Essays on Chapter 3 From Kabbalah Online

3: 1 Learning From Miracles

Both the soul and the body have to give an accounting before the King of kings.

By Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz; adapted from Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Eliyahu Munk

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3: 2 A Book of Remembrance

Jewish mystics reveal spiritual insights regarding the concept of a yahrzeit.

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

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3: 2 Shepherdess of the Exile

Kabbalah explains that our survival in exile depends upon the Divine Presence.

From the teachings of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad

3: 3 Tasty Fixings

Souls may be reincarnated into food in order to finally become rectified.

From the teachings of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, translation and commentary by Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Shore

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3: 7 The Gift of Wealth

A person not so deserving of life may still be allowed to live because others depend on him.

Translation and annotations from Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin

3: 9 Wisdom Before Fear

One shouldn't let a lack of fear of Heaven stop him

Selected from "Pirkei Avos in the Light of Chassidus" by Yekutiel Green

3: 10 Satisfaction

Just as every person is a microcosm, so is the entire Jewish people a single spiritual organism.

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

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3: 14 Created in the Divine Image

By tasting the fruit of the Tree of Life we can restore our original Divine image.

From the teachings of Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter

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