The focus of Judaism and kabbalah is predominately on Kabbalah Iyunit—the contemplative dimension—rather than Kabbalah Ma’asit, the practical or magical. I’m not sure this distinction was always so pronounced, but if we look at Judaism historically, its mystical roots...
A century before Kabbalah took structured form in Gerona—the second most important Kabbalistic school in the world, known as the Circle of Gerona— Spains mot famous hebrew Poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol had already given language to its vertical truth. To...
It was early morning, the last chill of winter giving way, as I climbed the steps to gaze at Alhambra—the red fortress of Granada—framed by the glow of sunrise and the snowy Sierra Nevada. Something deep shifted within me as I watched: a longing to don tefilin, the...
Most leaders put on tefillin in the morning, then step into their day unchanged. But tefillin is not a ritual to leave behind. It is a technology of alignment. A compass for your leadership. When worn with awareness, tefillin aligns your higher purpose (Keter) with...
Walk through the narrow alleys of Girona’s Call and you enter a city within a city — a place where silence holds secrets. In 1492, despite the passionate defense of Don Isaac Abravanel, who pleaded with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella not to expel Spain’s...
Rembrandt’s genius was not only his mastery of paint. His true gift was in revealing a light that others could not see. His portraits radiate something deeper than technique — they carry an inner glow that feels almost sacred. In Jewish mysticism this light is...
