Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh's blog
Posted in Rectifying the Sense of Sight on Jul 22nd, 2011
Shabbat in relation to the weekdays is as sight to hearing. Throughout the week Divine vibrations fill my heart. On Shabbat I see Godliness. In the Zohar we learn that the word Shabbat (שבת) depicts the secret of the eye. The three branches of its first letter, shin (ש), allude to the three Patriarchs and to [...]
Posted in Questions in the Bible on Jun 6th, 2011
Questions come from doubt. Doubt comes from sin. Sin comes from illusion. The Torah was given to save us from false illusions. Illusion is in the mind. The primordial sin, a physical act, was perpetrated from hand to mouth (taking and eating the forbidden fruit). Doubt is in the heart. From the heart doubt enters [...]
Posted in Questions in the Bible on Jun 3rd, 2011
An angel asked Hagar, Sarai’s maid, “where are you coming from and where are you going?” She answered, “I’m fleeing from Sarai my mistress” (“אֵי מִזֶּה בָאת וְאָנָה תֵלֵכִי וַתֹּאמֶר מִפְּנֵי שָׂרַי גְּבִרְתִּי אָנֹכִי בֹּרַחַת”). This is the first appearance in the Torah of the question “where [are you going]?” (Note that the form of the [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
There are many worlds. In the highest spiritual World of Emanation there is no consciousness other than that of God. * The Bible speaks of two “rods,” a “pleasant rod” and a “harmful rod.” The rod – a symbol of discipline – can be either pleasant or harmful. * In our “forgiveness” prayers we say [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
Woman was created from the “side” (often translated as “rib”) of man. “Side” = 190 = 10 times Eve. Woman, 306, side, 190 = 496, kingdom. 190 is not only 10 times 19, but since 10 is the mid-point of 19 it is the triangle of 19 (all numbers from 1 to 19). The triangle [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
613 = lights. Its mid-point, 307 = light beauty = Rebecca. Adam = 45. Eve’s original name (before the sin), Chayah = 23, Adam’s mid-point. The mid-point of 307 is 154 (7 times 22), the final (even) mid-point of 613. The average value of 613, 307, 154 is 358, Mashiach. 613 is the mid-point of [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
In Kabbalah, man is light and woman is beauty. Man illuminates woman (finds her) and woman embodies man (forms him). Man-light = 518 = 7 times 74, “eye witness” (“You are My eye witnesses says God”). Woman-beauty = 406 = 7 times 58, “grace.” The average value of the four words, man, woman, light, beauty [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
Many scientists today are asking “what happened before the big bang?” In Kabbalah we learn that before real time there was “order of times.” The impression of order remains after the creation of real time (the big bang). This solves the low entropy problem of modern cosmology. The “order of times” preceded the primordial darkness [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
God appeared to Abraham because after endless good deeds that he had done to age 99 he still felt himself uncircumcised. To circumcise oneself is to give physical expression to the power of the soul, within a body, to transcend one’s innate character. Abraham had no one to circumcise him, he had to circumcise himself, [...]
Posted in Tweets from the year 5771 on Feb 24th, 2011
“Noah found favor in the eyes of God.” Noah (נח) is favor (חן) spelled backwards. He had 3 children, Shem, Cham, and Yefet. Shem means “name.” Cham means “hot.” Yefet means “beautiful.” Noah’s 3 sons inherited 3 characteristics of Adam. Shem: Adam’s intuitive knowledge (to give names). Yefet: his aesthetic sense (in choosing a mate). [...]