Mishnaic Gateways of Intention is a sonic ascent into the mystical architecture of the Mishnah. Each track transforms halachic frameworks and sacred texts into cinematic, ancient-modern compositions. The album fuses epic temple orchestration with spiraling Hebrew vocals, immersive FX, and spiritual depth drawn from Sefer Yetzirah, the Bahir, and Chazal's most esoteric teachings.

The songs journey through dimensional gates of Shabbat, prayer, sacred space, and human-divine interaction. From Honi's rain circle to Nicanor’s gate, from doorways of intention to the dualities of "two that are four"—this album dissolves the boundary between legal code and inner cosmos.

Each piece is crafted to transport the listener—across worlds, through intentions, and into the deep echo of time-altering mitzvah.

Track 5 2 into 4 _ 4 into 2 _ Mishnah Shabbat

חוני המעגל Track 11

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Track 10 Mishnah Shabbat (4:2)

Track 1 Mishnah Shabbat (2:4)

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Track 3 Blessings For Crossings Doorways (Mishnah Berakhot)

Track 2 Mishnah Sotah

Today we do something different. In this podcast we talk about a story from the Talmud. It is about Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish, two learned men of Torah. Rabbi Yochanan was a man of great learning whose beauty could heal. As a young man Reish Lakish was a bandit and one day when he tried to attack the Rabbi, Yochanan told him that his strength would be good to study Torah. Lakish threw himself into its study and became the greatest Torah scholar of his generation. They were havruta, two people who dialogue about Torah in order to bring out and clarify its meaning. One day the two offended each other and in harboring their anger it brought about their mutual demise.  What do we learn from this tragic tale? For those who have ears to hear, listen.  Jesus said leave your sacrifice at the altar and make peace with your brother and sister. Please join our havruta.

Episode 67 - From Sinai to Bethlehem - A Story from the Talmud

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The Sages further taught in praise of the reed: A person should always be soft like a reed, and he should not be stiff like a cedar. An incident occurred in which Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, came from Migdal Gedor, from his rabbi’s house, and he was riding on a donkey and strolling on the bank of the river. And he was very happy, and his head was swollen with pride because he had studied much Torah.

He happened upon an exceedingly ugly person, who said to him: Greetings to you, my rabbi, but Rabbi Elazar did not return his greeting. Instead, Rabbi Elazar said to him: Worthless [reika] person, how ugly is that man. Are all the people of your city as ugly as you? The man said to him: I do not know, but you should go and say to the Craftsman Who made me: How ugly is the vessel you made. When Rabbi Elazar realized that he had sinned and insulted this man merely on account of his appearance, he descended from his donkey and prostrated himself before him, and he said to the man: I have sinned against you; forgive me. The man said to him: I will not forgive you go until you go to the Craftsman Who made me and say: How ugly is the vessel you made.

He walked behind the man, trying to appease him, until they reached Rabbi Elazar’s city. The people of his city came out to greet him, saying to him: Greetings to you, my rabbi, my rabbi, my master, my master. The man said to them: Who are you calling my rabbi, my rabbi? They said to him: To this man, who is walking behind you. He said to them: If this man is a rabbi, may there not be many like him among the Jewish people. They asked him: For what reason do you say this? He said to them: He did such and such to me. They said to him: Even so, forgive him, as he is a great Torah scholar.

He said to them: For your sakes I forgive him, provided that he accepts upon himself not to become accustomed to behave like this. Immediately, Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, entered the study hall and taught: A person should always be soft like a reed and he should not be stiff like a cedar, as one who is proud like a cedar is likely to sin. And therefore, due to its gentle qualities, the reed merited that a quill is taken from it to write with it a Torah scroll, phylacteries, and mezuzot.

Episode 68: From Sinai to Bethlehem - The Ugly Man

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