by Yedidah
December 11, 2014
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“O God, My God, You, I seek You. My soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, in an arid and thirsty land without water” ( Psalm 63). David said these words when he was in sorrow and trouble. The Zohar looks at the circumstances in which David said this Psalm , and shows us the nature of God’s light when it is hidden from us. It transpires that David is actually teaching us the consciousness of God’s light when it is concealed from us and how we may yet connect with God even when we can’t.
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by Yedidah
November 25, 2014
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The Sages of the Zohar asked Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai , Why did Jacob withhold giving Esau some lentil stew until he had sold him the birthright? The unspoken question is “Is that the way a righteous man behaves?!” Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai ‘s answer, was decisive. Jacob was a righteous man of truth who is incapable of deceiving anyone. What was this truth of Yaakov and how does it affect us till this day?
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