Jun 142 minTeaching and Learning Kabbala TodayQuestion: What do you think of the modern practice of teaching Kabbalah to the masses through Hassidut? Doesn't the Mishna forbid this?...
Jun 71 minWill We Follow Beit Shammai in the Future?Question: There is an idea quoted in the name of the Ar"i (it was actually first written already generations after him) that in the...
May 290 minDiscussing Esoteric Concepts: Rambam's Mishneh Torah, Hilch. Yesodei HaTorah, Chap. 2, Part 2
Dec 29, 20211 minTashlich on Rosh HaShanaQuestion: Should one do Tashlich on Rosh HaShana? Answer: No, one should not. As the Vilna Gaon (haGra) points out, this is an unseemly...
Dec 28, 20211 minSpilling Drops of Wine From One’s Cup During the SederQuestion: I am aware of some, but very likely not all, of the reasons for the minhag of spilling drops of wine from one’s cup during the...
Nov 17, 20211 minHow the Galut Influenced KabbalaWhat influence did galut have over Jewish mysticism?
Nov 7, 202116 minTruth, Authenticity, Tradition and Reason: Who Wrote the Zohar?A letter: Honoured Rav, I will answer your question with some of my own. I. 1. Who wrote the Talmudh? Ravina and Rav Ashi? Baloney!...