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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Succot - V'Zot Habracha 5774
Vol. 10 No. 3, 11 - 17 Tishrei, 5774 / September 15 - 21, 2013
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Welcome to our special
SUKKOT
issue.
All 7 articles offer interesting mystical insights for the Festival. Enjoy! After all, this festival provides the definition for how to have a Jewish good time. Next week will be a special Simchat Torah - Shabbat Bereshit issue. Now is the time to get a new eBook all about Kabbalistic insights of the holiday of Succot at KabbalaOnline-Shop, and support our websites and activities at the same time. Out with the old year and its curses! In with the new year and its blessings! May all of our readers and all of the Jewish people be judged worthy and blessed for a delicious year 5774 of growth, prosperity, happiness and health. Dedication
In honor of RIVKA SIEV
on her birthday, the day after Yom Kippur;
from her Abba who wishes for her all revealed blessings. |
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| Ascent Lights | |
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An All-Encompassing Mitzvah
— Dwelling—i.e. remaining in one place—is the essence of the mitzvah of sukkah.
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| Mystical Classics | |
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The Fruit of Desire
— The Etrog, like Shemini Azteret, rectifies the eating of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
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| Chasidic Masters | |
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Festive Elements
— The Sukkot water libations quench the thirst caused by judgment.
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| The Zohar | |
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Welcoming Guests of the Sukkah
— The Kabbalists of the Zohar took great pleasure in receiving Sukkah guests.
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| The Holy Ari | |
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Ceilings of Consciousness
— Kabbalah teaches that the roof of the sukkah channels divine consciousness.
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| Contemporary Kabbalists | |
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The Infinite and Unlimited Soul
The lulav represents Torah study, the pillar of our connection to the Divine. |
| Mystic Story | |
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The Unpopular Rebbe
— Just meditation and study is not enough.
Rabbi Pinchas raised his eyes. There stood the first of the Ushpizin--the honored guest for the first night of the festival--outside the door of his sukkah... |
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