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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 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...
Yet, that’s precisely what the Zohar, the foundational text of Kabbalah, suggests. Specifically, there's a powerful statement in Tikkunei Zohar (at the end of Tikkun 6) that says e...
And according to some, this feeling has deep roots in how we relate to the most mystical parts of our tradition. : we often focus on the halakha, the practical laws, the dos and do...
The great Kabbalist Baal HaSulam, in his introduction to the Zohar, speaks directly to that feeling. He paints a vivid picture of a soul yearning for connection, a connection that'...
He paints a vivid picture of people engaging with Torah, but missing something fundamental. He argues that many people, even those deeply involved in studying Torah, are actually d...
And Jewish tradition has a framework for understanding why that might be. According to Baal HaSulam, in his introduction to the Zohar, there’s this dynamic at play between the “int...
The great Kabbalist, Baal HaSulam, certainly did. And his words, written in his introduction to the Zohar, still resonate with a raw, urgent power today. He begins with a lament, a...
But according to one of the most influential Kabbalists of the 20th century, Baal HaSulam, that's precisely the role of the Zohar. Now, you might be asking, "What exactly is the Zo...
