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By Jay Litvin There is the shape of the letters themselves. The dance of black and white on the page. The delight in having these strange lines take on sound. The surprise when, all at once four or five of these shapes group together to make a word with length, depth ...
It functions as a conduit, channeling spiritual energy from G-d into your soul and your body. That's why a critically ill person is sometimes given an additional Hebrew name -- sort of like a spiritual bypass operation
Dovid Taub & Jonathan Goorvich When Rabbi Kadoozy tries to teach Jonathan Hebrew, little misunderstandings lead to big laughs!
By Tzvi Freeman The other day I realized that I hadn't seen G-d in quite a while -- probably not since childhood... Where did I misplace Him?
By Menachem Posner What does the word "Hebrew" mean? And how did that become the name of the first Jews?
By Menachem Posner All of the prayers in my synagogue are in Hebrew, and I don't understand a word of what we're saying. Should I better read the Hebrew which I don't understand, or the English which I do understand?
By Yisroel Cotlar Question: After attending a lecture on the holiness of the Hebrew language, a question comes to mind: Why is it that so many of the great books in Torah—including the Talmud—are not written in Hebrew? Does that make them less holy? Response: You’ve ...
By Ben-Tzion Krasnianski
By Yerachmiel Tilles QUESTION: "I have always been interested in the Torah and the Kabbala. But I do not speak or read Hebrew. Can you help me in getting the right teachings that I may begin to fully understand the secret holy teachings of these books." ANSWER: Start on our ...
Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin As a carpenter employs tools to build a home, so G-d utilized the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, the alef-beis, to form heaven and earth. In Letters of Light, the essence of these holy letters is explored, illustrating how the letters ...
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