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The Torah tells us that Pharaoh rose in the night, after the plague of the firstborn. But the Legends of the Jews, drawing on various midrashic sources, paints an even more vivid p...
And when we delve into the rich world of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, we find some truly fascinating answers. Today, let's consider a slice of Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi ...
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...
The great Kabbalist Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag, known as Baal HaSulam (Master of the Ladder), offered a remarkable preface to the Zohar, aiming to make its wisdom more accessible. A...
We all probably have at some point. But what happens when that unwavering commitment actually causes harm? That's the kind of sticky situation that Baal HaSulam, in his remarkable ...
After all, isn’t it written in the Torah, in Deuteronomy (4:15), "For you did not see any image"? So, how can we then turn around and describe the Divine using names and the Sefiro...
It's not just some vague, formless energy. In Kabbalah, the divine manifests in intricate structures called partzufim (divine countenances or configurations). And within each partz...
We're diving into a concept from the "Introduction to Sulam Commentary," specifically section 34, that deals with the re-emergence of the left line in the partzuf (divine persona) ...
Jewish mysticism understands that struggle, and sees it reflected in the very structure of the cosmos. We've been exploring the intricate world of the Sefirot, the emanations of th...
