The Gate of Return – Chapter 7
We must now understand the continuation of the verse, “He did not sit in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the Torah of the L-rd, and in His Torah he toils...
Category: VALUES & ETHICS
The Gate of Return – Chapter 8
It must now be understood that both within the aspect of fear of sin and in the aspect of fear of G-d, there are two types of fears. The first comes because of the...
The Miracle Of Birth
An expose on the miracle of birth through the lens of Torah.
Animal rights? (Lesson one)
Though we tend to believe that we in the 21st century are the first to champion animals rights we will discover that Torah was in fact the first legal book to protect animals. This lesson will deal with man’s dominion over beast.
From Exile To Redemption (Full Essay)
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel (To view as a PDF, click here.) Will the Real Moshiach Please Stand Up? As Maimonides states at the conclusion of his magnum opus, Mishneh Torah, the concept of...
From Exile to Redemption (Chapter 7): The Time is Now
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel In summation, redemption is a process in which the underlying unity and perfection of Creation unfolds, as the true essence of every created being is realized. As such, each...
From Exile to Redemption (Chapter 6): Creating the Alef
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel Essentially, every single mitzvah brings about this synthesis. This is because, on the one hand, mitzvos are physical acts, but on the other hand, we bring about spirituality into...
From Exile to Redemption (Chapter 5): The World with the Alef
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel Text VI אין בין העולם הזה לימות המשיח אלא שיעבוד מלכיות בלבד. תלמוד בבלי ברכות לד,ב There is no difference between this world and the world to come except...
From Exile to Redemption (Chapter 4): Adding the Alef
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel This corrects and alleviates many issues on many levels. Though it is impossible to address all of them within the parameters of this small article, nonetheless we will give...
From Exile to Redemption (Chapter 3): Nothing Changes–All is Different
By: Rabbi Dovid Markel This idea is specifically reflected in the Hebrew words for exile and redemption. The word for exile is “golah” (גולה) and the word for redemption is “geulah” (גאולה). Interestingly,...
