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Tu BShvat, New Year for Trees
One of the foundations of the learning of Rabbi Ashlag's Kabbalah as a system of inner work is that all that is told in the Scripture is applicable within the human being. So " A Man is like a tree of the field." is not just a nicesounding phrase but may be used to llok at our purpose and our path. A letter written by Rabbi Ashlag to his students illustrates just how to do this
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Chanukah: The miracle
Rabbi Ashlag asks, "What is a miracle? and in his answer we find that the Chanukah lights don't just spread physical light but they point the way for our own personal miracle too. Spirtual exile and the miracle of spiritual redemption is the message of Chanukah in our own lives
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Succot and the Clouds of Glory
The children of Israel were given three gifts to protect them through the travails of the wilderness. Manna from heaven, Miriam's well and the clouds of Glory. The clouds of Glory have the same essence of that of Aaron the priest, the sephirah of lovingkindness, and this is the same light we attract to ourselves when we sit in the succah. The shade provided by the succah is that of the shelter of faith and this gives us faith for the new Year now open to us .
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The Inner Essence of Yom Kippur
What does atonement really mean? Forgiving the hurts that others have done us somehow contradicts our sense of natural justice. Equally, what do I have to do make amends when I feel guilty and ashamed of mistakes I have made? Learn how the service of Yom Kippur itself give us valuable clues on these important issues and actually cleanses us for the New Year.
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Yom Kippur : A chance to reclaim our true identity
Which is the real me? We have a body of skin, bones, muscles, etc., that is given life by the nefesh behami the animal soul. Within this there is the point source of the holy soul, the neshamah which is part of the essence of God. On Yom Kippur we have the opportunity to release this precious part of ourselves from the bondage of the animal soul and its confusing behaviour and rediscover our real selves.
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The Symbols of Rosh HaShanah
A fresh look at the meanings we associate with the Hgh holy Days leads to surprising results when we consider them in the light of the Kabbalah. Judgment becomes compassion , and the fear of God changes into a quality more to do with love. Blowing the shofar becomes an act we do for all humanity. And the moon plays a surprising role...
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Changing our outlook on Rosh HaShanah
Do you feel upset and anxious when it comes around to the High Holy days? So many of us do. Many of the symbols associated with Rosh HaShanah, the Book of Life, the day of Judgement have been distorted over the centuries. Now with our knowledge of Kabbalah we can learn what “life” really is and how the shofar is the instrument of compassion.
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Enjoying the month of Elul
So many people dread the run up to the high holy days. They feel guilty about what they didn’t do all the year or/and anxiety about the year to come. But it needn’t be like that at all. The month of Elul is the opportunity for a good inner spring-clean and there is a real joy in that!
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The joy of expecting Purim
We are now in the beginning of the month of Adar, the month in which Purim takes place. This is the month in which we increase our joy. But people don’t feel happy or feel sad without a reason. Happiness is not a feeling one can fake or force. We tend to feel happy or sad depending on events. We can’t feel feelings just because we are told to! So it’s clear that the Sages of the Talmud intended the increase in our simchah in our joy to relate to an inner joy, something more connected with our inner being. …
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Until we don't know!
The essence of Purim is its light. What is the differrence between cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordecai? Finding the Mordecai (and the Haman) inside oneself and really celebrating the light of Purim!
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The night of the Bride
The souls make up the Sephirah of Malchut, also known as the Shechinah. On the festival of Shavuot the collective souls are termed the Bride and unite with the Holy Blessed One in the imagery of Bride and Bridegroom. The day the Children of Israel stood at Mount Sinai and received the Torah is of the same essence as that of the redemption. Learn a piece of Zohar with the commentary of Rabbi Ashlag
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The garments of the Torah hide its essence
The Torah comes to us in different forms. tradionally called Pardes.
These comprise the Bible, the Talmud, the Halachah and also the Kabbalah. But how do i know which to relate to? What do I do with all the aspects I disagree with? Listen now>>
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Who knows One? From Exile to Redemption
The energy of exile and redemption comes around again as we approach Passover. But are we simply re-enacting an historical event? According to the Kabbalah to the extent we can experience an inner exile we can likewise come to an inner redemption.
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The Four Cups of Wine: Their Inner Meaning
"And we awaken with their joy, and drink four cups of wine for the four aspects that are never separated from each other when this union is found." Zohar Emor 135.
Learn a piece from the holy Zohar together with Yedidah on the inner meaning of the four cups of wine that we drink on Seder night.
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