Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Isaac Among the Fathers and Partzuf

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 62:1

It’s a question that Baal HaSulam, in his introduction to the Zohar, helps us unravel. He paints a picture of the divine structure, using the term Partzuf (divine "persona" or conf...

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Curtain of Mystery

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 63:3

He paints a picture of souls descending through history, each era presenting its own unique challenges and opportunities for spiritual development. Think of the six thousand years ...

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Rav Yehuda's Prayer

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 64:4

We read tales of miracles, of prayers answered instantly, of a connection to the divine that feels almost unimaginable today. But why does it seem so distant? Why can't we conjure ...

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Promises to the Fathers

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 66:1

You're not alone. Jewish tradition, especially Kabbalah, is deeply interested in the idea of inner and outer, of the pnim (internal) and chitzon (external) – and it applies this co...

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Understanding the Zohar

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 68:1

The way a river delta mirrors the branches of a tree? The way a family dynamic can mirror a national one? Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, suggests this isn't just a coinci...

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Supernal Worlds

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 1:1

This isn't just any book. It's a foundational text of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. A mystical commentary on the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, brimming with secret...

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Sefer Yetzirah's Miracle

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 8:2

It's more than just words on a page, according to Kabbalistic tradition. It's a whole universe of light and wisdom, waiting to be unlocked. : what is a book? We often take it for g...

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Paths of Mystery

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 8:3

That’s kind of like trying to understand the highest realms of Kabbalah, especially the world of Atzilut. Atzilut… It's a Hebrew word that means "Emanation," and in Kabbalistic tho...

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Preparing for Zohar and Beria

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 16:2

It’s a question that has occupied mystics and theologians for centuries. And the answer, as we find in the wisdom of Kabbalah, is far more nuanced than you might think. to a fascin...

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