Week of Devarim 5777 - Book of Deut. 5777

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Week of Devarim 5777

Vol. 13 No. 43, 29 Tamuz - 6 Menachem Av, 5777 / July 23 - 29, 2017

A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat Sunday night - Monday is "Rosh Chodesh" (New Moon Day of the month of) Menachem-Av, which is also the yahrzeit of Aaron, the brother of Moses and the first High Priest. This Shabbat, which always precedes Tisha B'Av, has a unique name, "Shabbat of Vision." In Tsfat, it is also called "Shabbat of the Holy Ari," because Thursday night - Friday 5 Av (July 27-28) is the yahrzeit of Rabbi YITZCHAK LURIA, the famous Kabbalist of the golden age of Tzefat [Safed] in the 16th century, whose teachings dominate the study of Kabbalah today (see the first two articles & the last), as well as influencing the development of the Chasidic movement. Join KabbalaOnline in Tzefat at ASCENT, and thousands of others all around the town for the annual pilgrimage and Tzefat celebration. The next two articles are for the Three Weeks of Mourning for the destruction of the two Holy Temples in Jerusalem, plus another two for the Weekly Reading, Devorim Dedication In memory of Aharon HaKohen, elder brother of Moses and the very first High Priest, whose yahrzeit on Rosh Chodesh Menachem-Av is recorded in the Torah, and whom the sages describe as one who "loved peace and pursued peace," intervening with quarreling individuals and spouses to resolve their difficulties. To receive the weekly magazine in your email, go to Subscribe. To sponsor a future issue, go to Dedicate.
Holy Ari
	The Holy Ari — Rabbi Yitzchak Luria was undisputedly the greatest practitioner and expounder of Kabbalah since Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. By Moshe Miller
	Ari Basics By Moshe Miller
Chasidic Masters
	To See the Fiftieth Gate — As long as we don’t have direct experience of G-dliness and spirituality, we are not well. From the teachings of Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch
Weekly Torah Reading
	The Hypnotism Test — In the month of Av, says Sefer Yetzira, the sense of listening is up for rectification. By Sarah Yehudit Schneider

	Secret Intentions — At the last moments before his death, Moshe extols the tribe of Gad for their deeply loving choice. By Yosef Y. Jacobson
	Don't Go Around in Circles! — There comes a time when growth means setting down roots. By Shaul Yosef Leiter
Mystic Story
	The Match of "Revealed" and "Concealed" — What a great match! By Yerachmiel Tilles

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