Twelve Mountains of Persimmon
253) There is nothing that the Creator loves more than the prayer of the righteous. Even though He desires it, […]
The Zohar
He neither Ate Bread nor Drank Water
251) Rabbi Shimon sat and Rabbi Elazar, his son, stood and interpreted the words of the secrets of the wisdom.
Why Exile and Why to Egypt?
246) Why did the Creator wish to bring Israel down to exile in Egypt? Why the exile, and why specifically
Run Away, My Beloved
234) The great Rabbi Hiya went to Rabbi Shimon. He saw a screen of fire that was dividing the house,
I Am Black, and Beautiful
232) “And they said, ‘An Egyptian delivered us.’” They said, but they did not know what they said. It is
The Well of Moses and Jacob
228) Happy are the righteous. Jacob fled from his brother and came across a well, Nukva. When the well saw him,
Come from the Four Winds, O Wind
217) Ezekiel said, “Then He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
He Sat Down by a Well
209) It is written, “And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. He looked this way
He Looked This Way and That
207) “He looked this way and that, and saw that there was no one, and he struck down the Egyptian
And the Daughter of Pharaoh Came Down
202) “And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, while her young women walked beside the
