I gave a million different thoughts running through my head right now, but these are the three most important ones. 1) Why is Rivka here? 2) Why is Daybreak hunting down my family? 3) Is my mom alive?

“Sis, I...I don’t get it, how did my boss find you?” I ask her, and she takes a deep breath and begins to explain.

“Well, this horse told me that she wiped our memories of you so we wouldn’t be upset that you disappeared. I only got my memory back today, when she showed up in our backyard and scared the daylight out of me. She probably gave me the same speech that you got, with how she’s been with us for four millennia and all that. Before I even agreed, she just used this spell to grab me and flew off to this world, and now I am here. Not much else to say.” She says, looking around the lunar citadel, and is amazed at being on the moon, even though it’s not OUR moon.

“Noah. I am afraid that your training must continue now.” Nightmare Moon says to me sternly, before I gently interrupt her with an update about my studies.

“Uh, Nightmare Moon? You told me to update you when I found the proper formulae in the G’ra’s commentary that we could use to win. I think I might have found it!” I say, using a spell to grab the tome I was referring to and open to a specific page.

“Hmm, Let me see, child.” Nightmare Moon says, using her magic to look at the book and see the footnotes that I have been writing down incessantly since I got here.

“My G-d...you did it!” Nightmare Moon says, giving me a very tight hug. “We can use this to defeat Daybreak once and for all! I am so proud of you!” Nightmare Moon says, letting me go.

“Umm. Noah? If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly were you working on that this alicorn is happy about?” Rivka asks, as I revert to my unicorn form to better harness my magic. I make a projection of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, with the 10 Sefiros.

“Okay. I know you probably don’t know about this stuff, because of a lot of reasons, but you know our ancestor is the G’ra, right?”

Rivka nods.

“Well, I actually didn’t know this until Nightmare told me, but he was also a Kabbalist, but he did most of it in secret, since he was part of the Misnagim. Anyways, there is a Tree of Life, with ten sefiros, or emenations. These are: Keter (Crown), Hokhmah (Wisdom), Binah (Understanding), Hesed (Lovingkindness), Gevurah (Might) or Din (Judgment), Tiferet (Beauty), Hod (Splendor), Netzah (Victory), Yesod (Foundation), and Malkhut (Sovereignty). They all represent a different aspect of G-d’s manifestation in the universe, or in this case, the multiverse. What the G’ra figured out was that you can harness powerful magic with these things, and vanquish evil, too.” I say, lighting up each of the ten sefiros in different colors to show them to everyone in the citadel.

“So what you are basically saying is you are going to risk going insane to defeat Daybreak, even though the Rambam says you aren’t supposed to learn the mystic arts until full mastery of Torah is achieved?” Rivka asks me with shock and awe.

“I picked your brother because he is one the best and the brightest of your people. I spent thousands of years looking for candidates, and since 1800, only three have shown up, your brother being the third and final candidate.” Nightmare Moon says with certainty.

“So, what kind of magic are you going to use, anyways? And how do the sefiros tie in with this?” Rivka asks me.

“Am I allowed to demonstrate, boss?” I ask my teacher, who just nods.

“Okay, Rivka. Here’s what I want you to do. Please stand by my teacher’s throne.” Rivka does as I ask, and waits. She suddenly moves instantaneously to the other side of the throne room, and is shocked by this.
“Wait. What happened?” Rivka says, scared that she somehow moved across the hall.

“I paused time and moved you over. Just a simple demonstration of what this new magic can do, nothing more.” I say, as my sister seems both amazed and terrified at my ability to manipulate time itself.

“How...How are you able to use magic? Isn’t that Kishuf?”

“Well, yes and no. Yes, because I am manipulating the natural world, but no because I am using the same type of magic that the Kabbalists of old used, just with a new twist.” I reply smugly.

“It is true, Rivka. Everything that your brother has been doing is within the confines of Torah law. I would never ask my pupil to do something against his morals and values.” Nightmare Moon replies.

“So, in a bit over a year, you are going to a magical land of ponies to kill their leader, because she doesn’t like the Jews? Is that right, Noah?” Rivka asks me, trying not to laugh at the very idea.

“Pretty much. I already met one of these ponies, besides my teacher. Her name is Twilight Sparkle, and she actually wants to learn Torah! I was quite surprised!” I say, as my sister begins laughing uncontrollably. The very idea of a talking magical pony seems crazy, but then again, she did go flying on an alicorn to another universe, so nothing is too out of the ordinary for her anymore.

“I am being dead serious with you, Rivka.” I say, and she starts to calm down.

“So. Who is this Daybreak mare, anyways? How crazy is she?” My sister asks Nightmare Moon, who sighs and begins to explain.

“Well, I told you about how I got sent to the moon when we were flying here. What I didn’t tell you yet was how I met Abraham on Earth almost four thousand years ago.”

“Wait, WHAT? You met Avraham Avinu? This is crazy. How old ARE you, Nightmare Moon?” My sister akks.

“One should never ask a mare her age! But I am 6,752 years old. Anyways. I met Abraham in Ur, and I saved him from the furnace. We became friends, and I promised to protect him from Daybreak, who was being worshipped as a sun deity at the time. This naturally upset my sister, who swore to eliminate Abraham and all of his descendants.”

“Wait, so Daybreak is responsible for EVERY bad thing the Jews had to deal with?” Rivka asks, appalled.
“Not all of them, but yes. Both Temples being destroyed, the Spanish Inquisition, the Shoah, and many more. She doesn’t want anything that can help me get back to Equestria and reclaim my throne there.

“That’s horrible! Noah, are you SURE you are up to this monumental task?”
What choice do I have? I know so much more now, and I am immortal! Nightmare Moon showed me what I need to do.” I say as Nightmare puts a hoof on my sister’s shoulder.

“I must interrupt this lovely reunion, because I must continue training your brother in magic. You are free to watch, and maybe you can learn something new!” Nightmare Moon says, teleporting all three of us to the lunar crater where Nightmare Moon and I have trained for the past few months.

“How am I able to breathe in a vacuum?” My sister asks, terrified that she is in the vacuum of space.

“I enchanted you, that’s why. Can’t have my pupil’s family die on him, now can I?” Nightmare Moon says, conjuring a chair for my sister to sit on.

She lunged towards me and the sparring match begins once again!

Author's Note

AUTHOR’S NOTE

GLOSSARY:

Sefiros: The 10 sefiros are the ten emanations of G-d listed in the Kabbalistic tradition.
Kishuf: Biblical Hebrew word for magic, or more literally the occult.