Chapter 5

5: 1 Ten Stages

Our Sages state that the entire creation is contained in the first verse of the Torah‏

By Yekutiel Green

5: 1 Desire and Divinity

When the world was created, desire came into being.

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

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5: 5 Snakes and Scorpions

Not too hot, not too cold - we should serve G-d just right

From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

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5: 6 Rebelling Against Rest

Korach personified dissension, the antitheses of the Shabbat spirit of peace.

From the teachings of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter

5: 8 Learning From Miracles

Both the soul and the body have to give an accounting before the King of kings.

By Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz; adapted from Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Eliyahu Munk

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5: 14 Jewish Acupuncture

Kabbalistic healing practices

From the works of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad

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5: 17 For Heaven's Sake

Selected from "Pirkei Avos in the Light of Chassidus" by Yekutiel Green

5: 19 The Blessing of a Good Eye

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

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