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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Tazria-Metzora 5778
Vol. 14 No. 30, 30 Nisan - 6 Iyar, 5778 / April 15 - 21, 2018
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
The 1st and 5th articles are from or about Rabbi Chaim Vital (see "Dedication" below)
The 3rd article presents insights for the 2nd chapter of Pirkei Avot (the Mishnaic tractate of 'Ethical Principles'), of which we study one chapter each Shabbat until Shavuot (and many repeat the cycle through the last Shabbat before Rosh Hashana). The 2nd article is for the Jewish month of Iyar, which begins this week (Sunday-Monday). The 4th continues our insights into the mitzvah of Counting Omer. The Weekly Reading combines two separate readings. Article #5 is for Tazria and #6 is for Metzorah, from the Arizal of Tsfat and the holy Book of Zohar respectively; The grand finale is a wild chasidic story relevant to the main theme of both Readings. (Those of you in Israel should click to Parshiot Acharei-Kedoshim for articles on the Weekly Reading there.) Dedication
In honor of the yahrzeit this week -- Sunday, 30 Nissan -- of Rabbi Chaim Vital (see lead article),
the main disciple of the "Holy Ari" and the only one permitted to record his teachings. |
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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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| The Month of Nissan | |
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Liberation Talk
— By the end of Nissan we should be living in a redemptive state of mind.
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| Pirkei Avot - Ethics of the Fathers | |
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2:1 Every Single Day
— Each mitzvah is filled with shining divine light.
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| Seven Omer Weeks | |
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The “Netivot Shalom” on Counting the Omer
— By Yitzchak Schwartz
The going out of Egypt occurred in 50 different units of redemption. Thus, the going out of Egypt is mentioned in the Torah exactly 50 times. |
| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Healing Swollen Ego
— In Kabbalah, the laws of both impurity and of circumcision teach us about humility.
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Words Sharp as Swords
— Worldly judgment will ultimately afflict one who slanders others.
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| Mystic Story | |
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"Master of the Universe: Enough Already!"
— His family and his chassidim pleaded with Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl for an explanation for his seeming mercilessness.
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