What if mitzvos aren’t just spiritual practices, but part of the structure of reality itself?

In this episode, we explore the idea that Torah is the blueprint of creation, and that the world is literally built from it.

Drawing from the Zohar and Chazal, we begin to reframe mitzvos not as symbolic rituals, but as actions aligned with the deepest structure of existence.

We also look at how the Avos lived in this reality before Matan Torah—and what that reveals about how the world actually works.

Part 1 of a deeper Shavuos series.

References:

• Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz, Cause of Reality – Written Torah, The Official Podcast of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz, June 17, 2020 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-official-podcast-of-rabbi-dr-akiva-tatz/id1577510972?i=1000624297224
• Micha Berger, Bereishis Asparlaria: The Avos Kept the Torah
• Rav Hershel Schachter, On the Parsha II: Insights and Commentary Based on the Shiurim of Rav Hershel Schachter (Vayeshev), citing Bereishis Rabbah 79:6