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31. Answering the Creator's Call through Corrected Egoism
August 15, 2013
What is "corrected egoism"? It is a state where you feel bliss from bestowing pleasure upon the people around you, and not from using them for your own pleasure. This bliss can only be felt in such a state, which is characteristic of the spiritual world.
Egoistic and Altruistic Perception ...
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32. What Does The Torah Mean By 'Evil Inclination'?
August 15, 2013
The Evil Inclination Is Born with Man
"The evil inclination is born with man, and grows with him his whole life." ( Midrash Tehilim [Psalms], Psalm no. 34 )
"The inclination in a man's heart is evil from his youth, and always grows in all the lusts." ( Rabbi Chaim Thirer, A Well of Liv...
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33. How To Give To The Creator By Taking: The Purpose Of The Evil Inclination In Jewish Thought
August 13, 2013
The Holy One Requires a Hole in the Whole
In Part 1 of The Study of the Ten Sephirot, the reknowned 20th Century Kabbalist, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, Baal HaSulam, explains why the will to bestow necessarily created the will to receive. He further explains why the two desires are the foundation of...
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34. The Jews' Redemption: Blissful or Painful?
August 12, 2013
The state of complete redemption - the attainment of the Creator by all of humanity - is mandatory. Baal HaSulam says that there are two ways by which we can achieve it, a way of Torah, when we voluntarily adopt the law of bestowal as our way of life, and a way of suffering, whereby reality compels ...
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35. What Did Abraham Discover?
August 12, 2013
Ancient Babylon - A Place of Idol Worship
The Babylon of Abraham's time was a melting pot, an ideal substrate on which myriad belief systems and teachings grew and flourished. The Babylonians practiced many kinds of idol worship. Sefer HaYashar [The Book of the Upright One] describes the life...
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36. What Is Day and Night in the Bible?
August 11, 2013
"And God said: 'Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; (...)And God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; and the stars. (...) And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day." <...
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37. What Is the Pentateuch?
August 08, 2013
If you have ever wondered about the mystery of life, if you've contemplated the meaning of existence for even a moment, or dreamt of finding the "elixir of immortality," hold tight the Pentateuch; it is for you.
The Pentateuch - Encrypted In Desire
When you pick up the Pentateuch and...
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38. The Kabbalah's View of Anti-Semitism: The Internal Why and How to Address It
July 26, 2013
A Sinister Shadow, Formative in Youth - the Author of Like a Bundle of Reeds Speaks:
… And yet, a shadow followed me throughout my childhood and even through my teens. It was the specter of the Holocaust, that phantom many chose never to mention, though it was always there.
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39. Globalization and Anti-Semitism: A 20th Century Kabbalist's Perception of a 21st Century Crisis
July 23, 2013
In Unity We Unify With the Creator Who Is Unity
Considering the current global circumstances, it seems urgent that everyone know about the concept of unity as a means of attaining the Creator. Once all of us know and accept that tenet, peace and brotherhood will naturally prevail.
In...
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40. The Creator Has But One Desire: To Do Good To His Creations
July 22, 2013
Because We Currently Have No Perception of Him, We Cannot Receive From Him When we want to give a present to a friend, we approach that friend and give it. There must be contact between the giver and the receiver. Just so, for Him to give to us, the Creator and Creation must connect. And upon con...
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