New Course on the Introduction to the Zohar Sundays on Skype:
Ongoing weekly course every Sunday. Each lesson an hour. 

 12 noon Eastern Time.
​The Introduction to the Zohar by the Kabbalist, Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag, as brought in the book A Tapestry for the Soul.

The Introduction to the Zohar is a fascinating exploration of ourselves. The Zohar itself is written in a specific language, which makes it hard for the ordinary person to understand the underlying messages the Zohar teaches. Rabbi Ashlag penetrated and explained the language of the Zohar and then wrote this fascinating essay to enable us to see the core ideas that lie within the Zohar itself. 
We will study these ideas in this course and see how they apply to our own lives. 
The course will be based on the material found in A Tapestry for the Soul and Yedidah will add additional materials according to the interest of the group. 

What are We? 
What is our essence? Are we our body, our personality, a collection of qualities or our soul?
What defines how we act and how we respond?  Where do our desires come from? 
The unique role we each play in the great chain of humanity
The Purpose of Creation: Why did God create the world? Why did He create me? 
The extraordinary association of the soul and the body. What does the soul give to the body, what does the body give to the soul? 

Deeper into the Purpose of Creation
The creation of the will to receive. Its value and its problems 
Its development into tikkun and rectification 
The rectification (tikkun) of Creation
What brings us closer to God, what separates us
The origin of evil in the world, the framework of evil. Why is evil necessary?
Suffering, its cause and purpose, what can we do about it? 

Applying this Wisdom to Ourselves 
Free will
The role of the mitzvot (conscious acts of giving benefit) in healing the ego, whose basis is the will to receive for oneself alone
The true nature of the body
The states in which the souls exist simultaneously
How desire begets needs and needs begets thoughts how to fulfill those desires
The differences between people

The Language of Kabbalah 
The language of the branches
The revival of the dead
The true goal and fulfilment of the will to receive
The parts of our lives

The Spiritual Worlds
The purpose of the higher worlds
The relationship of the soul with the higher worlds
The lights of the Sephirot,
the vessels and the worlds
The ascension of the soul

Ourselves and the World
The holographic nature of reality
The revelation of the Kabbalah in our generation
How the work of the individual influences the whole

Conduct of the Course:
We read the text and work to understand Rabbi Ashlag’s intention.
We then look at how the concepts learned apply (or not) to our own lives.
The course is conducted in groups. Groups develop a dynamic of their own and thus the pace is largely set by the interests of the participants. The more reading we do, the more we gain from the course. Yedidah welcomes dialogue and questions in the class!! 
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When 12 noon Sundays  Eastern time ; 7pm Israel 
Classes are  one hour weekly.
Payment is for four classes  at a time.
$140  a month . You may cancel anytime.
If you have to miss a class recordings will be available
 I you would like to discuss the class  with Yedidah   please contact Yedidah
 
​f you would like to buy 
 A Tapestry for the Soul.