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What is the spiritual significance of the number eight?
By Eliezer Posner
In kabbalistic teachings, the number seven symbolizes perfection – perfection that is achievable via natural means – while eight symbolizes that which is beyond nature and its (inherently limited) perfection. Some examples: a) G‑d created the world and ...
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Why wait eight days for the circumcision?
By Yisroel Cotlar
In stereotypical Jewish fashion, allow me please to answer your question through asking yet another question. Why can't the brit (circumcision) wait until the child grows older? Wouldn't it be that much greater if a mature person, using his own ...
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Beyond Worldly Revelations
The number eight represents a level above nature.
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
The number eight represents a level above nature.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Vayikra - Leviticus » Shemini » Ascent Lights » Beyond Worldly Revelations
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The Weight of Eight
The number eight is associated with an awareness of the miraculous
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Hanukah » The Zohar » The Weight of Eight
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Who Knows Eight?
By Avraham Sutton
The number 'eight' calls us to see miracles in the order of nature
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Hanukah » Contemporary Kabbalists » Who Knows Eight?
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Dwarves on Giants' Shoulders
By Mordechai Wollenberg
This week's Parshah, Shemini, describes events of the eighth day following the seven days of inauguration of the Tabernacle. It was also a day, our sages tell us, which possessed many "firsts": it was a Sunday, the first day of the week; it was the 1st ...
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Shemini » Parshah Columnists » Weekly Torah » Dwarves on Giants' Shoulders
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The Eighth Sphere
By Yanki Tauber
The teacher has locked his door, the mentor has disappeared, and one's own soul has turned dark and cold. When no solution for the darkness is in sight, this can only mean one thing: the darkness itself is the solution
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » The Eighth Sphere
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The Fiftieth Year
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Mundanity, holiness, and beyond -- a study of the spiritual significance of the Shemittah and Jubilee cycles
Parshah » Vayikra - Leviticus » Behar » Chassidic Masters » The Fiftieth Year
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Kosher Conduct
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
The laws of kosher food teach us insights about proper behavior as well.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Vayikra - Leviticus » Shemini » Ascent Lights » Kosher Conduct
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A Holiday for G-d
On Sukkot, we rejoice that G-d is happy and has seen His judgment proven right.
By Rabbi Moshe Alshich; adapted from Torat Moshe by Eliyahu Munk
On Sukkot, we rejoice that G-d is happy and has seen His judgment proven right.
Kabbalah Online » Holidays » Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret & Simhat-Torah » Mystical Classics » A Holiday for G-d
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