka pleasure seeking) to matter shaped accordingly to Torah guidelines....
Egypt Now – Part 1
- Sinclair, Rabbi Yaakov Asher
- "The exile of the Jews in Egypt is the prototype of spiritual slavery; it transcends time and space....
Fusing Physicality and Spirituality: Meditation for the Month of Nissan
- Krinsky, Etti
- "Nissan though, the head of the months, delivers a supernatural energy—a miraculous energy that supersedes nature....
PREPARING PHYSICALLY & SPIRITUALLY FOR PESACH
- Emor Project
- "On Pesach, we celebrate our liberation from Egyptian slavery, an all-encompassing physical and spiritual slavery."...
Laws of Blessings: Fragrances
- Lev, Rabbi Dov
- "The Sages...ordained a special set of blessings that give us the opportunity to praise God's having ‘perfumed the world.’...
A Purim Message from Emor Project 5783
- Emor Project
- "Megillat Esther does not explicitly mention the name of Hashem. We learn from here that despite the presence of Hashem not always being revealed, He is constantly directing the events. ...
Esther’s Fast: Rules, Meaning, What Is Esther’s Fast & How To Do It
- Aleph Beta
- "These three days of fasting were a national rallying cry for salvation....
Why is Adar a Month of Happiness
- Silberberg, Rabbi Naftali
- "The month of Adar...is the happiest month of the year—the month when we bear in mind that 'inauspicious' has absolutely no bearing on our relationship with G?d."...
Natural Phenomena: Special brachot said on the wonders of creation.
- Lev, Rabbi Dov
- "The breathtaking magnificence of our natural world inspires us to praise God with wonder and appreciation....
Birkat Hamazon – Part 1
- Adler Lambert, Rivkah & Mendlowitz, Ariella
- "Birkat Hamazon is the consummate bracha achrona, because while most of the food blessings were instituted by the Sages, Birkat Hamazon is a Torah-level obligation, based on Deuteronomy 8:10: 'You shall eat, and be satisfied, and bless.'"...