It is in this week's Torah Reading, Bo, which relates all the events immediately prior to the Exodus, that we find the first mention of Mezuzahs on doorposts - -
see the lead article for an interesting analysis of a modern question on mezuzahs from one of the leading teachers of Kabbalah in our generation.
Bo also contains two of the four biblical texts that are inscribed in tefillin - -
see article #6 by a leading Kabbalist in Jerusalem that passed away last year who was also a Chasidic Rebbe.
Saturday night-Sunday, 4 Shevat, is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzira, or the “ Baba Sali,” as he was affectionately known throughout the Jewish world.
Tens of thousands of people are expected to converge at his resting place in Netivot this week — see the story (#7).
A mystical insight into the month of Shevat based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe is the subject of article #3.