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The Silliness and Sedition of Stilts
The Difference between the Generation of the Flood and the Generation of the Dispersal
By Elly Krimsky
Theology can at times be more challenging than keeping Shabbat, avoiding non-kosher food and the other mitzvot that govern our lives. We too are challenged by our faith system...
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Noach » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » The Silliness and Sedition of Stilts
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What Was Up With the Tower of Babel?
By Menachem Posner
There are a number of fascinating explanations on the subject to be found in the classic commentaries. Let's begin with the Talmud (Sandhedrin 109a) where we find three traditions: In the School of Rabbi Shila it was taught that they built the tower with ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Details » What Was Up With the Tower of Babel?
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Troublemaking Together
Parshat Noach
By Stacey Goldman
As a mother, I have a responsibility to teach my sons to do the right thing. But the right thing can mean, at least ephemerally, getting along and cooperating...
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Women on the Weekly Torah Portion » Troublemaking Together
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One Common, Evil Purpose
By Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; translation & commentary by Moshe Miller
The Zohar teaches the Tower of Babel's success was due to its builders speaking Hebrew.
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Bereishit - Genesis » Noach » The Zohar » One Common, Evil Purpose
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Towering Blunders
From Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
Kabbalah teaches how Nimrod was reincarnated into Nebuchadnezzar
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Bereishit - Genesis » Noach » The Holy Ari » Towering Blunders
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Backstage Pass
By Yosef Marcus
The Generation of the Dispersion sought to receive sustenance from the name Havayah
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Bereishit - Genesis » Noach » Contemporary Kabbalists » Backstage Pass
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The Tower Of Babel
Conceit of the People, Their Punishment, Nimrod
Library » Jewish History » Our Biblical Fathers » The Tower Of Babel
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Are Jews Allowed to Steal?
By Menachem Posner
The predictable stereotypes involving Jews and money are popping up all over: that Jewish tradition allows dishonesty as long as people live otherwise pious lives. Nothing could be further from the truth...
Society & Living » Issues » Are Jews Allowed to Steal?
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Does the number seventy have any special significance?
By Malkie Janowski
The number seventy appears several times in the Torah: seventy elders of the Jewish nation, seventy languages and nations of the world, and seventy members of Jacob's family that came to Egypt. The last two examples will give us an insight as to the ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Details » Does the number seventy have any special significance?
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Atone with Bricks and Mortar
From Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
Early generations set the pattern for nurturing evil in this world
Kabbalah Online » Weekly Torah » Archives » Shemot - Exodus » Shemot » The Holy Ari » Atone with Bricks and Mortar
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