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Bereishit

Genesis 1:1-6:8

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The Zohar

Teachings from the primary text of Kabbala, "The Book of Shining Light"

From the teachings of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Hidden in the Beginning

Lighten Up, Partner!

Shining Like the Sun

Creation and Purpose of Man

Let Us Make a Man-Woman

Soul Steps

Shabbat: Blessing for All Creation

THEMES of Featured Zohar Articles

Daily Zohar Study

Based on a yearly cycle of brief daily Zohar study

Annotated text

Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from the Zohar selection in Hok L'Yisrael

The Holy Ari

Outstanding Kabbalist of the last 1800 years; Leader of the Safed circle of mystics

From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria

Creation: Hidden and Revealed

The Levels of the Creation of Man

For the World of the Chariot

Making the Earth & Heavens

Manifest from Non-Manifest

THEMES of Featured Ari Articles

Reincarnation and Reconciliation

Mystical Classics

An anthology from the Shelah, the Alshich, the Ohr Hachayim, and others

Sweetening the Bitter Peels

From Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz

In the Garden of Eden

from Torat Moshe by Rabbi Moshe Alshich of Tzfat-Safed

Root Understanding

From Shenei Luchot HaBrit by Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz

The Good Light

Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from PaRDeS HaBahir

Need for a Name

From the Ohr HaChaim commentary by Rabbi Chaim (ben Moshe) ibn Attar

In the Beginning

Translated and annotated by Rahmiel-Hayyim Drizin from PaRDeS HaBahir

Effect of The Sin of Adam

By Rabbi Yitzchak Luria as recorded by Rabbi Chaim Vital; translation from Sha'ar Hagilgulim by Yitzchok bar Chaim; commentary by Shabtai Teicher

Garments of Light

Based on the teachings of the Shelah, compiled and translated by Chaim Kosofsky.

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Chasidic Masters

Inspirational insights from the Baal Shem Tov and Hasidic leaders of succeeding generations

Heaven vs. Earth

By Binyomin Adilman, based on Netivot Shalom

Adam's Super-Consciousness

Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi by Yossi Marcus

Desires from Eden

By Binyomin Adilman, based on Divrei Chaim

Man By Himself is Not Good

Adapted from the works of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Coming Into Being

By Binyomin Adilman, based on Meor Einayim

Beyond the Beginning

From the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach of Avritch

Holy Balancing Act

By Binyomin Adilman, based on Sefer Baal Shem Tov

The Female Aspect of Adam

from the Oheiv Yisrael by Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel

Completion Means Connection

By David Sterne, based primarily on Shem miShmuel.

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Contemporary Kabbalists

Penetrating insights from leading Kabbalists & mystics of our times

From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; adapted by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky

Rising from the Dust

Naming with Divine Inspiration

Chronicles of Heaven and Earth

Cobbler of the Cosmos

THEMES of Featured Contemporary Kabbalists Articles

Ascent Lights

Contemporary illuminations from Ascent-of-Safed's director, Rabbi Shaul Leiter, staff & guest teachers

By Shaul Yosef Leiter

Beginning Against All Odds

Everything for the Sake of Heaven

Genesis Generations

The Shabbat of New Beginnings

Genesis & the Goodness of G‑d

THEMES of Featured Ascent Lights

Beginner

Mystic Stories

Wonders and Inspiration from Kabbalists, Chasidic Rebbes, remarkable Jews

By Yerachmiel Tilles

Torah for Every Age

A Surgical Procedure

Return From Israel

Amein!

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