Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven Welcome to my blog on gematria, the merkabah and the birth of the alphabet. I hope you enjoyed the holiday season. Although I promised I’d be back in the new year with an article about the Sefer Bahir and the Seven Palaces, that is taking rather longer to write than … [Read more...]
Hear O Israel the Lord Is Our God the Lord is one!
[First published on DEC 25, 2018, 6:25 AM; https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hear-o-israel-the-lord-is-our-god-the-lord-is-one/]. Welcome to a special installment of my blog on gematria, the merkabah and the birth of the alephbet. Today I wish to share with you some truly amazing, beautiful and … [Read more...]
Merkabah ~ the secret center of Kabbalah!
Welcome to my blog about biblical gematria, the merkabah and the birth of the alphabet. In my next posts we’ll discover why the Merkabah is the beating heart of Kabbalah and its secret center. Corrections Before we start today, I’d like to address an issue that came up after my last blog … [Read more...]
How biblical gematria entered the Greek script
Welcome to the ninth installment of my blog about Gematria, the Merkabah and the birth of the Alephbet. Today I’ll be looking at how biblical gematria was adapted to the Greek script, and giving some examples from the New Testament. There have been few writers who specialize on the subject of … [Read more...]
The gematria of the universal and the particular
Welcome to the eighth installment of my blog covering biblical gematria, the merkabah and the birth of the alephbet. This morning, like a bee to honey, I have been contemplating a wonderful post made by Rabbi Sacks : ‘The universal and the particular (Miketz 5779)’. He said a lot of interesting … [Read more...]
More about the Genesis alphabetic acrostic
Welcome to the fourth installment of my blog about gematria, the Merkabah and the birth of the alephbet, and a happy Hanukkah to you all. Yesterday I gave you the Genesis alphabetic acrostic to contemplate, but today I’m going to attempt a brief potted commentary on it, although its really … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »