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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Va'eira 5774
Vol. 10 No. 17, 19 - 25 Tevet, 5774 / December 22 - 28, 2013
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
The great Moroccan Jewish Kabbalist, Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira has yahrzeit this Sunday night-Monday (as does the Rambam/Maimonides);
Rabbi Shneur Zalman, the author of the extremely important mystical primer, Tanya, has his on Thursday night-Friday. They are the authors or the subjects of articles 1, 2, and 7. |
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| Holy Letters | |
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Sanctity of the Holy Letters
— The Hebrew letters . . . glimmerings of light.
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Our Super Shabbat Soul
— The additional soul we receive on Shabbat is an expression of a higher love for G-d.
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| Divine Names | |
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Tree Trunk Tetragrammaton
— Kabbalah teaches that to understand G‑d's unity, one must understand His Divine Names.
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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The Exile of Ishmael
— Based on Zohar Shemot 32A
The Israelites and the Ishmaelites: From then until now |
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Like Frogs Jumping into Dough
— Only in the merit of Shabbat were the Israelites permitted to serve G‑d with self-sacrifice
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Mixed Up
— The first three plagues targeted the Egyptians' spiritual beliefs.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Door on the East
— The 24th of Tevet is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Shneur Zalman.
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