Author: Jeremy

The Zohar comments on the line in this week’s parsha: “Take you to you.” It says that Moses who was metaphorically the sun united with, it says, the larger moon as all the aspects of the letter “vav” were addressed. Vav is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and it translates as “hook.” It connects…

This parsha Terumah talks about all the implements in the Mishkan.  One is the table made of acacia wood and covered with gold that is to be the offering of bread.  The Zohar speaks of this table having a supernal version and that from both of these comes the food for all and that this…

The Zohar refers to Moses being the only prophet to speak “mouth to mouth” with The Holy One. They talk about this communication being through the Sh’ma and the sephirot here inside the representational “mouth” of Hashem with the colors of the four worlds Kabbalah says we live in simultaneously. The Zohar also says that…

The Zohar speaks to this most important parsha of the giving of the Ten Utterances – the Ten Commandments.  It’s said that the first items created were the Hebrew letters.  Once the earth and heavens were made, the “hands” of Hashem would engrave two sapphire tablets from two drops of dew and the letters of…

The Zohar in this parsha tells of the Hebrew people heading toward freedom but coming to the raging waters of the Yam Suph. They are guarded by the pillar of smoke in the day and fire in the night and in each of these is one of the patriarchs.  On the right is Abraham associated…

The Zohar speaks to Hashem bringing Moses into the innermost hidden rooms of Pharaoh revealing to a frightened Moses, the secrets of the great crocodile from which on deeper levels the spiritual travels.  The waters surrounding the large crocodile is written as the serene river of the highest realm of Keter, the crown, in Kabbalah’s…

The Zohar speaks to the exceptional connections the patriarchs had with Hashem and on the levels of the higher worlds their beings were open to receiving spiritual guidance. And Moses being the most evolved of all the patriarchs with eyes closed radiating cosmic energy was able to experience what the Zohar describes as the three…

The Zohar speaks of Moses as a caring shepherd who would seek out and carry a lost lamb, but on this afternoon he was moved to take the flock into a desert area and above him there appeared birds near a cave and in this cave was what we all know as the burning bush,…

The Zohar speaks to the last days of Jacob.  Having reunited with Joseph it says that he asked this favorite son to put his hands over his eyes as he separated from his dying body.  The text then goes to reveal the metaphysical levels of the eye.  The white is associated with the oceans which are the source of physical…

There are tears of Joy and tears of grief.  In the Zohar when Joseph reveals himself to his brothers and then embraces his younger brother Benjamin, it says in Torah text that he kissed his neck and cried. Were these the tears of joy brought on from reconnecting to a loved one?  Or were they…