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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Devarim 5776
Vol. 12 No.46, 3 - 10 Menachem Av, 5776 / August 7 - 14, 2016
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
This year we will not fast on Tisha b'Av! --
the day commemorating the destruction in the past of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem (articles #2-3)-- because it falls on Shabbat, so the fast is postponed until sunset on Shabbat Day (see "Between the Days of Distress" in last week's magazine and this week's home page). It continues until we make Havdala on Sunday night. This Shabbat, the Shabbat before the Tisha b'Av 24 hour fast, has a special name: "The Shabbat of Vision" — see the lead article. The 5th of Av (Monday night - Tuesday) is the 444th "Hilula" (yahrzeit celebration) of the Holy Ari, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, greatest of the Tzefat Kabbalists (articles 4-5) Join KabbalaOnline in Tzefat at ASCENT, and thousands of others all around the town for the annual pilgrimage and Tzefat celebration. Dedication
Mazaltov to
ASCENT (the sponsoring organization of
KabbalaOnline.org )
on completing 25 years (after a previous 8) on Hei Av (yahrzeit of the Holy Ari), in their large, now nicely renovated, landmark building in the Old City of Safed May we soon see the fast day of Ninth of Av transmuted into a day of holiday and rejoicing. |
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| "The Shabbat of Vision" | |
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Visions of Redemption
— As the destruction was prophesied, so too we trust in the renewal foretold
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| 9th of Av | |
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The Hidden Festival
— Why are there is no confession or supplication prayers on the 9th of Av?
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9th of Av: Be Your Own Doctor
— On Tisha B'Av, our greatest weakness must be strengthened
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| The Preeminent Master Kabbalist | |
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The Holy Ari
— Rabbi Yitzchak Luria was undisputedly the greatest practitioner and expounder of Kabbalah since Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Evil Among the Nations
— Kabbalah explains why we were told to eradicate only 7 of the 10 evil nations.
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Whenever in Doubt
— For something from which one can derive personal gain, one will search for some way to permit even the forbidden.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Visit to the Hidden Mashiach
— The students of the Arizal discover a unique household
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