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Genesis 1:1-6:8

Article Summaries of Editors' Picks
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Lighten Up, Partner!
From the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; translation and commentary by Shmuel-Simcha Treister, based on Metok MiDevash
Creation: Hidden and Revealed
By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (from the Writings of the Ari as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital); translation and commentary by Avraham Sutton
Need for a Name
From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) ibn Attar
Adam's Super-Consciousness
Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi by Yossi Marcus
Rising from the Dust
From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky
Everything for the Sake of Heaven
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
Torah for Every Age
By Yerachmiel Tilles
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The Zohar
The Zohar
Teachings from the primary text of Kabbala, "The Book of Shining Light"
From the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Hidden in the Beginning
Lighten Up, Partner!
Shining Like the Sun
Creation and Purpose of Man
Let Us Make a Man-Woman
Soul Steps
Shabbat: Blessing for All Creation
THEMES of Featured Zohar Articles
Daily Zohar Study
Daily Zohar Study
Based on a yearly cycle of brief daily Zohar study
Annotated text
Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael
The Holy Ari
The Holy Ari
Outstanding Kabbalist of the last 1800 years; Leader of the Safed circle of mystics
From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
Creation: Hidden and Revealed
The Levels of the Creation of Man
For the World of the Chariot
Making the Earth & Heavens
Manifest from Non-Manifest
THEMES of Featured Ari Articles
Reincarnation and Reconciliation
Mystical Classics
Mystical Classics
An anthology from the Shelah, the Alshich, the Ohr Hachayim, and others
Sweetening the Bitter Peels
From Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz
In the Garden of Eden
from Torat Moshe by Rabbi Moshe Alshich of Tzfat-Safed
Root Understanding
From Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz
The Good Light
Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from PaRDeS HaBahir
Need for a Name
From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) ibn Attar
In the Beginning
Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from PaRDeS HaBahir
Effect of The Sin of Adam
By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital; translation from Sha'ar Hagilgulim by Yitzchok bar Chaim; commentary by Shabtai Teicher
Garments of Light
Based on the teachings of the Shelah, compiled and translated by Chaim Kosofsky.
THEMES of Featured Mystical Classics Articles
Chasidic Masters
Chasidic Masters
Inspirational insights from the Baal Shem Tov and Hasidic leaders of succeeding generations
Heaven vs. Earth
By Binyomin Adilman, based on Netivot Shalom
Adam's Super-Consciousness
Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi by Yossi Marcus
Desires from Eden
By Binyomin Adilman, based on Divrei Chaim
Man By Himself is Not Good
Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Coming Into Being
By Binyomin Adilman, based on Meor Einayim
Beyond the Beginning
From the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach of Avritch
Holy Balancing Act
By Binyomin Adilman, based on Sefer Baal Shem Tov
The Female Aspect of Adam
from the Oheiv Yisrael by Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel
Completion Means Connection
By David Sterne, based primarily on Shem miShmuel.
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Contemporary Kabbalists
Contemporary Kabbalists
Penetrating insights from leading Kabbalists & mystics of our times
From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky
Rising from the Dust
Naming with Divine Inspiration
Chronicles of Heaven and Earth
Cobbler of the Cosmos
THEMES of Featured Contemporary Kabbalists Articles
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Ascent Lights
Contemporary illuminations from Ascent-of-Safed's director, Rabbi Shaul Leiter, staff & guest teachers
By Shaul Yosef Leiter
Beginning Against All Odds
Everything for the Sake of Heaven
Genesis Generations
The Shabbat of New Beginnings
Genesis & the Goodness of G‑d
THEMES of Featured Ascent Lights
Mystic Stories
Beginner
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Torah for Every Age
A Surgical Procedure
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