Passover

Thoughts The word Pesach is both understood and not understood. Most people are familiar with the translation “Passover”, and are aware that it refers to God passing over the houses of the Jews during the plague of the first born … Continued

Rabbi Isaac Luria, the master kabbalist known as the Ari, teaches that at the original Pesach sedar, in Egypt, a conception occurred.  Conception is defined as the point when a soul makes contact with a body and they begin a … Continued

Sarah (Susan) Schneider is the founding director of A Still Small Voice, a correspondence school that provides weekly teachings in classic Jewish wisdom to subscribers around the world Everyone knows that on Pesach, the removal of all chametz (leavened grains) … Continued

The great Kabbalist, Rabbi Tsadok HaKohen, revealed a deep secret about how to fix the way we engage with the world. He says that humanity’s first sin was not Adam and Eve’s eating of forbidden fruit, but rather the way … Continued

A Pesach Teaching From the Sod Yesharim The hagada is transmitting lights and instructions on many levels.  There is information about history and many deep secrets about how the universe works and what freedom really means.  For example, according to … Continued

Rabbi David Aaron, Founder and Dean of the Isralight Institute, is internationally recognized as an expert on the Kabbalah and is the best-selling author of: Seeing God: Ten Life Changing Lessons of the Kabbalah; Endless Light : The Ancient Path … Continued

Sometimes whether we like it or not it’s time to grow. The spiritual calendar is has the next month, starting Thursday, designated as a time for growth against our will. Against your will you are born Nisan, the month the … Continued

Matzah? Wine? Haggadah? Aunt Tilly’s Gefilte Fish? Freedom from slavery is awesome. But despite the lines of the Haggadah song “dayenu”, the freedom would not have meant very much without the Torah. Our reason for existence as a people is … Continued