J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus joins Gabriel to discuss the Kabbalah and Zohara’s book Sanctuary of the Divine Presence. In Judaism a name is considered a vessel, and Zohar is the book of splendor and is the central book of Kabbalah. The Kabbalah is a process and a method of aligning oneself with the universe. The […]
(From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) The basic, primary principle is to increase the will, for that is the basis upon which the structure builds and the strength of the construction is measured by the strength of its foundation. Many things compel one to labor, but they do not aim at the cause. […]
January 09, 2003 (From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) We distinguish among many levels and many distinctions in the (upper, spiritual) worlds. And it is known that when one speaks about levels and distinctions, one speaks (only) regarding the souls’ comprehension of what is received from these worlds; according to the principle that […]
(From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) Joy is considered to be love, which is being. It resembles a man building himself a house, but neglecting to make hollows in the walls. It turns out that there is not a way for the man to enter the house. Therefore a hollow, a space must […]
(From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) Man is made of three bodies: A) The inner body, in which the holy soul is dressed. B) The Noga shell. C) The serpent’s skin. In order to save one from the two outer bodies, so that they do not interfere with the holy one, and in […]
May 28, 2000 5:49 AM Given in Tsfat, 5759 delivered by: Rabbi Avraham Brandwein, Dean, Kol Yehuda Tzvi POB 14056 Jerusalem, Israel fax: 972-2-5823276 B”H This week also includes Tish’a B’Av, the day commemorating the destruction of both Temples. The Gmarah [Gittin 55b] tells of the period of the Destruction. Jerusalem was laid waste because […]
by I.Krakovski (scholar of Rabbi Y.Ashlag) 1) There is no single substance existing in the world, whether it be that which we experience through the senses, or that which we perceive through the mind, which is not comprised in the Creator. Everything emanates from Him. Therefore, what we know as contrary, or unrelated substances, in […]
(From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) The spiritual – is the Awakening from Above, then why is the Awakening from Below necessary? What must be done in order to merit the attainment of the spiritual, is beyond man’s comprehension, because it is beyond human reasoning to grasp how could such a thing (to […]
(From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) It is written that there is none else beside Him, meaning there is no other power in the world with the ability to do anything against Him. And what man sees, namely, that there are things in the world which deny the household of Above, is of […]
(From the book Shamati by Kabbalist Y. Ashlag) When a person is wishing to work within self – denial before the Creator, without considering his own benefit, and he is leaving his family and friends for the sake of humbling himself before the Creator, he is having reached a situation where as if the whole […]
The body and prophecy are inseparable just as the soul of the Prophet and closeness to the Creator, are fashioned in partnership. Prophecy is intended for correcting of behavior, prediction of the future, or to avert danger from a threat to national defense or natural disasters. Study of Torah (the word of God), and practicing […]
Prophecy distinguishes itself from all other arts and intuitive talents. It delegates to the Prophet an unequalled status among their peers as the Creator’s representative. They are found to be of good character, wise judgment, merciful hearts, righteous and diligent in study, teaching, and practice of their faith. Prophecy as the supreme language of the […]
The Torah is the Creator’s blueprint for creation; Kabbalah’s Etz Chayim its decoding map for understanding the secrets of the written and oral teaching of the Torah. The map represents Adam Kadmon, the primordial man from which all of the worlds originate. “This Adam Kadmon acts as a filter through which the light of the […]
Principles of Faith Remain Unchanged These classical beliefs are the background associated today with orthodoxy, and are considered a reflection of all classical observant lineages held in common with the ancient People of the Book of the times of the Prophetesses. Knowing them, we are given a better understanding of the lives of the Prophetesses […]
Mt. Sinai– Communal Receiving of “The Book” At the receiving of Torah all of those present reached a state of Prophetic consciousness, hearing the same words uttered by the Creator through Moses, the greatest Prophet of all. While it is true that Moses heard things others did not, they all heard the word of God […]