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The Creation: The Vision of the End is Inherent in its Beginning

by Yedidah October 30, 2015

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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. From that English translation we would infer that this verse is talking about the initial creation, which subsequently unfolded. But the Sages of the Zohar took a rather different view of this statement. They saw this verse as embodying the glorious fulfillment of the Creation, when humankind will come to a full consciousness of compassion and love.

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Rosh Hashanah: the Festival of Choice

by Yedidah September 13, 2015

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Rosh HaShanah, the new year is a day of choice; a day when we are given the possibility of choosing again. This is an amazing thought. For so many of us, the days go by and we seem to have drifted into habits of thought , feeling and even actions, which on closer examination we may not in fact espouse.
So what does this new choice consist of, and how do we choose? From the Kabbalah of Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ashlag

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Returning to our Source: Teshuvah

by Yedidah September 1, 2015

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The soul’s origin is God. To return, to do the work of teshuvah, is to return to our origin; no longer separated from God, no longer divided from our truest selves, but united in the Divine. This opportunity is a gift of the Creator to all of creation. From the teachings of Rabbi Kook and Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ashlag.

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Dealing with Ourselves: the First Steps

by Yedidah August 6, 2015

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By means of a parable Rabbi Baruch Ashlag helps us identify different elements within our own personalities. Surprisingly, seeing our negative aspects turns out to be a forward step on the spiritual path.

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Why did God Go?

by Yedidah July 24, 2015

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In the external world, the Temple has been destroyed and is not yet rebuilt. We lack the real living reality of God within the heart of the nation. If we extrapolate that to our inner selves we can see, that what we are really missing is the experience of the presence of God within ourselves, and it is that lack that we mourn at this time.

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It is Through our Feelings that we may Attain the Names of God

by Yedidah July 2, 2015

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In a letter that Rabbi Ashlag wrote to his brother, he teaches that the soul incarnates into this world, because only when it is clothed in the physical can it experience feeling; whereas in the higher realms it has knowledge of God but not feeling. It is through our difficult feelings that we long for the revelation of God’s light in our lives, creating the desire, the vessel for his light.

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