Parshat Bereshit

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Covers the creation of the world in six days, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the first sin, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah. Genesis 1:1-6:8.

Depths of Torah

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 12:1

See, according to Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah (An Introduction to the Wisdom of Kabbalah), when we talk about higher and lower realms, we're not talking about physical locations...

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Divine Contraction

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 14:1

Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, grapples with this very feeling. And it offers a radical solution, a cosmic act of self-limitation called tzimtzum (constriction). But what...

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Legend of Malkhut

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 14:2

It's all about the dance between giving and receiving, and it starts with something called a partition. Think of it this way: imagine a beam of supernal light—pure, undiluted divin...

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Divine Contraction

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 15:1

But it's also at the heart of a deeply mystical concept in Kabbalah, the Jewish esoteric tradition. We're diving into some pretty heady stuff here. We’re talking about the creation...

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Four Worlds

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 17:3

In Kabbalah, the ancient Jewish mystical tradition, this very question sits at the heart of understanding creation itself. We've been exploring some fundamental principles of Kabba...

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Introduction to Kabbalah

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 18:7

Like there's something holding you back from... well, from everything? In Kabbalah, they talk about a "partition" (parsa) – and it's not just some abstract concept. It's a real for...

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Kingdom of Keter of Bina

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 19:1

Think of it as a veil, a filter, a cosmic dimmer switch. Now, this partition, according to the teachings of Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah, isn’t just a single thing. It operates o...

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Hidden Wisdom of Keter

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 20:1

Today, we're diving into a passage from Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah, a foundational text of Kabbalah, specifically section 20. Now, brace yourselves, because we're about to talk...

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Saga of Malkhut

Kabbalah Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah 21:1

Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, grapples with this very question. And the answer, it turns out, involves something called a "partition" (chitzah). Think of it like this: I...

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