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This system of ten divine forces, however, was seen by some rationalist Jewish philosophers as highly problematic, for it seemed to contradict the pure monotheism which had become the defining feature of Jewish theology. So defenders of the mystical tradition often took great pains to clarify that these ten were really just different aspects of The
... See moreDavid Kasher • ParshaNut: 54 Journeys into the World of Torah Commentary
the innermost element of secrecy entails the expansion of consciousness, designated by the technical term da‘at, which I rendered as “mindfulness,” to the point that the soul is bound to the Infinite, a prolepsis of the messianic future.
Elliot R. Wolfson • Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menaḥem Mendel Schneerson
The specifics of Freud’s reconstruction have not found much favor with Egyptologists, but his arguments about memory and history have been very influential. Freud suggested that, much like individuals who have suffered trauma, societies repress the memory of horrific events in their past because these are too painful to confront or document directl
... See moreDavid Nirenberg • Anti-Judaism
Labyrinth of Knowing - Hauser & Wirth
The excessive joviality is a ceremonial enactment of the philosophical principle of the coincidence of opposites, as Purim inhabits the place within the divine economy where the spiritual and material converge in the sameness of their divergence.
Elliot R. Wolfson • Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menaḥem Mendel Schneerson
Judaism without generosity is a hollow shell.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Antisemitism is at heart a conspiracy theory, and one appeal of conspiracy theories is that they absolve their believers of accountability, replacing the difficult obligation to build relationships with the easy urge to destroy.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Well the point being is that the word body is a word soma, and soma means mushroom. So in a bible dictionary look at the word soma and it will say it's body, which means a mushroom so here we have Jesus feeding his apostles mushrooms. Here's some in the middle ages in the medieval church; you'll see the mushroom around the saint here's a mushroom t
... See moreJORDAN MAXWELL • MOSES : THE LAWGIVER
In the words of theologian Rabbi Jakob Petuchowski, “Literary history cannot solve the questions asked by Theology; and the question as to the fact of Revelation is a theological question.”