Ma'arag leNeshamah (Hebrew) A Tapestry for the Soul, the Introduction to the Zohar by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag

by Ashlag, Rabbi Yehudah Lev; Cohen, Yedidah

• ISBN13: 9789657222058
• ISBN10: 9657222052
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Nehora Press

Summary

Explained skillfully using excerpts collated from Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag's other writings, including suggestions for inner work, this Hebrew language translation ofA Tapestry for the Soultakes theIntroduction to the Zoharas its main thread. The benefits obtained from this innovative method include the ability for the reader to follow Rabbi Ashlag's thoughts directly, without the need for an intermediary to explain his ideas, thus enabling direct contact between the Master Kabbalist and students. For the first time, even the beginner is able to learn from authentic Kabbalah texts.

Author Biography

Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag was a major Kabbalist, opening up the whole field of the Kabbalah by deciphering the code it was written in. He was the author of In the Shadow of the Ladder: Introductions to Kabbalah. Yedidah Cohen, with her husband, translated Rabbi Ashlag's In the Shadow of the Ladder: Introductions to Kabbalah. She teaches at a gifted children’s college in Northern Israel and appears frequently on Israel National Radio.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction to A Tapestry for the Soul Lesson One Questions on the nature of God Lesson Two Inquiries into the nature of creation Lesson Three The ultimate aim and purpose of creation Lesson Four The substance of creation; the essence of the souls; affinity and difference of form Lesson Five The nature of evil; the different routes that body and soul travel; the purpose of the mitzvot in the healing of the will to receive for oneself alone; the means by which the higher levels of the soul are drawn to the person Lesson Six The states in which the souls exist simultaneously; free will Lesson Seven The true nature of the body and its purpose; the end of suffering; where am I acting from? Lesson Eight The essence of the soul; how desire begets needs and needs give birth to thoughts as to how to satisfy those needs; the differences between people Lesson Nine The language of the branches; the revival of the dead; the true goal and fulfillment of the will to receive Lesson Ten The work of our lives; further concerning the framework of uncleanness Lesson Eleven The purpose of the higher worlds; the final state of the souls; the development of the wills to receive Lesson Twelve The perception of the person who splits the shell of the will to receive for oneself alone Lesson Thirteen The relationship of the soul with the higher worlds; the mitzvot Lesson Fourteen The lights of the Sephirot, the vessels and the worlds; the ascension of the soul through the worlds Lesson Fifteen The ascension of the soul (continued) Lesson Sixteen The holographic nature of reality and its relationship to Torah; the nature of the book of the Zohar and its authorship Lesson Seventeen The revelation of the Kabbalah in our generation and the nature of our generation compared to previous generations Lesson Eighteen The innermost aspect of the Torah and its relationship to Israel and the world Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag Biography The revelation of the hidden Original Kabbalah Art by Avraham Loewenthal Glossary Bibliography and Resources Introduction to the Zohar as a continuous piece