Kabbalah Online Magazine
Va'eira 5772
Vol. 8, No. 16 -- 20 - 26 Tevet, 5772 / Jan. 15 - 21, 2012
A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
This Sunday is the yahrzeit of the Rambam (Maimonides - see 1st article)
and Thursday is that of the Baal Tanya (see last 3 articles).
Articles #2 and #3 relate to meditations on Divine Names.
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| Jewish Meditation |
 | Becoming a Prophet
By Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ("Maimonides"); adapted by Eliyahu Touger
The Rambam describes the nature of prophecy. |
| Biographies of Major Kabbalists |
 | Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz
By Moshe Miller
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| Holy Names & Letters |
 | Tree Trunk Tetragrammaton
By Rabbi Joseph Gikatila; translated and adapted by Avi Weinstein
Kabbalah teaches that to understand G-d's unity, one must understand His divine Names. |
| Weekly Torah Reading |
 | Unrevealed Mercy
From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) Ibn Atar
The patriarchs were not aware of the unique simultaneous effectiveness of both of G-d's attributes. |
| Baal HaTanya |
 | Maintaining the Creation
From the teachings of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
The Soul of a Rock |
| Weekly Torah Reading |
 | Staffs and Snakes
Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi by Yossi Marcus
Ultimately, the forces of concealment of G-dliness become subsumed in holiness. |
| Mystic Story |
 | Give Me the Shivers
By Yerachmiel Tilles
"If my days are numbered, at least I will see the rebbe before I die." |
