One for God and One for Azazel: A talk for Yom Kippur

by Yedidah September 11, 2013
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The Temple service on Yom Kippur teaches the consequences of two possible paths:that of the ego or that of service, via the sacrifice of the two he- goats which were chosen by lot. One for God and one for Azazel.. Rabbi Ashlag on the Zohar .

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The Shofar: the Sound of Compassion

by Yedidah September 2, 2013
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The shofar brings the light of compassion into the world on Rosh Hashanah. . The year cycle starts again, bringing the original light into the world which needs balancing through the mitzvah of the shofar . A class on the Zohar and Perush HaSulam.

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Shame is a Precious Feeling

by Yedidah August 20, 2013
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Confessing what we have done wrong is a key element of Teshuvah. But many of us find the feeling of shame a serious impediment. Learn how shame is viewed by the Sages in a positive light and how it came to us at the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai

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Forty Days of Love: From Elul to Yom Kippur

by Yedidah August 13, 2013
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The essence of the month of Elul is “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine.” It’s a time for repairing relationships till they reach the level of love they had before we messed up, whether they are relationships between ourselves and our fellows or ourselves and God. It is a time of Teshuvah, a time of coming back.

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Learning the Language of Love

by Yedidah July 30, 2013
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Love your neighbor as yourself is a great principle of the Torah. This it is actually a statement which sums up the whole of the Torah. In this talk we look at the relationship between loving our neighbor unconditionally and the soul. From Matan Torah by Rabbi Ashlag

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Where is God?

by Yedidah July 15, 2013

Where is God within us? This is the remembrance of the destruction of the our inner Temple. The Zohar teaches us that the real destruction and exile is the absence of God in our lives. From the teaching of Rabbi Ashlag

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