"Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness" (Exodus 20, 3) Judaism forbids idolatry and any kind of fetishism. This prohibition envelops the most fundamental principle in Judaism: that everything we see is only a figment …
Chapter 1.2 – Between Creator and Creature
The question “Who am I?” exists in everyone. But when that question can no longer be put aside, then it relates to the Creator: “Who is He?” This is because the Creator is inside us, the Source of the human “self.” Hence, no matter how many times we ask ourselves …
Chapter 1.3 – The Evolution of the Soul
A person in this world has no soul. There is only one thing to do if we want to understand and realize our true essence, and that is to embark on a spiritual quest with all the zest, eagerness, and willingness to change that we can summon - a quest …
Chapter 1.4 – The Awakening of the "Point in the Heart"
A person in this world has no soul. There is only one thing to do if we want to understand and realize our true essence, and that is to embark on a spiritual quest with all the zest, eagerness, and willingness to change that we can summon - a quest …
Chapter 1.5 – Kabbalah As A Means of Attaining Spirituality
Kabbalah revolves around the spiritual worlds. Therefore, the student attracts spiritual Lights during the study. Studying other parts of the Torah also awakens a certain spiritual illumination, but the intensity of the Light during the study of Kabbalah is much stronger than when studying other writings. However, we must make …
Chapter 1.6 – Landmarks
We might be amazed to find along our spiritual path that not only are we not evolving, but we have come to a halt, or are even retreating. We will find that our chances to enter the spiritual are rapidly dimming. But it is at that precise stage when we …
Chapter 1.7 – From Above to Below
The study of the Kabbalah focuses on studying the structure of the worlds as they evolve from above down to our world. One would think that since we are in the corporeal world, we would be taught how to climb along the spiritual path from below upward, not the other …
Chapter 1.8 – Cause and Consequence
Our lives are really learning experiences. Sometimes the world appears so dark and bitter, that we think the end of the world has come and there is no way out. But as we continue to study, we see it isn’t so, that these are only exercises sent from Above. Only …
Chapter 1.9 – What Exists Between This World and the Next?
It is quite possible that there are other worlds that exist in the same space as ours that we simply don’t make contact with because these worlds are in a different dimension. But if we remain confined to the boundaries of our own nature, we will remain confined to the …
Chapter 1.10 – Faith Above Reason
All that people want out of life is to satisfy their own needs, but when they are dissatisfied with their situation, they begin to want to reach the actual source of their state, meaning the Creator. Our desire for the Creator is the highest degree in our desire to study …
Chapter 1.11 – Freedom of Choice – To Operate Above Nature
There is no point discussing freedom of choice before a person acquires spiritual forces, and the ability to operate above his nature. Freedom of choice is the freedom to operate against one’s desires. That is the only time one is able to decide freely. The Light that comes from the …
Chapter 1.12 – Questions & Answers
Question: Why study Kabbalah? Answer: To answer that, we must read not only the explanations of the Kabbalists regarding the Upper Worlds, but also the connection between the Upper World and ours. There seem to be two separate parts to Kabbalah: the first speaks of the creation of the creatures as …