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.

Wisdom of Arich Anpin and Eden

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:26

Specifically, we're peeking into how hidden wisdom, or Chochmah, flows from the most ancient and concealed aspects of the Divine. Think of it like this: there's a source, a wellspr...

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Pursuit of Wisdom and Chochmah

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:45

In Kabbalah, the mystical tradition of Judaism, that source is a complex and beautiful flow, originating from the very highest realms. to a piece of the Idra Zuta and explore this ...

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Hashem's Transgression

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:122

Jewish mysticism explores these very feelings, often using incredibly rich and symbolic language. Today, let's dive into a particularly fascinating passage from the Idra Zuta, a pa...

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Maker of Heaven and Earth of Aleph

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:124

The text dives right in: "Come and see, Aleph on its own is called first, which is male; for the unknown is hidden and concealed in Aleph." Aleph (א) is the first letter of the Heb...

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Gift of Prophecy and Chochmah

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:137

It's more than just the physical act of sound waves entering our ears. According to the Idra Zuta, a central text of the Zohar, hearing, or rather, the capacity for hearing, is dee...

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First Days of Existence

Other Texts Idra Zuta 1:139

The Idra Zuta, a profound section of the Zohar, the central text of Kabbalah, touches on this very idea. It talks about those whose "path is crooked," who readily absorb words, par...

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Fathers of the Nation

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 35:20

Reishyt (ראשית) – that Hebrew word for "beginning" pops up all over the place. And each time, it carries its own special spark of meaning. But there's one verse in Proverbs that re...

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Foundations of Being

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 38:14

Jewish mystical tradition sees the very letters as pathways to understanding the divine. And tucked away in the Tikkunei Zohar, a later stratum of Zoharic literature, we find a par...

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Pillars of Existence and Ezekiel

Kabbalah Tikkunei Zohar 40:11

Jewish mysticism, especially the Zohar, that foundational text of Kabbalah, is filled with exactly that feeling. Today, let’s pull back the curtain on a small but fascinating passa...

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