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1 ב"ה SOUTH HAMPSTEAD SYNAGOGUE INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH Dr Tali Loewenthal Director, Chabad Research Unit Lecturer in Jewish Spirituality UCL
2 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
3 1. HISTORY OF THE KABBALISTIC TRADITION: a) The Bible, Talmud and Zohar b) From 16th Century Tsfat to the modern period
4 Scripture Exodus chs.19-20: the Theophany at Sinai. Ezekiel ch.1: the Chariot.
5 MISHNAH Tractate Hagigah 2:1 One does not teach laws of immorality to three (students), nor the Work of Creation to two, nor the Chariot to one unless he is wise and understands by himself
6 TALMUD Talmud (BT Hag. 14b) the account of the Four who entered Pardes (the secrets of the Torah). In general, the Aggadic portion of the Talmud: most secrets of the Torah are hidden in it
7 BOOK OF CREATION In thirty two wondrous paths of Wisdom, G-d, L-rd of Hosts, G-d of Israel engraved.. and created His world..
8 THE ZOHAR
9 The Sefirot The Sacred Sefirot: a flow of Divine Radiance which can be seen as dissolving the duality of Being and non- Being. הניב UNDERSTANDING contemplation הרובג SEVERITY withholding ףוס ןיא ןוצר DIVINE WILL תעד KNOWLEDGE commitment םימחר - תראפת MERCY דוה SUBMISSION acceptance דוסי DEDICATION המכח WISDOM inspiration דסח KINDNESS giving חצנ VICTORY - over adversity תוכלמ KINGSHIP fulfilment the feminine ❽
10 ❽ DIVINE WILL UNDERSTANDING contemplation SEVERITY withholding KNOWLEDGE commitment WISDOM inspiration KINDNESS giving MERCY SUBMISSION acceptance DEDICATION VICTORY - over adversity KINGSHIP fulfilment the feminine
11 THE GUIDE MOSES MAIMONIDES Guide for the Perplexed (late 12th cent): a rational or mystical work? OF THE PERPLEXED Moses Maimonides Translated with an Introduction and Notes by SHLOMO PINES With an Introductory Essay by LEO STRAUSS Volume II THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS Chicago and London
12 Moses Nachmanides (13th cent Barcelona) Commentary on the Torah Popularising kabbalistic teachings by including them in a popular commentary on the Torah
13 Gates of Radiance Sha arei Orah, by R. Joseph ibn Gikatilla (13th cent. Castile)
14 Book of the Pious Sefer Hasidim by Rabbi Judah Hasid and mystical pietists of medieval Franco- Germany
15 THE TSFAT CENTRE IN THE 16TH CENTURY
16 R. Moshe Cordovero The Pomegranate Garden, Pardes Rimonim a comprehensive anthology of Kabbalah
17 R. Joseph Karo Maggid Mesharim - A fascinating mystical diary by the author of the Code of Law
18 R. Isaac Luria (Ari zal) and R. Haim Vital The Tree of Life Also author(s) of Eight Gates
19 It is permitted and a duty to reveal this wisdom Rabbi Yitzhak Luria
20 Popularising the Kabbalah and applying it to daily Jewish Life Reshit Hokhmah The Beginning of Wisdom R. Elijah di Vidas (16th cent).
21 The Two Tablets of the Covenant R. Isaiah Halevi Horovitz (17 Cent)
22 The Hasidic Revolution: Communicating the Infinite R. Israel Baal Shem Tov (d.1760) When will the Messiah come? When your fountains [of spiritual teaching] burst forth to the outside (from a letter of the Baal Shem Tov, printed in R. Yakov Yosef s Ben Porat Yosef, 1781) TESTAMENT OF RABBI ISRAEL BAAL SHEM TOV AND RULES OF UPRIGHT CONDUCT CONSISTING OF INSTRUCTIONS, RULES OF PROPER CONDUCT, GREAT AND WONDROUS COUNSELS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE CREATOR, RELATING TO TORAH, PRAYER AND OTHER TRAITS, HEARD FROM THE HOLY MOUTH OF THE MAN OF GOD, THE HOLY LIGHT, OUR MASTER RABBI ISRAEL BAAL SHEM TOV HIS MEMORY IS FOR A BLESSING, FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME; AND TO THESE WERE ADDED RULES OF UPRIGHT CONDUCT FROM THE MAN OF GOD, THE HOLY LIGHT, OUR MASTER RABBI DOVBER OF THE COMMUNITY OF MEZHIRECH [Text of the original title-page, 1792 or 1793]
23 R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi (d.1812)
24 First Edition of Rabbi Shneur Zalman s Code of Law Shklov 1814
25 TANYA by R. Shneur Zalman
26 Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn 6th Habad Rebbe ( )
27 Girls of Ahot HaTemimim, Riga 1940
28 Rabbi Levi Yitzhak and Chana Schneerson
29 RABBI LEVI YITZHAK S COMMENTARY ON THE ZOHAR, WRITTEN IN EXILE IN EASTERN USSR, C.1940
30 Rabbi Menachem Schneerson (d.1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, author of many volumes of Kabbalistic- Hasidic Discourses and Teachings
31 The Lubavitcher Rebbe promoting Spiritual Teachings for Women
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