April 7, 2014 at 9:55 pm · Filed under Courses, Events
The Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education Center has announced the start date of the next Kabbalah Live Fundamentals course: Wednesday, June 11, 2014.
Enrollments for the upcoming course opened today at FreeKabbalahCourse.com
By signing up to the course, you will get:
- Instant access to an immediate self-study video course
- Instant access to a free copy of the eBook The Secrets of the Eternal Book, which describes the inner, spiritual meaning behind well-known Bible stories such as Noah’s Ark and the flood, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, the Tower of Babel, Abraham, Terah and Nimrod, the 7 days of creation (Genesis), and more
- An e-mail reminder when the course start date comes closer
- Access to download the lessons if you can’t make them live, or if you want to review the live lessons
- Access to an online community with a student forum, where you can ask questions and get them answered by instructors and moderators
- Opportunity to further advance in your studies with more free courses after the initial free Kabbalah Fundamentals course
Moreover, a new Kabbalah Fundamentals course curriculum is currently being piloted and will be e-mailed to all who sign up closer to the start of the Summer 2014 course. The new curriculum aims to provide a more comprehensive introductory experience into the wisdom and method of Kabbalah.
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April 7, 2014 at 6:00 am · Filed under Q&A, Zohar
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April 5, 2014 at 10:00 pm · Filed under Torah Portion
Leviticus, 16:1-18:30—19:1-20:27
This Week’s Torah Portion | April 6 – April 12, 2014 – Nisan 6 – Nisan 20 – Nisan 26, 5774
In A Nutshell
The portions, Aharei Mot (After the Death) and Kedoshim (Holy), are connected. In the portion, Aharei Mot, following the death of Aaron’s two sons—Nadav and Avihu—the Creator details before Moses various rules concerning the way Aaron may approach the Holy in the tabernacle: it requires offering several sacrifices. Aaron must choose between two male goats, one to be sacrificed as a sin offering, and the other to be sent to the desert as a “goat to Azazel.”
The portion also details the prohibition to slaughter for food without bringing an offering to the tent of meeting. The Creator instructs Moses to command the people not to follow the ways of the Egyptians and the Canaanites, and not to obey their rules. At the end of the portion the Creator tells the people of Israel not to be defiled by all the impurities that the nations that dwelled in the land of Canaan before them did because if they did, the land would repel them.
In the portion, Kedoshim (holy), the Creator says to the children of Israel through Moses: “You shall be holy for I the Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus, 19:2).
The portion details many different commandments between man and God, between man and man, and some that concern offering sacrifices. The portion also deals with fearing Mother and Father, observing the Sabbath, and the prohibition on idol worship. Some of the Mitzvot (commandments) relate to the land of Israel, the land of Canaan, the tithing, fruits of the tree, idol worship, and other laws.
The portion ends with a complete prohibition on incest and adultery, which are punishable by death. The Creator commands the children of Israel to keep the laws when they arrive at the land of Israel, and refrain from what they did while in Egypt. They must separate between pure and impure beasts, and, likewise, the Creator will separate between Israel and the rest of the nations. This is how they will be Holy to Him.
Commentary by Dr. Michael Laitman
Most people believe that the Torah speaks of this world, that it is full of physical actions and descriptions of animals, people, and objects, rules of social conduct, what is permitted, and what is forbidden. We either forget, or have never known that this world is but a replication of the spiritual world.
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April 5, 2014 at 9:00 pm · Filed under Definitions
Kadosh (Holy)
Holy means using the will to receive that was previously in order to receive. It is the reverse form of the ego—benefiting only others or the Creator. When it is in favor of others it is still at the degree of bestowing in order to bestow, the degree of Levites. But when we receive in order to bestow, it is at the degree of priests, the opposite the initial nature.
Holding a Grudge
We cannot correct ourselves if we are still “keeping score.” It is an internal energy. These are very deep corrections that astonish us when they appear because we suddenly understand how deep are our calculations for ourselves.
Prohibition on Divination
Divination is forbidden because it contradicts bestowal. If a person wants to bestow it makes no difference what will happen in the future. All we need is to connect with others and to give them. In that, we will find our new life. If we make any calculation, it is the will to receive.
One truly advancing toward bestowal is indifferent toward the future. All that that person wants is to bestow, to “be” in the other. In that state one has no connection to divination, as there cannot be any considerations. Hence, we should make the corrections within us because in each of us is the desire to know the future or to guess it.
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April 4, 2014 at 6:30 am · Filed under Ego, Q&A
Phoebe couldn’t find an example of a selfless good deed.
Can you?
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