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Three Levels of Femininity
A Kabbalistic Understanding of Candlelighting
By Asher Crispe
It is in the power of women to ignite the souls of all human beings—to be the catalyst for their emerging out of spiritual dormancy and to become beautiful expressive flames that rises upwards toward their Creator.
Women » Acts of Transformation » Candle Lighting » Three Levels of Femininity
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The Arizal
By Nissan Dovid Dubov
In 1492, the Jews were expelled from Spain. Some went West to discover the Americas, yet the bulk went East to Turkey, and it was in the beginning of the sixteenth century that a number of Jews settled in the Holy Land in the city of Safed.
For an ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Key to Kabbalah » The History of Kabbalah » The Arizal
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Passing of "Ari"
1572
Rabbi Isaac Luria Ashkenazi, known as Ari HaKadosh ("The Holy Lion") passed away on the 5th of Av of the
year 5332 from creation (1572 CE). Born in Jerusalem in 1534, he spent many years in secluded study near Cairo, Egypt. In 1570 he settled in Sefad, ...
Jewish Calendar » Jewish Calendar » Av » Av 5 » Jewish History » Passing of "Ari"
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Fallen Sparks
By Tzvi Freeman
The very core of reality is G-d's shattered dream, waiting for us to pick up the pieces
Spirituality » Essays » Fallen Sparks
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Rabbi Isaac Luria - The Ari Hakodosh
(5294-5332; 1534-1572)
By Nissan Mindel
Rabbi Isaac Halevi Luria has become famous as the "Ari," the holy lion; Ari represents the initials of “Ashkenazi Rabbi Isaac” As his name indicates, his family originally lived in Germany, whence they had wandered to Jerusalem. There the man was born ...
Library » Jewish History » Gallery of Our Great » Early Achronim » Rabbi Isaac Luria - The Ari Hakodosh
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Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (1522-1570)
"The Ramak"
"I shall soon leave this world," said the great master. "The one who will take my place will say things that may seem to contradict what I have taught you, but do not oppose him, for his teachings stem from the same source as mine"
Library » Jewish History » Miscellaneous » Biographies In Brief » Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (1522-1570)
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The Chassidic Masters on Food and Eating
The Kabbalists teach that nestled within every created thing is an
"utterance of G-d's mouth" -- the letters of Divine speech that are
the instrument of its creation (as described in the first chapter of Genesis)
Library » Anthologies » Food: an Anthology » The Chassidic Masters on Food and Eating
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Safed - Center of Mysticism
Part 8
By Nissan Dovid Dubov
The mystical city of Tzfat and its illustrious Kabbalists and Torah authorities.
Audio Classes » Living » Israel » Eyes upon the Land » Safed - Center of Mysticism
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Living in the Future
By Yanki Tauber
It's my favorite oxymoron: If one indeed lives in the future, it's not the future anymore, is it? And if one only thinks he's living in the future, than he's not really living there, is he?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Living in the Future
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