Kabbalah

The memory that turned into a song

A childhood memory of growing up in a crowded Ukrainian apartment, surrounded by family and unconditional love - suddenly became the inspiration for a song written in just half an hour.

Eduard Shyfrin- UNCONDITIONAL
Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

Lockdown

Lockdown: Save your time for love

‘WHAT I do think is highly likely is that Jews who are “visibly Jewish” will be the ones to pay the price for the normalization of antisemitism and the demonization of Zionism in New York.’ Here, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference at NYPD headquarters earlier this month.

What a German-Jewish scholar can tell us about pro-Mamdani Jews today


What can Jewish mysticism teach us about psychedelics?

There’s simply no definitive proof in the archeological and textual evidence of the use of psychoactive drug use in ancient Jewish religious activity.

 psychedelic mushrooms (illustrative)

Veteran pop-folk artist Shem-Tov Levi takes on 18th-century Italian poet

His slot in the forthcoming Oud Days Festival draws on the writings of 18th century Italian rabbi, kabbalist, philosopher, and poet Moshe Haim Luzzatto.

 SHEM-TOV LEVI brings the curtain down on the four-day Oud Days Festival event.

'The Kabbalistic Tree': Exploring a unique dimension of Jewish thought - review

It is a comprehensive history and development of these trees, which includes multiple examples that the author has collected to illustrate his subject.

 ‘Kabbala Denudata’ frontispiece foldout engraving by Johann Christoph Sartorius, 1677.

4,000 years of 'The Logic of the Impossible' - Interview

An in-depth interview with Eduard Shyfrin - founder of the theory of the Kabbalah of Information.

 EDUARD SHYFRIN demonstrates for Israel in London’s Trafalgar Square, Oct. 22

The first creation of Adam: 'It is not good that man is alone'

In this article I will try to provide an answer to the “simple” question of why G-d made woman.

 Adam and Eve

'The Souls of the World of Chaos': Understanding the whole palace - review

When so many attack ideological opponents, the text frames more nuanced critiques

 PRAYER FOR souls: Saying ‘Kaddish’ at an old Jewish cemetery in Prague.

The first Creation of Adam: The Serpent within

This article analyzes he contradictions between the two accounts of the Creation of Man in the Torah and attempt to answer them.

 Jörmungandr is the Midgard Serpent

Shabbat is the state of Adam before the Sin

Understanding the reason for Shabbat and its importance.

 Shabbat

Madonna postpones tour after severe health emergency

The star reportedly pushed through symptoms to keep rehearsing for her upcoming performances.

Madonna performs during her Rebel Heart Tour concert at Studio City in Macau, China February 20, 2016

National Library of Israel ventures into a new realm of Jewish creativity

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Israel’s National Library debuts the largest collection of Kabbalah ‘trees,’ expected to form the cornerstone of one of the most important collections of Judaica.

 CHAIM NERIA (right), curator of the Haim and Hanna Solomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel, speaks about the new collection.