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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Devarim 5780
Vol. 16 No. 44, 27 Tamuz - 4 Menachem Av, 5780 / Jul 19 - 25, 2020
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Starting Rosh Chodesh Av (Wednesday), the semi-mourning strictures of the 3 Weeks leading up to Tisha b'Av intensify — see articles #6,7 about The Nine Days.
This Shabbat, before the Tisha b'Av 24 hour fast, has a special name: "Shabbat Chazon" — "The Shabbat of Vision" — see article #5. Articles #3-4 are for the Weekly Reading, the first reading in the Fifth "Book of Moses", called Devarim ("Deuteronomy"). The 5th of Av (Saturday night - Sunday) is the 447th "Hilula" (yahrzeit celebration) of the Holy Ari, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, greatest of the Tzefat Kabbalists (articles 1,2, 6,7). Join KabbalaOnline in Tzefat, and other visitors amd local residents for the annual pilgrimage and Tzefat celebration. Dedication
In memory of Aharon HaKohen,elder brother of Moses and the very first High Priest, whose date of passing [Rosh Chodesh Menachem-Av] is the only one recorded in the Torah (Deut. 33:38)
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The Holy Ari
— Rabbi Yitzchak Luria was undisputedly the greatest practitioner and expounder of Kabbalah since Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.
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Ari Basics
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| Weekly Torah Reading - The Zohar | |
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Divine Encounter in Egypt
— Only from the Egyptian exile could the Jewish nation truly recognize G-d's greatness.
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| Weekly Torah Reading - Chasidic Masters | |
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Secret Intentions
— At the last moments before his death, Moshe extols the tribe of Gad for their deeply loving choice.
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| 3 Weeks of Mourning - Ascent Lights | |
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Visions of Redemption
— As the destruction was prophesied, so too we trust in the renewal foretold
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To See the Fiftieth Gate
— As long as we don’t have direct experience of G-dliness and spirituality, we are not well.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Injecting a Celebration
Every year on the 5th of Av he would complete an entire tractate of the Talmud, after which he would host a festive meal of meat and wine. |
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