Apr 5, 2026
PaRDeS “ It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. -Proverbs 25:2 ” Introduction Long before the medieval Jewish scholar Moses de León in thirteenth-century Spain assembled the four letters P-R-D-S into the elegant...
Mar 31, 2026
Tame “ Have them construct a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. -Exodus 25:8 ” What is the Hebrew Word Tame In the Torah, ṭāmēʾ (ta-may) does not mean “dirty,” “sinful,” or “immoral.” It describes something more precise and more unsettling: A condition...
Mar 3, 2026
Chain of Learning “ When He entered the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority (שׁמע Shema or Chain of Learning/Transmission) are You doing these things, and who gave You this...
Feb 24, 2026
Hypocrite “ But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in -Matthew 23:13 ” Hypocrite and Hanef: How the Bible Describes...
Feb 19, 2026
The Way “ By emunah I walk the derekh;by walking the derekh I become tamim before Yahweh;and to the tamim, God grants the acharit. ” What is The Way? This three line sentence sounds simple, almost aphoristic. But it carries within it an entire Hebrew theory of human...
