Shoftim 5770 - Book of Deuteronomy

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Shoftim 5770

Vol. 6, No. 45 - the week of 29 Av - 4 Elul 5770 / August 8 - 14, 2010

A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat Elul is the last month before Rosh Hashana-Yom Kippur, and there for is associated with "soul-accounting" and repentance. It begins this Tuesday. The Elul articles this week are either specific to the beginning of the month or else related to the Torah Reading, Shoftim. Look here next week for more features on this important season. To receive the weekly magazine in your email, go to Subscribe. To sponsor a future issue, go to Dedicate.
What is Kabbalah?
	The Need to Learn Kabbalah — Torah greats encourage learning Jewish mysticism By Baruch Emanuel Erdstein
Non-Jews
	The Inner Aspect of the World — The study of Kabbala affects our relationship with the nations From the teachings of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag
The Month of Elul
	Song for Elul — In the month of repentance, we utilize the power of song to overcome challenges From the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; translation and commentary by Shmuel-Simcha Treister, based on Metok MiDevash

	Elul: Pathway Upon the Sea — A Kabbalistic meditation by the Ari for the month of Elul By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translated and edited by Baruch Emanuel Erdstein
Weekly Torah
	Personal Judges — Everyone must supervise the "gates of one's body": the mouth, eyes, ears, nose, etc. By Shaul Yosef Leiter

	Protect Yourself for Peace — We are enjoined to discipline our senses, to preserve our own and others' peace From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria; translated and edited by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky
	Beginner's Luck — Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev gets a lesson in the execution of justice. By Yerachmiel Tilles

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