Bo 5773 - Archives

A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat It is in this week's Torah Reading, which relates all the events immediately prior to the Exodus, that we find the first mention of Mezuzahs on doorposts--the subject of this week's 2nd article...from a physicist! As this is taking place in the first full week in the Jewish month called "Shevat", according to (a certain view in) Kabbalah, that means it is time to rectify our eating habits, so read carefully our lead article. Tuesday, 4 Shevat, is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzira, or the “*Baba Sali,” as he was affectionately known throughout the Jewish world (see http://www.kabbalaonline.org/1736193 ); tens of thousands of people are expected to converge at his resting place in Netivot this week. Next week: Special TU B'SHEVAT edition*

	Shevat: Rectifying Our Eating Patterns By DovBer Pinson On the first day of Shevat, Moses had the Torah translated into the seventy primary languages of the world.
Mitzvah Observance
	Mezuzah - the Arrow of Life By Alexander Poltorak The mezuzah unifies and sanctifies the three dimensions of time, space, and soul
Creation
	Forming Time and Space By Moshe Miller The characteristics of the world of Yetzira are beyond the limitations of physical space.
Holy Letters
	Something from Nothing From Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, the "Seer" of Lublin The beginning of every letter is a point, which is the letter yud
Weekly Torah Reading
	Great Steps for Mankind By Shaul Yosef Leiter Why was the sanctification of the moon the first commandment to the Jewish Nation?

	Depths of Exile and Redemption: Part 1 From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria; translated and edited by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky In yet unrectified realms, evil battles for spiritual territory.
Mystic Story
	Proceeding Together By Yerachmiel Tilles The Creator Himself accompanies servants of the community.