Torah

Keeping Faith in Good Times and Bad

by Yedidah July 16, 2014

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We all have times when we feel connected, and times when we seem to lose it. How do we stay in contact with our soul, with the Shechinah, through the ups and downs? The Zohar, interpreted by Rabbi Ashlag, gives clear and helpful guidance.

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Kabbalah: A Language for the Revelation of the Divine Light

by Yedidah July 3, 2014

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The Torah is the great repository and record of our connection with the Divine. Its very words are vessels which hold within them the Divine relation, as it was, as it is and as it will be. Its very essence is one with the Divine. It is both the garments for the Divine and it is one with the Divine who is clothed within it.

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As One Man, with One Heart

by Yedidah June 3, 2014

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The giving of the Torah is an eternal act that never ceases; for God is always giving. So why is it that we don’t feel the revelation of God in our lives now? To receive the light of God we have to want it. What brings us to want the revelation of God’s light in our lives now, and how did the Children of Israel achieve this state at Mount Sinai? From the teachings of Rabbi Ashlag

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Make for Me a Sanctuary

by Yedidah February 12, 2014

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The Torah commands ” Make for Me a sanctuary so I may dwell within them.” The Netivot Shalom teaches us that the Sanctuary in the wilderness was a map of the soul. Making a sanctuary for God today means making an appropriate vessel for His light to enter into our hearts. The planning and building of this inner sanctuary is equivalent to that of the Sanctuary built then. From the Kabbalah of Rabbi Ashlag

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Mixed Motives: Are they any good?

by Yedidah January 7, 2014

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When we start to learn the Kabbalah of Rabbi Ashlag and we learn that most of our desires are driven by our own egoistic desires that separate us from the Creator, it comes as a shock. We notice that even our good deeds seem tainted with our selfish ways. We feel stuck, even paralyzed. How do we move forwards now? From the teachings of Rabbi Ashlag

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Learning Torah for the Heart’s Sake

by Yedidah December 16, 2013

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Rabbi Ashlag teaches us that the true purpose of learning Torah is in order to correct the heart. But what does he mean by “heart” and why does it need correction? How does the Torah help with this? A podcast

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