Kabbalah & Chassidism; Mysticism

The Ten Commandments are really five: the sixth commandment is but an extension of the first, the 2nd commandment and the 7th commandmenment are likewise one and the same, and so on

One of the sections in this week’s parshah , Vaes’chanan , is the Shema. It delineates some of the most fundamental concepts of Judaism, such as the unity of HaShem , the mitzvah to love G-d, the mitzvah to study Torah, and teach it to our children. When ...

So I don't exist. Or I don't exist and do exist at the same time. So what? I still have to get up in the morning, I still have to deal with my credit card balance, my mother-in-law, and this guy whose elbow is crushing my ribs on this crowded subway car. ...

“What have you been doing for the last year?” asked the incensed father-in-law. “What have you accomplished wasting your time by those wild men?” “I learned that G‑d creates the world,” answered the young man.

Twice Moses states in our Parshah that "there is none else"--that nothing exists aside from G-d. Are these just words, or do they mean something that we can understand?

G‑d is the one truth that pervades all existence and we, in turn, must create that oneness within our hearts.

If not for the scrolls, there would be no reason for plain old doorposts...

To believe that the world is something separate, an entity unto itself, would be to accept that G‑d is not really everything. This would assume that He is one thing and that the world is another thing.