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.

Soul at Rest and Nukva

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:19

And in the Kabbalistic text Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138, we find a fascinating, if somewhat cryptic, answer. The text speaks of Nukva, often understood as the feminine aspect of th...

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Zeir Anpin and the Angels

Other Texts Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah 138:25

The core idea revolves around a cosmic dance, a reciprocal flow between the feminine and masculine aspects of the divine. Think of it as a spiritual ecosystem, where what ascends i...

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Ten Sefirot and Spirit

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah 2:1

Some traditions point to a fascinating text called the Sefer Yetzirah, the "Book of Creation." We've already dipped our toes into this mystical work, and now we're going to delve a...

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Cosmic Alphabet and Aries

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah 5:2

The Sefer Yetzirah, the "Book of Formation," that ancient and mysterious text of Jewish mysticism, offers a breathtaking answer. It suggests that the entire cosmos, from the grande...

Soul of Tetragrammaton

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah 6:1

The Sefer Yetzirah, the "Book of Creation," offers a mind-bending blueprint. It's a short but incredibly dense text of Jewish mysticism, traditionally attributed to the patriarch A...

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Kingdom of Gra and Breath

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 1:11

We're going to delve into a tiny sliver of it, specifically the version attributed to the Gra (גר״א), the Vilna Gaon, a brilliant 18th-century scholar. The Sefer Yetzirah isn't you...

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Throne of Glory and the Chariot

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 1:13

The Sefer Yetzirah, or "Book of Formation," offers a fascinating blueprint. And in this chapter, drawing from the version attributed to the Gra, the Vilna Gaon, we delve into the f...

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Gra in Jewish Tradition and Breath

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 2:1

This isn't just any book. It's said to describe how God created the world using the Hebrew alphabet and numbers. Heavy stuff. Think of it as a kind of cosmic instruction manual. No...

Hidden Wisdom of Gra

Kabbalah Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version 3:3

The Sefer Yetzirah, the "Book of Formation," offers a fascinating, and yes, sometimes mind-bending answer. It's a short but incredibly dense Kabbalistic text, traditionally attribu...

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