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HOW TO USE KABBALA ONLINE
Learn how to navigate and use this site
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Kabbala Online is organized into
10 categories and 59 sub-categories. To display a category's main
page, where a list of sub-categories is found, click on the category
name on the main navigation menu, found at the top left-hand side
of the screen. On a category's main page, to see a list of sub-categories
and featured articles, scroll down; under each sub-category is a
list of featured articles. To see a complete list of all the articles
in that sub-category, click on the "more"
MORE >
link or the sub-category heading. To view an article, click on the
article title.
The category main pages can
be reached from the navigation menu on the left or at the bottom
of each page. They are organized loosely in order from basic through
advanced material. The first three categories of "Introductions,"
"Kabbala & Daily Life," and "Kabbala
& Society" offer the basics.
The larger, bold text in each article is the
direct translation of the Kabbala source.
The smaller, plain
text is the explanation of the translator/editor.
Grey
text can be rolled over to provide a popup
explanation.An entry in
the popup with an asterisk is further explained in
the Dictionary of Terms or the Index of Sages,
accessible from the top navigation bar).
"Holy Days," "Weekly Torah," "Chasidism," and "Meditation
& Prayer" offer more intermediate level material. The latter includes an original translation and
commentary on the beloved Shabbat prayer, "Lecha Dodi".
The most advanced material will generally be found in the categories of "Safed
Teachings" and "Major
Concepts." The first includes many translations of the holy Zohar, Ari, and Ramak
that have never appeared in English before, as well as biographies and bibliographies for the great
Safed kabbalists. Also in the "Safed Teachings" section is our extensive
annotation of "Shaar Gilgulim" - "Gate of Reincarnations",
one of the most popular features on the site. The (as yet) partial translation of
"Tuv Ha'aretz" - "The Goodness of the Land" in our "Major Conepts"
section is deep and complex, but of great interest to every lover of the holy land.
The Reference section has several
sub-categories of materials and tools to help you understand the
articles on the rest of the site. Glossaries include a Dictionary
of Kabbala Terms and an Index
of Kabbala Sages and Books; they are available from every
page. At Questions & Answers you
can peruse other users' questions and our answers. Recommended
Reading has reviews of kabbala books in English. Links is
an extensive list of other places to learn kabbala and Torah on
the world wide web. At Real-Time Study
you can link to real people teaching kabbala live around
the globe - hopefully near you or your destination.
You can Ask the Kabbalist your
questions, Send-a-Prayer to the
gravesites of kabbala sages and other great tzaddikim here in the
Safed area, and subscribe to our weekly e-mails from every page.
Finally, there is a detailed, clickable schematic of the whole web
site on the site
map.
For questions, suggestions, comments, criticisms
or compliments on this site, click here.
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