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.

Ten Sefirot and Beria

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 27:2

That's where things get interesting. See, before anything can exist, there has to be a way to measure it, to portion it out. That’s where the ten sefirot come in. Think of them as ...

Maker of Heaven and Earth

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 34:1

That feeling, that yearning, might be more profound than you realize. According to Kabbalistic thought, the very symbols and stories we use to understand the divine are tools desig...

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Preface to Illumination and Giver

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 34:2

That’s kind of what we’re talking about today. It's a concept that dives deep into how we perceive the Divine, how we understand the very nature of reality itself. And it all stems...

Gift of Prophecy and Beria

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 35:6

Baal HaSulam, in his preface to the Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah, delves deep into this question. He reminds us that while God may "manifest Myself to you in your forms, ...

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Malkhut and the Mysteries

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 36:2

And the answer, according to Kabbalah, might surprise you. Baal HaSulam, in his profound "Preface to the Zohar," gives us a clue. He suggests that form and similitude – the very es...

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Concealed Light and Beria

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 38:1

It’s a question that’s fascinated mystics for centuries. The Zohar, that foundational text of Jewish mysticism, dives deep into this, and Baal HaSulam, a 20th-century Kabbalist, he...

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Voice of Torah and Beria

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 38:2

The great Kabbalist Baal HaSulam, in his preface to the Zohar, delves into a fascinating concept: that the entire Torah can be seen as a mystical representation of the structure of...

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Wisdom of Keter and Bina

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 39:3

And within its very form lies a profound teaching. To understand it, we need to delve into the mystical world of the Sefirot, the ten emanations through which the Divine reveals it...

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Inner Light and Isaiah

Kabbalah Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar 41:1

It’s a question that has haunted mystics and theologians for centuries. How can we, bound by time and space, truly perceive Ein Sof, the Endless One? The answer, according to Kabba...

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