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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Matot - Masei 5779
Vol. 15 No. 47, 25 Tamuz - 2 Menachem-Av, 5779 / July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
We are now deep in the Three Weeks between fast days (see articles #1-2), leading up to Tisha b'Av, commemorating the destruction of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem.
For the last three months, Israel and the Diaspora have been out of sync, with different weekly readings, due to the differing lengths of the respective Passover celebrations. Now, this week we are all reading Masei, whether singly or combined with Matot. Therefore, we will celebrate this unifying Weekly Reading with 3 articles (5-7). while #4 is for the second chapter in the third cycle of Pirkei Avot, for those who continue to study it on Shabbat afternoons throughout the summer. Friday is Rosh Chodesh Av, when the restrictions of this three-week mourning period for the Holy Temples in Jerusalem intensify for the final 9-10 days. Read all about it next week. (Those of you in ISRAEL should click to MASEI for articles on the Weekly Reading there.) Dedication
whose yahrzeit on Rosh Chodesh Menachem-Av is the only one recorded in the Torah (Masei. 33:38), and whom the sages describe as one who "loved peace and pursued peace," intervening with quarreling individuals and spouses to resolve their difficulties. |
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| Three Weeks of Mourning - Laws & Customs | |
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Out of the Ashes
— While mourning for the Temple, it is upon us to transform darkness into light.
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| Weekly Torah Reading - The Zohar | |
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When The Sun and Moon were in Mourning
— Based on Zohar Vayigash 210b
“He puts an end to darkness and searches out all perfection." |
| Tuv Ha'aretz - Good of the Land | |
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Righteous, and in the Land
— Chapter Four, Part 1
The righteous of Eretz Yisrael act as the conduit for all divine influence |
| Ethics of the Fathers - Pirkei Avot | |
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2:4 Fulfill the Will
— We must constantly meditate with proper intention
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| Weekly Torah Reading - The Holy Ari | |
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The Strength of Sisters
— The daughters of Tzelofchad manifest supernal forces of divine strength.
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| Weekly Torah Reading - Chasidic Masters | |
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Mystical Forty-two Journeys
— The Jewish mystics teach that each one of us travels 42 journeys in our lives.
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| Mystic Story | |
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How to Act in Exile
— “If you are hungry, ask no man for money or for food. But if people offer you something out of compassion, you may accept it.”
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