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.

Wisdom of Keter and the Crown

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 63:5

Think of them as divine countenances, aspects of God interacting. Today, we're diving into the relationship between two of these partzufim: Keter and Ḥokhma. Keter, often translate...

Zohar Gateway and There

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 66:1

Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, grapples with this very question, especially when it comes to the creation of spiritual entities called partzufim (divine "faces" or config...

Ladder to Understanding of Bina

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 67:1

Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, offers some pretty wild, and pretty profound, answers. One key concept to understanding this is how different partzufim – divine "faces" or configuratio...

Yisrael Sabba and the Mysteries

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 68:2

There's this principle, a kind of cosmic law of reciprocity. It says that when a lower partzuf—think of it as a spiritual configuration or "face" of God—causes light to shine in a ...

Mysticism

Tale of Keter

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 72:2

Kabbalah, the ancient Jewish mystical tradition, delves deep into these veils, these partzufim (divine countenances), and the ways they shape our understanding of the divine light....

Ladder to Understanding

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 72:3

It's not a simple, straightforward beam. Jewish mystical tradition, especially in the Kabbalah, describes a fascinating process involving descents and transformations. We're going ...

Keter in Paradise

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 74:2

In Kabbalah, the process isn't just about discarding the old; it's about a fascinating dance of purification, ascent, and renewal. It's a bit like spiritual alchemy, really. to a s...

Adam & Eve

Ladder to Understanding

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 74:3

One such model involves a concept called the partition, a kind of filter that allows the divine light to be both revealed and concealed. And within this partition, some really fasc...

Inner Light

Other Texts Introduction to Sulam Commentary 80:1

It involves faces, lights, and… gestation. Stay with me. We're diving into the Sulam Commentary, specifically section 80, which explains how one partzuf (divine "face" or configura...

Mysticism