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Jewish mysticism in its various forms represents an attempt to interpret the religious values of Judaism in terms of mystical values. It concentrates upon the idea of the living God who manifests…
And if one were to ask: why is it that in our generation—and even in the time of the Ari of blessed memory (who successfully revealed many higher secrets)—neither fire nor angels appear, as they did…
Now, aside from the fact that it is altogether impossible to interpret the matter of tzimtzum literally, for that would attribute corporeal events to the…
And they permitted themselves to place a blemish in the holiness of heaven and the holiness of the study of the holy Torah, to place the filth of the primeval serpent, behaving according to their…
Since the last saying has made it necessary to speak of things, which pertain to the eternal mysteries, namely the ways of kabbalah, I will not hide from the reader what is at the tip of my…
The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso.
It was taught:
Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said:
“Woe.” With these words which are…
I propose to set forth the faith of our ancestors—our prophets, our sages—forgotten by us these thousand years, because of the long duration of our exile. This faith was known to the Tannaim and most…