My name is Yishai. I study the thought and interpretation of the Ramban (Nachmanides), with a particular focus on the psychological dimensions of his teachings, as well as medieval Jewish thought more broadly.
I hold a master’s degree in clinical-rehabilitation psychology from Bar-Ilan University and a doctorate in Jewish thought from Ben-Gurion University.
Teacher
Yishai Deitcher
Researcher
I research Jewish thought, and I am also a specialist educational psychologist.
Biography
Zohar Lessons
Vayeshev / And He Settled
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Zohar I 189a · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 189a
The Zohar describes the three camps of angels who sing at night and at dawn, and the holy being appointed over them above and…
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Zohar I 189b · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 189b
The Zohar opens with “After these things.” Rabbi Hiyya expounds the verse “Bless the Lord, you His angels, mighty in strength”: a person must…
Vayechi / And He Lived
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Zohar I 221a · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 221a
The Name of God appears seventy-two times in a single verse, corresponding to the Explicit Name (Shem ha-Meforash). The consolation is that the Explicit…
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Zohar I 221b · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 221b
One who believes with perfect faith merits seeing the face of the Divine Presence. All the commandments a person performs come together into one…