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Category: Kabbala
Rabbi Berel Wein – How Authentic is the Zohar?
Rabbi Berel Wein giving a lecture on the origins of the ZOHAR (Book of Splendor, published in 1290 by Rabbi Moshe DeLeon in Spain). The lecture took place at Yeshivas AISH HATORAH. In 9 Minutes, Rabbi Wein brings down…
Tamar Ross on The Allegorical Interpretation of Tzimtzum
Tamar Ross is an Orthodox theologian who has been writing in the past two decades . Her biggest academic focus is Jewish thought – particularly the hasidut and mussar movements. For more info on Ms. Ross, see http://leoemercer.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/introducing-tamar-ross/
7 Instant Steps How to Be a Fake Mekubal/Healer
Kabbalah is an ancient tradition allegedly hearkening to the days of Adam HaRishon. Aside from the Zohar (commonly attributed to R’ Shimon bar Yochai), many other Kabbalistic works have abounded, such as the Sefer Hakanah and Sefer HaPliah. However,…
Proof of 310 Worlds Existing + Personal Comments – Kav Hayashar – LeHanchil Ohavai Yesh
A while back I read something pretty cool from the Kav Hayashar regarding the relation to Mitzvos to Angels and Worlds. I just thought to add it with some of my own comments. -Rafi Adopted from Kav Hayashar, Chapter…
A Jewish Perspective on Dr. Eben Alexander’s “Life Beyond Death”
(Disclaimer: This post is not for everyone. Don’t read this if you don’t feel ready to. Many skeptics exist and to a large degree there is a huge leap of faith in the concepts described below. A lot of…
The Near-Death Experience of Sharon Nachshoni
Original Link A little less than 40 years ago, Raymond Moody caused a major stir in scientific circles when he published Life After Life, a book that chronicles hundreds of near death experiences – a term that he coined. In…
A Holocaust Survivors Near-Death Story
This is a true story about a Holocaust survivor and Bet Din of Shamayim. Mr. Freedman, zt’l, survived the Holocaust but his wife and children perished in the camp’s ovens. After the war, he moved to Israel and began a…
Rabbi Akiva and 24,000 Students – Was He a Gilgul of Zimri?
The Seder HaDoros (“R’ Akiva”-#11) cites the Eimek HaMelech and the Chesed L’Avraham (see also the Rama MiPhano’s Gilgulei Neshamos (“Kazbi”)) that R’ Akiva was a gilgul of Zimri, the nassi from the tribe of Shimon who was killed…
Parashas Balak – Shomrai Shabbos Chevrah Mishnayos YMM
Half of this was taken from a Shlomo Carlebach speech, half from the Kav HaYashar, and I tied in the rest 🙂 This was said at a small Kiddush. Do you know what one of our biggest problems are…