Kabbalah

The memory that turned into a song

A childhood memory of growing up in a crowded Ukrainian apartment, surrounded by family and unconditional love - suddenly became the inspiration for a song written in just half an hour.

Eduard Shyfrin- UNCONDITIONAL
Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

Lockdown

Lockdown: Save your time for love

‘WHAT I do think is highly likely is that Jews who are “visibly Jewish” will be the ones to pay the price for the normalization of antisemitism and the demonization of Zionism in New York.’ Here, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference at NYPD headquarters earlier this month.

What a German-Jewish scholar can tell us about pro-Mamdani Jews today


Summer is almost here: It’s time to learn the Torah of the garden

This description of plants is a reflection of the way many of us experience plants — as alive, and in relationship to us. And it’s likely they reflect how our ancestors did too.

 Photo of a butterfly in a butterfly garden

Shabbat - Rehearsal of The Return

Part I: What is the rest of G-d?

 Shabbat Candles

Madonna to return to Israel for Shavuot on private visit

Madonna's visit to Israel won't be to perform, but rather will be for a personal visit to the graves of noted Kabbalists in Safed.

Singer Madonna speaks to guests after receiving the Advocate for Change award during the 30th annual GLAAD awards ceremony in New York City

The First Creation Of Adam: Can we make G-d work?

Part Two - What is the reason for ‘minimal principles' existence?

 God's Creation of earth

LIVE: Dr. Eduard Shyfrin discusses his upcoming book “The Relativity of Death”

Dr. Shyfrin spoke at the Jewish Book Week in London earlier this month.

 Dr. Eduard Shyfrin at the Jewish Book Week in London

Jerusalem Highlights March 10-16

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 THE VOYAGE.

'The Kabbalah of Writing': Redeeming life through writing - review

Although it may seem unnecessary, or artificial, to use concepts from the Kabbalah to teach writers, for Mandell it provides the essential connection between the writer and God.

 HAREDIM CELEBRATE Lag Ba’omer in Jerusalem.

First creation of Adam: Does G-d use Ockham’s Razor? 

Part One - The family of minimal principles

 Orcam's razor

Orthodox pilgrimage to the grave of Kabbalah rabbi buried in Istanbul picks up after COVID slump

Pilgrimages made by Orthodox groups of varying sizes to the grave sites of similarly revered Jewish figures across Europe, are far from uncommon and have spawned a cottage travel industry.

Kabbalah Center in Tzfat

The first creation of Adam - Where, When, Why?

 Adam images