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 in the Body

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 43:1

Jewish mysticism grapples with that feeling, and the idea that we’re born with only a sliver of our true spiritual potential. According to the great Kabbalist Baal HaSulam, in his ...

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Written and Oral Law of Partzuf

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 44:3

It’s actually… real. In his "Introduction to Zohar," Baal HaSulam delves into the nature of spiritual growth, and how we’re all connected to something far grander than ourselves. H...

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Purification and the Soul

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 45:1

The Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah, isn't always the easiest to understand. That's where commentators like Baal HaSulam (Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag) come in. His intro...

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Soul at Rest

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 47:1

Baal HaSulam, a towering figure in 20th-century Kabbalah, provides incredible insight into how we truly grow spiritually. He tells us in his introduction to the Zohar that simply d...

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Bond of the Soul and Neshama

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 48:1

In Jewish mysticism, specifically in the teachings of Baal HaSulam, this struggle is understood as the tension between our "animal" desires and our higher, spiritual selves. And th...

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Baal HaSulam Teaches and Asiya

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 51:2

And Baal HaSulam, in his introduction to this foundational text of Kabbalah, gives us a glimpse into why. He talks about the world of Asiya. Now, in Kabbalah, we often speak of dif...

Baal HaSulam Teaches

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 54:1

And in the Kabbalistic tradition, particularly as illuminated by Baal HaSulam in his introduction to the Zohar, we find a path, a journey, towards that very connection. It begins w...

Maimonides Faces Judgment

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 57:1

The great Kabbalist Baal HaSulam, in his introduction to the Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah, felt that way about his own generation. And honestly, reading his words, you mi...

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Studying Torah and Afraid

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 58:1

He saw a spiritual drought gripping his generation, a darkness born from something quite specific: a decline in faith. Not just any faith, but faith in the wisdom of the ages, in t...

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