by hadassah | Oct 30, 2016 | Texts
’Aggadat Bereshit, 14, ed. S. Buber (Cracow, 1903), p. 30 The Holy One, blessed be He, said, Certainly “I spoke to the prophets,” but “I multiplied visions,” for the prophecy of one was not like that of another. Amos saw Me standing… Isaiah saw Me sitting…...
by hadassah | Oct 30, 2016 | Texts
Moses de Leon, “Sefer ha Mishkal- Text and Study,” Wijnhoven, 59 60 The secret of the splendor of the supernal light, the good that is hidden for the souls of the righteous, “no eye has seen, O God, but You” (Isa. 64-3). We must believe and know that the...
by hadassah | Oct 30, 2016 | Texts
Sefer Hasidim, § 978 The essential strength of pietism is that, even though [people] insult him, he does not abandon his piety, and his intention is directed to God and he does not look at women whereas others apart from him do look. Thus he merits the abundant...
by hadassah | Oct 30, 2016 | Texts
Sefer Hasidim, § 1514, pp. 369-370 It is written “I will make all My goodness pass before you” (Exod. 33-19). The word “all” (kol) [in the expression “all My goodness,” kol tuvi] numerically equals fifty [which corresponds to the fifty] gates of understanding....
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
All Visionary Experience Texts Sefer Hasidim, § 978 The essential strength of pietism is that, even though [people] insult him, he does not abandon his piety, and his intention is directed to God and he does not look at women whereas others apart from him do...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Zohar Hadash, 106b ‘The enlightened will shine’–These are the ones who contemplate (mistakkelei) the secret of Wisdom in the mysteries of the secrets of Torah, the righteous ones who fulfill the will of their Master and are engaged in Torah...
