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That feeling is understandable, especially when we dive into texts like the Zohar. The Zohar, a foundational work of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), is a sprawling, poetic, and often ...
We’re down here, muddling through our lives, and the Zohar, that mystical heart of Kabbalah, suggests our actions ripple all the way up, somehow affecting the very structure of the...
He sets up a crucial question: when we talk about the sefirot (the ten emanations through which God reveals Himself), are we talking about God Himself, or just the vessels that con...
That feeling, that elusiveness, might actually be built into the very fabric of reality, at least according to some profound mystical teachings. We're going to delve into a passage...
That’s kind of what we’re up against when we talk about Ein Sof. What is Ein Sof, anyway? The term literally translates to "without end," or "infinite." It's a Kabbalistic term ref...
According to Baal HaSulam, the great 20th-century Kabbalist and commentator on the Zohar, it's much more nuanced than that. In his "Preface to the Zohar," Baal HaSulam urges us to ...
And while we can never truly grasp the infinite, Jewish mystical tradition, especially the Zohar, offers some tantalizing glimpses. According to Baal HaSulam, in his preface to the...
And the answer, according to some of the deepest Kabbalistic teachings, is more mind-bending than you might think. The great Kabbalist, Baal HaSulam (Rabbi Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashla...
It’s a question that has driven mystics for centuries, and it all boils down to understanding the difference between potential and actuality. Baal HaSulam, in his preface to the Zo...
