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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Shoftim 5784
Vol. 20 No. 50, 28 Menachem Av - 4 Elul 5784 / Sep. 1 - 7, 2024
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
ELUL, the concluding month of the Jewish year (see articles #1, 3); starts on Monday night..From then we will be 30 days until Rosh HaShana and 40 to Yom Kippur!
Articles #4-6 provide a variety of mystical insights into different topics featured in the weekly Torah reading, Shoftim, from masters of Kabbalah: Rashbi (Zohar) the holy Ari of Tzefat, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, plus a holdover article on the home page from the Ramban. Dedication
for the soul elevations of my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather:
for the soul elevations of my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather: Golda bas Moshe and Eliyahu ben Alexander HaLevi, whose yahrzeits fall this week on Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul and 2nd day Rosh Chodesh Elul -- Monday and Wednesday -- respectively. |
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The Elul Process
— Holiness requires preparation.
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Moonlight Illuminations
— Every Rosh Chodesh [New Moon Day] brings a unique new spiritual light.
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Song for Elul
— In the month of repentance, we utilize the power of song to overcome challenges
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Protect Yourself for Peace
— We are enjoined to discipline our senses, to preserve our own and others' peace
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Divination: Forbidden and Permitted
— The Torah forbids divination because we must lead our lives according to its laws, not according to any notions of what may prove advantageous.
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Personal Judges
— Everyone must supervise the "gates of one's body": the mouth, eyes, ears, nose, etc.
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Beginner's Luck
— Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev gets a lesson in the execution of justice.
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