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Before the Mitzvah and after the Mitzvah: What we learn from Yaakov’s relationship with Laban and Esau
The Torah is not a history book. The outer events of our forefathers lives are recorded in the Torah. But the meaning of these events and the intentions of the protagonists are recorded in the inner
Are Our Thoughts Ours?
We think it is ourselves that think our thoughts, but Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag tells us that this is a delusion. In actual fact it is God who sends us our thoughts in order to communicate with us, gi
Mourning for our inner Jerusalem
When travelling in Jerusalem today, we see a thriving city. The elderly sit with their staffs in their hands and the children play in the streets, fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah made 2000 years
How do we prepare to receive the Torah?
The Zohar teaches us that the essence of the Torah, the essence of God, and the essence of the soul are one. But we cannot attain the essence of God directly even the essence of ourselves, our soul
The Four Sons: An inner view of the Haggadah
When we first look at the Haggadah, it seems to be a collection of somewhat disconnected paragraphs, with the overall motif being the story of the Children of Israel coming out of Egypt. But when we u
Exile and Redemption: Then and Now
Rabbi Ashlag, in a letter to his students, points out the cause of the exile of the Children of Israel in Egypt. He shows that this very same cause operates in ourselves today causing us to become dis
Brotherhood — Lost and Gained: A Prerequisite for Redemption
Before the story of Joseph and the brothers, brotherhood does not seem to have been an important value in family life. In the selling of Joseph as a slave to Egypt, both Joseph and his brothers discov
Avram and Sara go down to Egypt: Approaching the egoism within ourselves— a cautionary tale.
There is a famine in the land, and Abraham decides to go down to Egypt, taking Sarai with him. The Zohar teaches that the famine was a spiritual thirst for the light of God. In which case why go down
Cain and Abel: A Story of Ourselves
Both Cain and Abel are elements within our consciousness. The Cain within us is the part that wants to use our intelligence to try to fulfill the greatest desires a person has, to know God. Although i
Beginning the Torah Again: The Nature of Creation
The word with which the Torah opens is Bereishit. This word is one of the most discussed words in the Zohar because it contains within itself the sodot, the inner meanings of the origin of creation, t