The Love of God and the Love of Man
“‘Love your friend as yourself,’ Rabbi Akiva says this is a great rule in the Torah” (Beresheet Rabbah 24). Collective and Individual […]
Books
The History of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
The first book that we have in this wisdom is The Book of Creation, which some attribute to Abraham the Patriarch,
The Freedom
“‘Harut [engraved] on the tablets’; do not pronounce it Harut, but ratherHerut [freedom], to show that they were liberated from the angel of
The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
Before I go about elucidating the history of the wisdom of Kabbalah, conversed about by many, I find it necessary
The Essence of Religion and Its Purpose
In this article, I would like to resolve three issues: At first glance, the reader might be surprised by my
The Arvut [Mutual Guarantee]
(Continued from “Matan Torah”) “All of Israel are responsible for one another” (Sanhedrin 27b, Shavuot 39a). This is to speak of the Arvut [mutual guarantee],
The Acting Mind
It is written that every person is obliged to attain the root of his soul. This means that the aspired-for
Righteous and Wicked
(from manuscripts of Baal HaSulam that have never been published) When a person becomes cleansed so as to adhere to
Yasher-El [Straight to the Creator]
Israel is he who strains himself to return to his root. Baal HaSulam, A Sage’s Fruit, Letters, Letter no. 17 One
Rewarded—I Will Hasten It; Not Rewarded—in Its Time
“If they are rewarded—I will hasten it; if they are not rewarded—in its time” (Sanhedrin 98, Jerusalem Talmud, Taanit 81:1). It is written,
