June 6, 2008 at 7:22 am · Filed under Articles, Zohar
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Zohar means Radiance, and The Book of Zohar is the fundamental book in the wisdom of Kabbalah. It is the key enabling one to reveal the spiritual part of the universe, hidden to our five senses, and the Upper Force that governs everything and brings everything into being.
It was written by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, or Rashbi, a great Kabbalist who lived in the 2nd century CE. Rashbi attained all the wisdom that was to be recorded in The Book of Zohar while hiding from the hostile Roman authorities in a cave in Northern Israel. Together with his son Rabbi Elazar, Rashbi spent 13 years living in this cave, eating fruits of a carob tree and drinking water from a nearby source. In that time, the father and son had attained all the degrees of the spiritual world, and were able to feel the Upper Force or the Creator with utter clarity. Read the rest of this entry »
May 15, 2008 at 9:52 pm · Filed under Notices, Q&A
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November 1, 2007 at 9:54 am · Filed under Tree of life
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Music Video of the Tree of Life poem by 16th century Kabbalist Isaac Luria (the Ari)
– Read the Tree of Life Poem in Kabbalah Today, Issue 2
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