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1 ב"ה SOUTH HAMPSTEAD SYNAGOGUE ב"ה INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH Dr Tali Loewenthal Director, Chabad Research Unit Lecturer in Jewish Spirituality UCL 4 th Lecture
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 SPIRITUAL REALITIES
4 THE INFINITE EIN SOF ATZILUT Emanation THE FOUR WORLDS BERIAH Creation YETZIRAH Formation ASSIYAH Action THIS WORLD
5 ❽ DIVINE WILL UNDERSTANDING contemplation SEVERITY withholding KNOWLEDGE commitment WISDOM inspiration KINDNESS giving MERCY SUBMISSION acceptance DEDICATION VICTORY - over adversity KINGSHIP fulfilment the feminine
6 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
7 SHABBAT CANDLES Zohar: Shabbat candles bring peace to the world. The special power of Womanhood
8 ESHET CHAYIL An alphabetical acrostic poem from the Book of Proverbs expressing the glory of Woman and also the Divine Presence, the Shechinah
9 A goblet from the Lodz home of Esther Eisen (b.1929), a Holocaust survivor, living in Israel KIDDUSH The Goblet represents the Sefirah Malchut, Kingship The wine is the spiritual flow which fills the Goblet
10 GOBLET AND WINE = = כוס = GOBLET אלקים (G-d) The gematria of Elokim = הטבע 86) and Nature = ( = 86 WINE = סוד = = יי ן (secret) = = 70
11 CHALLA LOAVES Representing the double portion of Manna And also the 12 loaves of the Showbread in the Temple (A secret: baking one s own Challa is a form of Practical Kabbalah)
12 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
13 GRACE AFTER MEALS A few minutes in which one speaks directly to G-d, with traditional melodies A sense of the holy.
14 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
15 ADAM AND EVE according to Rashi (11 th century France) ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED AS ONE BEING, BACK TO BACK
16 ADAM AND EVE (continued) THEN THEY WERE SEPARATED. SO THEY ALWAYS WANT TO COME BACK TOGETHER
17 AS THE TORAH SAYS Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with his wife, and they become one flesh (Genesis 2:24)
18 ❽ DIVINE WILL UNDERSTANDING contemplation SEVERITY withholding KNOWLEDGE commitment WISDOM inspiration KINDNESS giving MERCY SUBMISSION acceptance DEDICATION VICTORY - over adversity KINGSHIP fulfilment the feminine
19 TWO KINDS OF RADIANCE FROM ABOVE TO BELOW AND FROM BELOW TO ABOVE RADIANCE FROM ABOVE TO BELOW ( male ) RADIANCE FROM BELOW TO ABOVE ( female )
20 EXILE SEPARATION
21 REDEMPTION UNITY
22 THE MIKVEH (Ritual Pool)
23 THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM THE MODEL OF THE TEMPLE IN THE HOLYLAND HOTEL, JERUSALEM
24 TOWARDS THE HOLY OF HOLIES
25 TWO HALF-SOULS JOINING
26 IN A JEWISH WEDDING
27 THE DIVINE PRESENCE TOGETHER WITH HUSBAND AND WIFE MAN WOMAN איש שאה IYSH ISHAH DIVINE PRESENCE
28 THE DANGER OF FIRE MAN WOMAN איש שאה IYSH ISHAH ESH - FIRE
29 JOY AT A WEDDING BECAUSE THE DIVINE PRESENCE IS REVEALED
30 JOY AT A WEDDING (2)
31 THE FAMILY HUSBAND - YUD WIFE HEH and SON - VAV DAUGHTER HEH TOGETHER THEY FORM THE DIVINE NAME
32 THE HOME HUSBAND AND WIFE TOGETHER MAKE THE DIVINE PRESENCE DWELL IN THEIR HOME, THEIR PERSONAL TEMPLE
33 AT 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 FRIDAY NIGHT
INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH Dr Tali Loewenthal
ב"ה SOUTH HAMPSTEAD SYNAGOGUE ב"ה INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH Dr Tali Loewenthal Director, Chabad Research Unit Lecturer in Jewish Spirituality UCL 2 nd Lecture OUTLINE OF COURSE (21/02) 1 History of the
INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH Dr Tali Loewenthal
ב"ה SOUTH HAMPSTEAD SYNAGOGUE INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH Dr Tali Loewenthal Director, Chabad Research Unit Lecturer in Jewish Spirituality UCL OUTLINE OF COURSE (21/02) 1 History of the Kabbalistic Tradition:
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