Ten Zohars Video Teaching

In keeping with the theme of  layehudim hayetah orah, “The Jews had light”, Professor Joel Hecker of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College offers a short teaching from the Zohar, the foundational text of Jewish mysticism.  

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To celebrate five years of this sacred work, we are designating the month before Purim as a time in which we fulfill the line from the Book of Esther, “The Jews had light/ Layehudim hayeta orah.” During this month, we will publish and distribute materials related to light and Purim.

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