Chapter 6

Difficulties present themselves in order to become rectified.

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

If no one hears this proclamation from Heaven, what use is it to proclaim it? And if someone were to say that he hears it, what fool would believe him?

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

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Beginner

6: 2 The Divine Voice

The essence of the soul hears what the rest of a person may not.

From the writings & talks of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch

6: 5 Forty-Eight Special

Kabbalah teaches that the 48 Prophets correspond to the 48 supernal sources of blessing.

From the teachings of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter

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6: 10 Personal Possessions

Kabbala explains the five levels of G-d's exclusive acquisitions

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

6: 10 Absolute Acquisitions

The world was created with a Beit, but the Torah begins with an Aleph.

Adapted by Jonathan Udren from the teachings of the Maharal of Prague

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