... the texts you will read here are of the first, uncompromising kind. They set a very clear goal before them: to show humankind how to achieve eterna... ...E WiSdom of KAbbAlAh Actual things are found even in the corporeal reality set before our eyes, although we have neither perception nor image of thei... ...ines its mold, situated in the Higher World. Thus, Kabbalists have found a set and annotated vocabulary, sufficient to create an excellent spoken lan... ...hes: it is derived from the names of the creations and their occurrences, set before our eyes, and defined by the unchangeable laws of nature. The r... ...destructions. on the contrary, through the subtle gentleness we feel when working sincerely to him, to please him, there develops within us a relati... ...rah and Mitzvot, you must have had a different landlord for whom you were working, so go to him to pay you. This is the meaning of, “neither hast th... ...the work?” And when one works in concealment, and has only the purpose of working in order to bestow, why does the Creator not impart him with flavo... ...oneself—if he is feeling a good taste in the work—but believes that he is working to bring contentment to his Maker through his work. And one should... ...ain to the Creator for not giving him liveliness in the work, since he is working for another goal. One can complain only to the one he works for, an...

...s, Shlomo Shoham, later an Israel prize-winning author and criminologist, set out to look for Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. …Ashlag at that time wa... ... Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, and Yesod. Therefore, the complete set of Sefrot is Keter, Hochma, Bina, Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod... ...Kli but is rejected by the Masach. The next thing that Malchut does is to set up a mech- - anism that examines the Light (pleasure) and decides if it... ...lenges: it “sentenced” us to con- - stantly seek escape from suffering; it set us on a continu- - ing pursuit of pleasure; and it denied us the abilit... ... does not see a preferable choice, we can choose according to a different set of values. For exam- - ple, we could ask ourselves not “what action wou... ...one. Then, in contrast to when we could not understand the possibility of working for others, now we cannot un- - derstand not working for the Creato...

...e as much larger. But each of them has a different kind of binoculars. one set of binoculars greatly magnifies the plane, While the other magnifies it... ...ingdom’s treasure. and that same minister dressed up as a vicious murderer set out to steal the king’s secret riches. The poor guard f ought once more... ... look and learn as best they can in order to understand reality, Which is set before them in its perfect beauty. The Wise Heart 23 When all of that ... ...es, Just like ears. in short, everything we’ve succeeded in doing has been set before us in creation. in our reality, exactly as it is, n othing is mi... ...king them run back and forth to the gate. f or they had been rewarded with working and serving Before the glorious light, the king’s face, inside his ... ... man will fight them. These wanderers walk freely in people’s homes and on set tables, and people feel weak compared to them. That is not so With othe...

...s said, ‘MA, how glorious Your name is throughout all the earth, which You set Above the Heavens, it ascends in name.’ That is why it created Light f... ...t—the property of bestowal. Drawing closer to this property is defined as working “for the Creator’s sake.” Any other desire can only mean distancin... ...HE ZOHAR the property that distinguishes it from the others, by the unique set of letters- properties that forms its name. Malchut is called Shechina ... ...ately following, the letter Tav departed from Him. The moment the Creator set about creating the world-ZON by selecting their properties, all twenty... ...lokim Et (the Creator Himself)—two words that begin with Aleph. The first set of Aleph and Bet are letters of Bina, and the second set of Aleph and ... ...his refers to one who works on himself and advances spiritually, for whom working for the Creator’s sake is his life’s calling. Yet, he may occasion... ...epresentative of the philosophers who asserted that the main principle in working for the Creator is to attain Him, rather than serve Him in faith, ... ...th to the ground only for man’s sake, to give him an opportunity to start working in falsehood (in the intention “for oneself”) and gradually come t... ... receives Ohr Haya. It follows that there are two Mitzvot: to refrain from working and carrying things from one household to another. This is so beca...

...ah and Mitzvot, you must have had a different landlord for whom you were working; so go to him and he will pay you. This is the meaning of, “neither... ...ve, when one works in humbleness, 32 Shamati and has only the purpose of working in order to bestow, why does the Creator not impart him taste and ... ...neself—if he is feeling a good taste in the work—but believes that he is working to bring contentment to his Maker through his work, one should bel... ...llect. Yet, this is not the truth, since it does not ask for whom one is working. This is certainly a rational argument, as this argument awakens i... ...e for the exertion you are making? It means that it asks, “If you are not working for yourself, what will the body, called ‘the will to receive for ... ...man, meaning he made the left line important. This is the meaning of “and set his seat above all the ministers.” In addition, he gave him the 116 ... ...bestowal. (Wicked should be interpreted as those whose heart is still not set on obtaining vessels of bestowal, and righteous is interpreted as thos... ...of bestowal, and righteous is interpreted as those whose heart is already set on obtaining vessels of bestowal, but are as yet unable). It is as the... ...h to be the servant of the Creator. Now we can interpret what is written, “set up a table before me, against my enemies.” A table means, as it is wri...

...spiritual development, we do not “vanish” from this world. We do not stop working or functioning as usual. Rather, a sensation of the force that act... ... u T T h e k i nG a n d T h e Q u e e n aA In all of Israel’s exiles, He set a time and an end to all of them. And in all of them, Israel return to... ...e creator, and the virgin of Israel, Malchut, returns to her place at the set time. But now, in the last exile, it is not so. She will not return a... ... and toys for each stage in its development. The world has worked and is working for it all the time. Every generation, we prepare more things for ... ... dimension, it is considered being in the worlds BYA, in one’s qualities. Working on oneself in a group that studies the wisdom of Kabbalah, one beg... ... I already know that in them I will feel the taste of life. Indeed, if we set our hearts to answer but one very famous question, I am certain that a... ...of the soul. Rabbi Chaim of Voluzhin, Nefesh HaChaim [The Soul of Life], Set no. 7 Selected References in Praise of The zohar 165 There is no doub... ...resent in the first. The thing is that there are two ways the creator has set for us in the second state to bring us to the third state: 1. The Path...

...and new desires, hoping to be satisfied by accomplishing them, or at least by working to attain them. Thus far, it seems, we have wisely utilized the... ...able, and they are the ones we think about.” Or, more concisely, “How we can set this wheel of thought-desire-thought in motion?” Here is where the ... ... us without asking if we are interested in that dominion, as tricking us and working within us as if we want cer- Chapter Five: Obeying Nature’s ... ...cisely on correcting our relation- ships. If we really want to improve Nature, working on our personal relationships is the way to do it. Humans are ...

...pects. w e drew a straight line from our presumed position to the valley, set the compass arrow in that direction, and tried to follow it as best as... ...refore, was to reveal to them why they were suffering. Eager to begin, he set up a tent and invited everyone to come visit, eat and drink, and hear ... ... with his family and fled from Babel. Now leading a nomad’s life, Abraham set up his tent wherever he went and invited local residents and passersb... ...e been thus far. In today’s world, we can no longer be oblivi- ous to the workings of the desire to give. w e are not in Babel, where people could a... ...f will on our part, but because of a grand system and a primordial power working within us, we would not feel compelled to constantly prove ourselv...