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Essays from the Frater Eisenheim Blog tagged torah.
An essay on the golden plate upon the forehead of the High Priest of Israel and what it teaches us about the responsibility of bearing sacred symbols before the world.
Read essay →An essay on the biblical episode of Aaron's rod that blossomed, reflecting on spiritual authority, priesthood, and vegetal symbolism in the Jewish tradition.
Read essay →An essay on Jacob's vision at Bethel, the angels who ascend and descend, and how this biblical symbol dialogues with Jewish mystical Merkabah tradition and the human quest for communion with the divine.
Read essay →An essay on the Jewish method of PaRDeS — Peshat, Remez, Derash and Sod — and how it reveals layers of meaning in the reading of the sacred Scriptures.
Read essay →An essay on Joseph of Egypt, called by his brothers 'master of dreams,' and on oneiric interpretation as a legitimate — and perilous — path of approach to the sacred.
Read essay →An essay on the figure of the Destroying Angel in biblical and Talmudic traditions, exploring the balance between divine justice and mercy.
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