Tag Archives: Kabbalah

Twin Holidays of Creation

Posted on October 7, 2016 by N.S. Palmer

My latest blog post for The Jewish Journal: Rosh Hashanah celebrates the creation of the world. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement. They seem quite different. But what if they’re not so different after all? I’m not a rabbi … Continue reading →

Posted in Judaism, The Jewish Journal | Tagged Exodus, Genesis, High Holidays, Kabbalah, Moral Choice, Nahum Sarna, Number Mysticism, Rosh Hashanah, Sefirot, Tikkun Olam, Yom Kippur | Leave a comment

Is Kabbalah Rational After All?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by N.S. Palmer

My latest blog post for The Jerusalem Post: “Whereof we cannot speak, about that we must remain silent,”1 advised the Austrian Jewish philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. People are never very good at remaining silent. That’s true even for things we can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy, The Jerusalem Post | Tagged Arthur Green, Aryeh Kaplan, Bahir, Bosanquet, Conceptual Idealism, Ehyeh, Idealism, Jewish Mysticism, Kabbalah, Mysticism, Nicholas Rescher, Sefer Yetzirah, Sefirot, Wittgenstein, Yoram Hazony | Leave a comment

Words, Order, and Tisha B’Av

Posted on July 24, 2015 by N.S. Palmer

By N.S. Palmer One of Judaism’s deepest beliefs, says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, is “that God is to be found in words, that these words are to be found in the Torah …”1 That’s right in one way, but wrong in … Continue reading →