Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Cathleen Falsani: This Numinous World

Luminous: Holding Up The World

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Cathleen Falsani
Oct 03, 2020
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Surely Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of them.

The Tzadikim Nistarim or Lamed Vavkniks (lamed-vavniks or Lamed Vovkniks, depending on your transliteration preference)—one of the 36 righteous souls who, according to Jewish mystical tradition and folk beliefs, carry the fate of the world on their shoulders.

They are the virtuous few who continue to embody al…

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