Jewish Texts
Holiness: Everyone’s Duty or a Saintly Ideal?
Is it enough to live up the requirements of Jewish law for one to be holy? Is sanctity in this life possible for all of us—or only for a few saintly people?
Ezekiel’s Vision
The first chapter of the biblical book of Ezekiel served as the textual starting point for the merkavah mystics—and hints at an image of God.