Words of Ahiqar

The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso. It was taught: Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said: “Woe.” With these words which are…

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.—Job 19:26O the chimneysOn the ingeniously devised habitations of deathWhen Israel’s body drifted as smokeThrough the…

I have always regretted one thing. When I ponder the Hebrew literature of all periods I ask myself: Why is it that our forefathers, who spent so much time on the study of matters of religion and law…