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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Chayei Sara 5783
Vol. 19 No. 6, 19 - 25 MarCheshvan, 5783 / Nov. 13 - 19, 2022
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Candlelighting for Shabbat is hinted at the end of this week's Torah reading, Chaye Sarah (see Rashi there); our lead article portrays the candlelighting from a woman's Kabbalistic perspective.
In Israel, Shabbat Chaye Sarah is known as "Shabbat Hebron" because it opens with a detailed account of Our patriarch Abraham's purchase of the Cave of Machpela (see articles #6-7). It's main theme is matchmaking; #2 examines the concept of soul-mates according to Kabbalah. The 5th article, "King David and his Wives," relates deeply to the Haftorah reading; #3 is about a unique book and a unique person. Dedication
In honor of the thousands of emissaries of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
involved in the mitzvah of "Love Your Fellow Jew" all over the world, who are converging in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn this week |
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Of Candles and Creation
— Kabbalah explains the mystical connection between Shabbat and femininity.
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| Love & Marriage | |
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Soul Mates
— Kabbalah teaches that a soul's heavenly source has male and female halves.
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Night of the Righteous
— Following every Shabbat, duality is absorbed by oneness.
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The Complete Joy of Sarah
— Sarah achieved what Eve and Noah could not…selfless joy
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King David and His Wives
— David married many women in the course of his lifetime, some well known; others we know not at all.
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The "Sleepers of Hebron”
— The Cave of Machpela is a link between the world in which we live, and the world where souls go for spiritual reward after they depart from the body.
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| Mystical Story | |
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The Fallen Sword of the Sultan
— The sultan entered, adorned in traditional ruling garb, including his golden sword studded with diamonds and precious stones.
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