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ה"ב
ה"ב
SOUTH HAMPSTEAD
SYNAGOGUE
INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH
Dr Tali LoewenthalDirector, Chabad Research Unit
Lecturer in Jewish Spirituality UCL
4th Lecture
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OUTLINE OF COURSE(21/02) 1 History of the Kabbalistic Tradition:
a) The Bible, Talmud and Zohar
b) From 16th Century Tsfat to the modern period
(7/03) 2 Applying Kabbalah in the life of the Individual (1)
Torah Study and Mitzvot
(14/03) 3 Applying Kabbalah in the life of the Individual (2)
Prayer and Meditation
(21/03) 4 Kabbalah in the Life of a Family: Shabbat; Marriage
(28/03) 5 Kabbalah: the Global Perspective:From Creation to Redemption, the Jew and the World
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SPIRITUAL REALITIES
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THE FOUR
WORLDS
ATZILUT Emanation
THIS WORLD
BERIAH Creation
YETZIRAH Formation
ASSIYAH Action
THE INFINITE – EIN SOF
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UNDERSTANDING contemplation
WISDOM inspiration
KNOWLEDGE commitment
KINDNESS giving SEVERITY
withholding
MERCY
VICTORY - over adversity
SUBMISSION acceptance
DEDICATION
KINGSHIP – fulfilment – the feminine
DIVINE WILL
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SHABBAT• THE DIVINE SEFIROT: SIX SEFIROT AND
MALCHUT, KINGSHIP
• THE TORAH ACCOUNT OF CREATION –
SIX DAYS AND SHABBAT
• OUR WEEK: SIX DAYS AND SHABBAT
• HUSBAND AND WIFE
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SHABBAT CANDLES
Zohar:
Shabbat candles bring peace to the world. The special power of Womanhood
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ESHET CHAYILAn alphabetical acrostic poem
from the Book of Proverbs
expressing the glory of Woman
and also the Divine Presence,
the Shechinah
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KIDDUSH
A goblet from
the Lodz home
of Esther Eisen
(b.1929), a
Holocaust
survivor, living
in Israel
The Goblet represents the SefirahMalchut, Kingship
The wine is the spiritual flow which fills the Goblet
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GOBLET AND WINE
• GOBLET כוס = = 20 + 6 + 60 = 86
The gematria of Elokim (G-d) אלקים
(1+30+5+10+40 = 86) and Nature הטבע =
5 + 9 + 2 + 70 = 86
• WINE יי ן = סוד = 10+10+50 = (secret) =
60+6+4 = 70
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CHALLA LOAVES
(A secret: baking
one’s own Challais a form of Practical
Kabbalah)
Representing the double portion of Manna
And also the 12 loaves of the Showbread in the Temple
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THE SHABBAT TABLE
• The Table (at any time, but particularly Shabbat)
is compared to the Altar in the Temple
• The salt represents the salt sprinkled on the
Temple offerings
• Words of Torah and Shabbat zemirot add to the
sacred atmosphere
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GRACE AFTER MEALS
• A few minutes in which one speaks directly to G-d, with traditional melodies
• A sense of the holy….
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SHABBAT AND… MARRIAGE
• Shabbat expresses the union of the Sefirot, and the bond of the spiritual with the physical. It is a taste of the World to Come in this world.
• From the Kabbalistic perspective, Marriage also has these qualities, and many more…
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ADAM AND EVEaccording to Rashi (11th century France)
ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED AS ONE BEING, BACK TO BACK
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ADAM AND EVE (continued)
THEN THEY WERE SEPARATED….
…SO THEY ALWAYS WANT TO COME BACK TOGETHER
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“Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with his wife, and they
become one flesh”
(Genesis 2:24)
AS THE TORAH SAYS…
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UNDERSTANDING contemplation
WISDOM inspiration
KNOWLEDGE commitment
KINDNESS giving SEVERITY
withholding
MERCY
VICTORY - over adversity
SUBMISSION acceptance
DEDICATION
KINGSHIP – fulfilment – the feminine
DIVINE WILL
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RADIANCE FROM
ABOVE TO BELOW
(‘male’)
FROM ABOVE TO BELOW AND FROM BELOW TO ABOVE
RADIANCE FROM
BELOW TO ABOVE
(‘female’)
TWO KINDS OF RADIANCE
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EXILE
SEPARATION
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REDEMPTION
UNITY
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THE MIKVEH (Ritual Pool)
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THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
THE MODEL OF THE TEMPLE IN THE HOLYLAND HOTEL, JERUSALEM
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TOWARDS THE
HOLY OF HOLIES
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TWO HALF-SOULS JOINING…
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…IN A JEWISH WEDDING
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THE DIVINE
PRESENCE TOGETHER
WITH HUSBAND
AND WIFE
MAN WOMAN
שיא
השא
IYSH ISHAH
DIVINE
PRESENCE
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THE DANGER OF FIRE
MAN WOMAN
שיא
השא
IYSH ISHAH
ESH - FIRE
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JOY AT A WEDDING BECAUSE
THE DIVINE PRESENCE IS
REVEALED
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JOY AT A WEDDING (2)
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THE FAMILY
• HUSBAND - YUD
• WIFE – HEH
and
• SON - VAV
• DAUGHTER – HEH
TOGETHER THEY FORM
THE DIVINE NAME
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THE HOMEHUSBAND AND WIFE TOGETHER MAKE
THE DIVINE PRESENCE
DWELL IN THEIR HOME, THEIR PERSONAL TEMPLE
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FRIDAY NIGHTAT THE FRIDAY NIGHT
SHABBAT MEAL, THE FAMILY COME TOGETHER.
WIFE AND DAUGHTERS LIGHT CANDLES, THE
HUSBAND MAKES KIDDUSH. TOGETHER
THEY ARE JOINING SOULS, BRINGING A
TASTE OF REDEMPTION