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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Tzav - HaGadol 5775
Vol. 11 No. 27, 2 - 8 Nisan, 5775 / March 22 - 28, 2015
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
The Shabbat before the Passover Seder is known as "The Great Shabbat" ("Shabbat HaGadol" in Hebrew) — see the 1st (straight from the Warsaw ghetto!) 2nd and 7th articles.
The 3rd article, on the once-a-year blessing over budding/blossoming fruit trees, really should have been printed last week—Sorry!--but there is still plenty of time. (This can be a nice family activity during the weekdays of the festival, if you haven't recited it yet). Next week: special PASSOVER issue. Dedication
In honor of the 186th yahrzeit of the beloved Chasidic Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua of Apt,
author of this week's 4th article and 'hero' of this week's amazing story and the 75th birthday of a dear friend, R. Meir-Pinchas Rhodes, may he live healthily and happily until at least 120 Both occasions fall this Wednesday, the 5th of the Jewish month of Nissan. |
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| The Passover Holiday | |
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Blessed Seder Preparations
To draw down the light of Pesach, we must prepare ourselves spiritually. |
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The Great Shabbat
— Israel may not leave until they slaughter the god of the Egyptians in front of them.
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| The Month of Nissan | |
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The Annual Blessing Over Trees
— Kabbalah teaches that the blessing upon blossoming fruit trees can redeem souls.
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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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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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The Divine Fire in our Hearts
— The law that the Altar fire must be kept lit even on the Sabbath & even in times of defilement teaches major spiritual lessons.
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Extra Attention
— Kabbalah teaches that the earthly Altar represents the celestial Altar.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Redeemed in the Present Tense
— A group of drunken peasants burst through the front door, and...began to wreck the house.
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