A Year of Zohar
A series of seasonal essays exploring Judaism’s most important mystical text.
Deafening Stillness
Biblical revelation is overwhelmingly loud, yet the Zohar ultimately reframes revelation as silence.
Created Two
The Zohar identifies Ruth and Naomi as the two Torahs revealed at Sinai.
The Greatest Generation?
The generation that received the Torah experienced an unparalleled mystical revelation — and it changed them.
In Death, ‘Life’
The Zohar portrays Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai's death not as a separation, but as a joyous, revelatory (and fiery) union with the divine.
Passover’s Afterglow
The Zohar reflects on the opportunity of Pesach Sheni, Second Passover.
The Secret of Wine
Priests are forbidden from drinking wine because they bear responsibility for guarding the core of Jewish holiness.
The Soul of a Stranger
The truth is not that we were once strangers; the truth is that we are strangers.
