Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Even if we find people who are great in the Torah, in fear, and in wisdom, yet who are not interested in the secrets of the Torah because of the sublimity of their degree, because they have many possessions with which to occupy their spirit in […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) REDEMPTION ONLY THROUGH KABBALAH Know that this is what it means that the children of Israel are redeemed only after the wisdom of the hidden is revealed to a great extent, as it is written in The Zohar, “With […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) This requires a thorough explanation. To make it clear to all, I shall choose to interpret the matter by what appears to us for this reason and extends to us here in the conduct of this world. THE […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) 1) In this introduction, I would like to clarify matters that are seemingly simple. Matters that everyone fumbles with, and for which much ink has been spilled, attempting to clarify. Yet we have not reached a concrete and […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? Philosophy has gone through a great deal of trouble to prove that corporeality is the offspring of spirituality and that the soul begets the body. Still, their words are unacceptable to the heart in any […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. Yea, the Lord will give that which is good; and our land […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) It is known that the desired purpose of the work in Torah and Mitzvot is to cleave unto the Creator, as it is written, “and to cleave unto Him.” We should understand what Dvekut (adhesion) with the Creator means. After all, the […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) “And among these nations you shall have no repose.” Deuteronomy 28:85 “And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all; in that you say we will be as the nations, as the families of the countries.” […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) Before I clarify this exalted matter, it is important for me to note that although all the readers seem to consider it impossible to clarify and bring such a matter closer to the human mind, except by relying […]
Found in the book “Kabbalah for the student“ Article by Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) In this article I would like to resolve three issues: A. What is the essence of religion? B. Is its essence attained in this world or in the next world? C. Is its purpose to benefit the Creator […]