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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Behar - Bechukotai 5780
Vol. 16 No. 34, 16 - 22 Iyar, 5780 / May 10 - 16, 2020
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Welcome to our special Lag b'Omer edition
Most years, Lag b'Omer (Monday-night-Tuesday) is 'picnic day,' 'bonfire night, 'outing day' and so forth. In Israel it is primarily "Kabbalah Day" or more specifically, "Zohar Day," especially here in the Safed-Meron area, near the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the source of the main Zohar teachings. The first 3 articles and the concluding story examine different aspects of this important occasion. The 4th article presents insights for the 5th chapter of Pirkei Avot (the Mishnaic tractate of 'Ethical Principles'), of which we study one chapter each Shabbat until Shavuot (and many repeat the cycle through the last Shabbat before Rosh Hashana). The story (#7) is quite astonishing.It is from KOL's managing editor's second book, "Festivals of the Full Moon" — available here. The Weekly Reading combines two separate readings. Article #5 plus the story (#7) is for Behar; #6 is for Bechukotai. Dedication
In memory of Rabbi Arye-Leib ("Leibel") Kaplan, ha master teacher of the inner dimensions of Torah and head of the Safed-Chabad community
from its modern inception with his arrival in 1973 until his tragic early death twenty-five years later, on the occasion of his 22nd yahrzeit this Saturday night-Sunday, 16 Iyar (2020). AND for the soul elevation of Rabbi Baruch-Akiva (ben Moshe) Greenberg, Ascent's very first "summer scholar in residence," original Saturday night storyteller, and THE master of chasidic melody, whose 8th yahrzeit is this Thursday, 20 Iyar |
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| Seven Omer Weeks - The Zohar | |
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Rashbi’s Passing
— On the day of Rebbe Shimon’s death, he revealed great secrets.
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| Classic Kabbalah - The Zohar | |
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Rashbi: Basic Kabbalah Tenets
— Encompassing the Infinite
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| Self-Improvement | |
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Submitting to the Flow
— The sefira of hod molds meaningful acceptance
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| Seven Omer Weeks - Pirkei Avot | |
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5:19 The Blessing of a Good Eye
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| Weekly Torah Reading - Mystical Classics | |
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The Big Sleep
— Kabbalah teaches that the sabbatical year hints at the Messianic Era.
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| Weekly Torah Reading - Ascent Lights | |
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Humility on the Mountain
— Proper self-negation and self-worth go and in hand.
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| Mystical Story | |
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Lag BaOmer Hospitality
— A tale of a revelation of Elijah the Prophet.
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