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True Need and Spiritual Lack in Kabbalah
The Hebrew word HISARON, when translated as “deficiency,” creates the mistaken sense that something is wrong with one’s character. A more precise meaning is [...]
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What Is Faith in Kabbalah
Faith is an art form, not in the sense of a special talent or occupation, but as hard creative work: bringing into being something that was not there before, [...]
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Changing Fear to Gratefulness
Fear appears in layers. There is fear tied to lack of safety, when the fabric of order feels thin and unstable, and there is a higher trembling fear that comes [...]
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Spiritual Growth Through Faith and Group Work
Spiritual reality can only be perceived and activated within the ecology of a study group. Reading or studying alone is insufficient — like sperm and ovum that [...]
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Mysticism Is Not The Purpose of Creation
Mysticism is not the purpose of creation because the purpose is not to disappear into the source but to become a vessel that can consciously receive and use [...]
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The Meaning of Being in Exile in Kabbalah
Exile is the state of separation: separation from light, separation from God, separation from the awareness of the Creator's presence. Jacob points to a [...]
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The Role of Bestowal in the Process of Creation
Everything that was created is the will to receive. The purpose of creation is to create a place in which the Creator can reveal itself, and so all that exists [...]
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The Spiritual Responsibility of Israel
Most people who express hatred toward Israel have no explanation for it. They simply do not know. Usually, it has to do with complete ignorance. Yet there is [...]
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Difference Between Wickedness and Evil
In Israel, the term "Rasha" refers to wickedness or evil, but it's important to clarify its meaning. In Hebrew, Rasha (or wicked) represents the will to [...]
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Nourishment and the Ego
In Kabbalistic teachings, the ego and the spirit represent two distinct states, each drawing its sustenance from different sources. The ego, or the "will to [...]
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Artificial Intelligence as a Reflection of Human Limitation
Artificial intelligence is a way for humanity to invest in the research of itself. However far we go in its development, we will meet our own limitation in all [...]
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What Is Forgiveness in Kabbalah
The working base is that the Creator wishes you to be His partner. To understand this, we need to understand forgiveness in its Hebrew sense, meaning how [...]
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Human Suffering and the Suffering of Spirit
Drawing on her experience of treating people, Rabba Saphir Noyman Eyal identifies the most desperate aspect of human suffering: an inescapable cycle. Treatment [...]
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Singing in Kabbalah: Preparation for Prayer
Music and the ability to sing were not given to humanity in vain. They can elevate the state of mind and give emotion an outlet. Yet the verses of song that [...]
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Metatron Angel
Metatron, in the book of Bereshit, is the spirit of Hanoch, one of the first ten generations before Noah. Hanoch is taken while still conscious and becomes an [...]
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Wickedness Within Spiritual Work
Defining the Work: The Dome of Spiritual RevelationWhen we speak of wickedness, selfishness, or the will to receive for oneself, it's important to understand [...]
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The Last Generation in Kabbalah
The last generation can be understood as both a last chance and the greatest opportunity. Shekhinah (Divinity), or the way the Higher defines itself through [...]
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Breaking the Bubble of Self: From Self-Observation to Contemplation
Breaking the Bubble of Self: Focus in Kabbalah and PrayerSitting in meditation or in prayer raises a real question: what should one focus on? When a point in [...]
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Essence of Unification and Communion in Spiritual Work
The Zoar emphasizes that the true purpose of spiritual work is to create unification—a deep communion between the parts of the Nukba (the need or desire for [...]
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Role of isolation
The concept of Hidbodedut (isolation) in Hasidic terms, especially as seen in Rabbi Nachman’s teachings, is often misunderstood as a retreat or withdrawal from [...]
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Death Transcending the Corporeal to Higher Realms
Rabbah Saphir Noyman Eyal reflects on the concept of being "uprooted from the world" and reframes it as a profound spiritual blessing rather than a threat. [...]
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The Womb in Kabbalah
In Kabbalah, the concept of Bina is deeply connected to the womb. Bina is described as both a major receiver and a major restorer. It has the capacity to [...]
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