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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Devarim 5784
Vol. 20 No. 46, 29 Tamuz - 6 Menachem Av 5784 / Aug. 4 - 10, 2024
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
The 5th of Av (Thursday night - Friday) is the 447th "Hilula" (yahrzeit celebration) of the Holy Ari, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, greatest of the Tzefat Kabbalists (articles 1-2).
Starting Rosh Chodesh Av (Monday, August 5)), the semi-mourning strictures of the 3 Weeks leading up to Tisha b'Av intensify — see article #7 about The Nine Days. This Shabbat, before the Tisha b'Av 24 hour fast, has a special name: "Shabbat Hazon" — "The Shabbat of Vision" — see article #6. Articles #3-5 are for the Weekly Reading, the first one in the Fifth "Book of Moses", called Devarim ("Deuteronomy"). |
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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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Ari Basics
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| Weekly Torah Reading | |
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Divine Encounter in Egypt
— Only from the Egyptian exile could the Jewish nation truly recognize G-d's greatness.
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Secret Intentions
— At the last moments before his death, Moshe extols the tribe of Gad for their deeply loving choice.
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Destruction of Body and Soul
— The Temple and its Destruction are matters of the soul
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| 3 Weeks of Mourning | |
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Visions of Redemption
— As the destruction was prophesied, so too we trust in the renewal foretold
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| Mystic Story | |
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Injecting a Celebration
Every year on the 5th of Av he would complete an entire tractate of the Talmud, after which he would host a festive meal of meat and wine. |
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