Resh

Only a nobody can be anybody. That's what makes the poor letter Resh so beautiful. It all goes back to that Kabbalistic principle: The lower you fall, the higher you are.

This class explains the mystical meanings of the Hebrew letters including the significance of the letters' names, their phonetic sounds, their graphic design, and even their corresponding numerical values.

Resh (also spelled reish) is the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet Numerical value: 200 Sound: "R" Meaning: 1. Poor 2. evil 3. head Story The Ramban (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman)  (1194-1270) Barcelona, Spain. had a student, Reb Avner, who unfortun...

We are not to perpetuate the memory of the wicked, as the Book of Proverbs says (10:7), “The name of the evil person shall rot.” So why is the Torah portion of Korach named for an evil person? It is because of the positive lesson we can learn from Korach....

The Sanctuary that Moses built in the wilderness was constructed of a kind of pillar called a "keresh" (kuf, shin, reish.) These are the same letters as the world for falsehood "sheker" (shin, kuf, reish) and the word for connection "kesher" (kuf, shin, r...

Artist’s Statement: My inspiration comes from nature and spirit. It is my hope to reflect light on the human condition and create art that is hopeful, growth-oriented and life affirming. Through trial and error, colors, balance, figures or symbols appear,...

In this portion, we read G-d's Thirteen Attributes of Mercy: "G-d, G-d, compassionate G-d and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth, preserver of kindness for two thousand generations. " In the word "notzar" (preserver of kindness) t...