Soul

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Explore 2,040 Jewish texts related to the theme of Soul, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Jonah and the Soul

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mystical tradition certainly sees it that way. to a fascinating, and perhaps a little strange, passage from the Tikkunei Zohar that paints just such a picture. The Tikkunei ...

Divine Presence and Pillar

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It all hinges on the image of a dove and an eagle. The "dove," the Tikkunei Zohar tells us, is prayer itself. More specifically, it represents the Lower Shekhinah – the Divine Pres...

Upper Worlds of Shekhinah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism often points to that very feeling, that inner landscape, as the place where the Divine touches us most intimately. to a passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, specifical...

Written and Oral Law

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a collection of mystical interpretations of the Zohar, that foundational text of Kabbalah, offers a fascinating glimpse into how we can find that inner directio...

Jonah and the Torah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism uses that very image to describe what happens when we lose our connection to something deeper. The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, uses the metaphor of...

Divine Presence and Jonah

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism has a powerful image for that feeling. It’s about the Shekhinah, the Divine Presence, and a moment of heartbreaking fragility. The passage we're looking at comes f...

Jonah and the Great Fish of Israelites

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a foundational text of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), reads the story of Jonah – Jonah swallowed by the great fish – as a metaphor for the soul's struggles. That ...

Five Levels of the Soul and Feminine

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mysticism has a lot to say about that very tension. Today, we're diving into a small but powerful passage from the Tikkunei Zohar, a later expansion of the Zohar itself, the...

Divine Presence

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The passage speaks of the "wings of the Shekhinah" as being the "covering of the blood" of a beast or bird. Now, before you get squeamish, remember that in Jewish thought, blood, o...