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People come to my Kabbalah groups with all kinds of prior exposure to numerology. Some have calculated their life path numbers, some have read about the Pythagorean system, some are devotees of the Chaldean tradition, and a few have had their numerological charts done professionally and arrived curious about whether there is any relationship between what they found there and what I teach.
My wife and I have a running joke that living in Greenwich Village means you can walk to a Kabbalistic study group, a drag show, and a five-hundred-year-old printing of the Zohar within the same afternoon, and none of these things are as far apart as they first appear.
Every morning when I walk from my apartment to the synagogue, down through the Village, past the coffee shops just opening and the last of the night people still heading home, I think about the Garden of Eden. Not as a place. As a condition.
If there's one thing living in New York has taught me, it's that fear wears many different faces. Sometimes it's loud and obvious, the anxiety of losing a job, worrying about someone you love, or facing an unexpected diagnosis. Other times it's much quieter.
If there's one thing living in New York has taught me, it's that fear wears many different faces. Sometimes it's loud and obvious, the anxiety of losing a job, worrying about someone you love, or facing an unexpected diagnosis. Other times it's much quieter.
One of the greatest gifts of studying Kabbalah is that it teaches us to see life as a journey rather than a destination. Before I entered rabbinical training, I imagined spirituality as something one either possessed or didn't possess.
If you spend enough time studying Jewish mysticism, sooner or later you'll encounter the Tree of Life, or Etz Chaim (עֵץ חַיִּים). I still remember the first time I saw a diagram of it years ago. It looked almost like an abstract map, with circles connected by lines in a carefully balanced pattern.
When people hear the word "prophecy," they often imagine dramatic visions, heavenly voices, or sudden revelations that change the course of history. Growing up, I had that image too.
For centuries, Kabbalah has inspired scholars, philosophers, and spiritual seekers with its rich symbolism, profound teachings, and deeply contemplative approach to understanding the relationship between humanity and the Divine.