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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Tazria - Metzora 5773
Vol. 9, No. 28 - - 27 Nissan - 3 Iyar, 5773 / April 7 - 13, 2013
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
30 Nisan (Wednesday, April 14), is the yahrzeit of one of the most important Kabbalists of the modern era,
Rabbi Chayim Vital (see first three articles), the only one permitted to record in writing the teachings of the Holy Ari of Safed (Rabbi Yitchak Luria). We read two portions this week; a common theme that bonds them is an unusual spiritual affliction that manifested as a skin eruption (see next-to-last article). Between Pesach and Shavuot we "Count the Omer" - see article #4. After that is an article for the second chapter of Pirkei Avot (as explained last week). Dedication
In honor of the yahrzeit on Wednesday, 30 Nissan, of Rabbi Chaim Vital, (see first 2/3 articles).
And the birthdate on Friday, 2 Iyar - Tiferet sh'b'Tiferet - of the "Rebbe Maharash" and also in memory of Feiga bat Yerachmiel ("Aunt Frances" Hirsch), whose yahrzeit falls also on 2 Iyar. |
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| Biographies of Major Kabbalists | |
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Rabbi Chaim Vital
— Rabbi Chaim became famous as one of the greatest kabbalists.
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| First Steps | |
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Preparing for Kabbala
— Observance of the mitzvot is primary…to eliminate the thorns…
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| Gate of Reincarnations | |
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Entry of Soul's Levels
— "Gate of Reincarnations": Chapter Two, Section 1
What if one does not completely rectify his Nefesh in the first incarnation? |
| Counting the Omer | |
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Counting on the Torah
— The Zohar teaches that the commandment to count the Omer is an ascent into the Upper Worlds.
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| Pirkei Avot | |
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2:12 In All Your Ways
— A person should be especially conscious of divinity in the most physical contexts.
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Infected Governments
— The repentance preceding the Redemption need not be evinced by a wholesale return to full Jewish observance.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Speaking Up
— The Seer of Lublin could only see so far….
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