Kelipah

To release the holy spark, the encumbering shell of evil must be removed

Fallacious arguments flew away like frightened bats as we toned the walls of our hearts to prepare for an all-out war -- fairly fought, wind against wind

From every incident in a person's life, one can acquire profound insight into the service of the Creator. So says the holy Baal Shem Tov. Fortified by this idea, I began my descent in the morgue elevator of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at ...

A mystical interpretation of the law of the "beautiful captive"

You're right, it shouldn't work that way. The world was not designed this way. The plain truth is: They've hacked the system

The mezuzah is an arrow, fixed upon the doorpost in the three dimensions of space, time and soul, pointing from the "domain of the many" to the "domain of the one"

"Fundraising for bribes?" objected Rabbi Baruch. "Surely the matter can be dealt with in a more elevated way. Could you not teach our Jews the Echad of my holy grandfather?"

A story is related about a half cup of water, the other half of which had been consumed by a human being. One half of the cup was jealous of the other, but which half of which?

As they disappear beneath the waves, we wonder whether our efforts are futile. Ten bags, twenty bags, thirty bags... It hasn't worked so far, so what's the point of continuing?

G-d is good and it is the nature of G-d to be good. So why did G-d create evil? Why do we live in a world which is full of injustice and where the wicked have the upper hand? Classical Jewish philosophy answers these timeless questions by stating that ...