Tag: Zohar

In this article, we introduce some basic interpretations and a commentary on an early portion of the Zohar, translated and quoted from Sefaria.org. As many people find the Zohar a difficult text to interpret, and recognising that there are an almost infinite number of interpretations of its highly s...

The Sefer Zohar, often known simply as the Zohar, is a foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. Its influence on the conceptualization of God in Jewish mysticism and beyond is profound and multifaceted. To understand the impact of the Zohar, it is essen...

When Israel prays, all these chambers open toward them. But now, in exile, it is said of them that all gates are locked, the Shekhinah [Divine Presence] is outside Her chamber, the Holy One, blessed be He, is outside His chambers, and the ministering angels are outside theirs, as it is written (Isai...

In the beginning, two beginnings, a point in its palaces, and this point is a concealed thought. So when Elijah appeared to Rabbi Shimon, he said to him, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi,’ and this is two openings. If so, what is the concealed thought in it? Rather, in the head of the king’s craft, i...

In the beginning, God created (Bereshit bara, בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא), Bet (the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet) is surely it, with it the Torah begins with a Bet, and this is ‘In the beginning’ with Bet, the beginning, Bet is surely it, the treasury of everything. Abou...