Leah thought that her destiny was to marry Esau, but her tears changed her destiny.

Leah thought that her destiny was to marry Esau, but her tears changed her destiny. "The gates of tears (to heaven) are never locked." http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25077813230

Jacob, Rachel

Even before meeting Jacob Rachel knew that she was destined to marry him. Her beautiful countenance came from counting the days to marry him http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25077302805

There are kings and counts.

There are kings and counts. God is the king and we are the counts. God counts us like He counts the stars in heaven. We count most for Him. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25076518978

Jews like to count, from money to days to letters of Torah

Jews like to count, from money to days to letters of Torah and their gematria. Counting keeps us sane. But choose what counts most for you. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25076301241

Jacob and Rachel

Jacob and Rachel = 420. Truth and beauty = 541 = Israel. 420 & 541 = 961 = 31 (21 & 10, roots of truth and beauty), God's Name El, squared! http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25075872653

Jacob is truth, Rachel is beauty

Jacob is truth - "truth to Jacob." Rachel is beauty - "beautiful figure and beautiful countenance." Truth falls in love and marries beauty. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25074766106

Beauty and True

In Hebrew, beauty, yofi = 100 = 10 squared. Truth, emet = 441 = 21 squared. Together they equal 541, a prime number, the gematria of Israel. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25073764441

In this world we can reach deeper into the soul

In this world we can reach deeper into the soul by hearing than by seeing. But good sight is also important. We see beauty and hear truth. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25073633346

This world is hard to enter and easy to leave.

This world is hard to enter and easy to leave. What comes hard has purpose. This means: stay here, but don't take what you see at face value http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25073261153

"Distance yourself from deceit."

"Distance yourself from deceit." Do not believe what your physical senses tell you. The table is not what it appears to be. Look again! http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25071757133

Although God is all the world, pardoxically, does exist.

Although God is all the world, pardoxically, does exist. And although all is God, our physical senses deceive us in this "world of deceit." http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25071405705

"run and return" of the Divine soul.

"God is all and all is God" is the "run and return" of the Divine soul. Run alone results in nihilism, return alone results in pantheism. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25070973214

On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur "God is all"

On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur "God is all" - nothing exists except God. On Sukot "all is God" - God's very essence appears in everything. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25070385927

Soul will become body and body will become soul

Soul will become body and body will become soul. Man woman and woman man. God creation and creation God - "God is all and all is God." http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25070136508

Extroverted light covers introverted light

Extroverted light covers introverted light as a body covers a soul. But introverted light eventually becomes extroverted, and vice-versa. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25069711384

irst, on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur, the awe of the days covers the joy.

First, on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur, the awe of the days covers the joy. But then, on Sukot and Simchat Torah, the joy covers the awe. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25068729475

The joy of Rosh Hashanah is chedvah, as explicit in the Bible.

The joy of Rosh Hashanah is chedvah, as explicit in the Bible. The joy of Yom Kipur is gilah. Sukot - simchah, and Simchat Torah - sason. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/25068281602

Time has a beginning and a end.

Time has a beginning and a end. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning and Sukot is the end. The climax of joy comes at the very end, Simchat Torah. http://twitter.com/4kabbalah/status/6067542405677056

Selflessness, bitul, is above time

Selflessness, bitul, is above time. Joy, simchah, rectifies the experience of time. A moment of joy is a quanta of Jewish time. http://twitter.com/4kabbalah/status/6066997448146944

The 4 stages of joy

The 4 stages of joy, chedvah-gilah-simchah-sason = 1080 = 5 times 216, the gematria of awe, yirah. 1080 is the number of "parts" in a hour. http://twitter.com/4kabbalah/status/6066742732263424

4 stages of joy

4 stages of joy: chedvah - the sharp point of joy; gilah - the rejoicing of the heart; simchah - joy of the body; sason - the climax of joy. http://twitter.com/4kabbalah/status/6065559594598400

Joy is in knowing that God is always with us

Joy is in knowing that God is always with us. He follows us like a shadow and leads us forward like a torch, illuminating our darkness. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/6064574402928640

Joy, simchah = 353

Joy, simchah = 353 = "the mystery of God is to those who fear Him." On the High Holidays we fear Him, on Sukot we rejoice in His mystery. http://twitter.com/4kabbalah/status/6063826373967872

Joy is the experience of mother

Joy is the experience of mother - "the mother of children is happy." A mother nurtures her children, so joy nurtures love, fear, and mercy. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/6062576429432832

Sukot is "the time of our joy"

Sukot is "the time of our joy" - our joy in God and God's joy in us. God loves all of His creation but He calls Himself "the God of Israel." http://know-kabbalah.com/twitter/sukot-is-the-time-of-our-joy/