Read more: Biblical Women and Music: A Love StoryMusic is a gateway to one of the most transcendent experiences we can have in Olam Hazeh. Its language speaks not only to the body, but to the soul. In fact, it is only at the time of Moshiach that we will hear the final, eighth note of the octave – a musical note which does not yet exist in our physical realm. Every seven notes we start again from the beginning, confined to the laws of nature. But one day, the music will continue upwards, hitting that Divine eighth note…
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Read more: Explaining Motherhood and Nurture Through Avraham’s ChesedHow do we, as women, emulate his Chesed in our lives?..
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Read more: Shatnez: The Balance between Chesed and GevurahShatnez is the Torah prohibition of wearing garments made of a combination of sheep’s wool and flax linen…
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Biblical Women and Music: A Love Story
Music is a gateway to one of the most transcendent experiences we can have in Olam Hazeh. Its language speaks not only to the body, but to the soul. In fact, it is only at the time of Moshiach that we will hear the final, eighth note of the octave – a musical note which…
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Explaining Motherhood and Nurture Through Avraham’s Chesed
How do we, as women, emulate his Chesed in our lives?..
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Shatnez: The Balance between Chesed and Gevurah
Shatnez is the Torah prohibition of wearing garments made of a combination of sheep’s wool and flax linen…
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