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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Simchat Torah - Shabbat Bereshit 5774
Vol. 10 No. 4, 18 - 24 Tishrei, 5774 / September 22 - 28, 2013
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Welcome to our special Simchat
Torah - Shabbat Bereshit issue.
A momentous week! One article each for Hashanah Raba (Tuesday night-Wednesday), Shemini Atzeret (Wednesday night-Thursday), Simchat Torah (which is the same as Shemini Atzeret in Israel; Thursday night-Friday elsewhere), the puzzling final 8 verses of the Five Books of Moses (with which we complete the 3285th cycle of Torah readings on Simchat Torah) and three for the Reading of "In the Beginning G‑d created..." on Shabbat, with which we start the 3286th cycle. 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. |
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| Hashanah Raba | |
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The High Humble Willow
— It is the humility of the willow that serves to elevate it beyond others.
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| Shemini Atzeret | |
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Foundation of the Festivals
— Without the Jewish Nation, the whole universe lacks meaning and purpose.
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| 1st Torah Reading - V'Zot Habracha | |
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Written in Tears
— Jewish mysticism teaches that the Torah was originally created only as a mass of letters.
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| 2nd Torah Reading - Breishit | |
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Hidden in the Beginning
— Kabbalah teaches that everything in the revealed world depends on the higher hidden world, its source.
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| Gender Issues | |
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The Female Aspect of Adam
— Adam originally included both male and female.
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| Gate of Reincarnations | |
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Effect of The Sin of Adam
— "Gate of Reincarnations": Chapter Three, Section 2
Learning about reincarnation from Adam HaRishon. |
| Mystic Story | |
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Don’t Mix!
— The joy of serving G‑d during a tragedy is no match for the joy of the holidays.
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