Nehora School Presents The Kabbalah Of Rabbi Ashlag

Learning the Kabbalah implies learning a new language of behavior and emotions. The language of giving instead of our inbuilt responses of receiving. From the Kabbalah of Rabbi Ashlag .

We search for something fulfill our desire, yet don't stay satisfied for very long. This well known process leaves us frustrated. Rabbi Ashlag teaches us how to define what we are really looking for by looking at the desires of the soul rather than those of the ego.

Why did Avraham break off from his communication with God and turn to give hospitality to the angels? This tiny detail in the life of Avraham , has a profound meaning for us today.. A podcast from the Kabbalah of Rabbi Ashlag

Giving is the force of the soul, whereas receiving is that of the ego. Nevertheless being receivers is our original nature according to the Purpose fo Creation. . From Rabbi Ashlag's Matan Torah we learrn how to come to give so that the Purpose of Creation can be fulfilled.

"And your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations."This sentence not only changes reality for Abraham but also for us.. From Rabbi Baruch Shalom Ashlag on the Zohar .

" Let us make Man, in our image, like us, " (Genesis) not only reflects how the human come into being but also our complexity and unique role in the process and purpose of creation as a whole.

The Temple service on Yom Kippur teaches the consequences of two possible paths:that of the ego or that of service, via the sacrifice of the two he- goats which were chosen by lot. One for God and one for Azazel.. Rabbi Ashlag on the Zohar .

The shofar brings the light of compassion into the world on Rosh Hashanah. . The year cycle starts again, bringing the original light into the world which needs balancing through the mitzvah of the shofar . A class on the Zohar and Perush HaSulam.

Confessing what we have done wrong is a key element of Teshuvah. But many of us find the feeling of shame a serious impediment. Learn how shame is viewed by the Sages in a positive light and how it came to us at the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai

The essence of the month of Elul is "I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine." It’s a time for repairing relationships till they reach the level of love they had before we messed up, whether they are relationships between ourselves and our fellows or ourselves and God. It is a time of Teshuvah, a time of coming back.

Love your neighbor as yourself is a great principle of the Torah. This it is actually a statement which sums up the whole of the Torah. In this talk we look at the relationship between loving our neighbor unconditionally and the soul. From Matan Torah by Rabbi Ashlag

Where is God within us? This is the remembrance of the destruction of the our inner Temple. The Zohar teaches us that the real destruction and exile is the absence of God in our lives. From the teaching of Rabbi Ashlag

Jerusalem implies dvekut, unity with God This period of the three weeks of the destruction of the Temple 2000 years ago teaches us how to rebuild our inner Jerusalem today., from the teaching of Rabbi Ashlag

On the 17th Tammuz the children of Israel committed the sin of the golden calf . Each year we may rectify the golden calves in our own lives.

Rabbi Ashlag wrote both technical and discursive works, which seem easier to understand. Yet it is through his technical works that we learn the underlying processes of the souls. Actually all the works point to one thing. How to fulfill the purpose of our lives.

Lighting the Menorah is a metaphor for the work of the mitzvot. The western candle, that shone miraculously testifies to God's light that He gives us and through which He sustains us. From the teaching of Rabbi Baruch Ashlag

The light of the Torah is one. The vessels with which we receive the light of the Torah are called the garments of the Torah. However, to access the light of the Torah we need to add in the ingredient of faith. Faith that the Torah itself can bring us back to the good way.

Rabbi Ashlag teaches: the night is the time of exile when the soul is separated form God , but it is through Torah and mitzvot that the soul reunites with God. This is the meaning of Shavuot.

The ego expresses itself through the heart and mind. The Kabblists teach that even though it separates us from the soul and from the Creator, its origin is in the purpose of Creation. The tikkun of the ego leads to the unification of mind, heart and soul to form a coherent vessel for the light of God.

Israel's independence is part of the process of redemption but is not yet fully actualized. It is intimately connected with the revelation of the Zohar in this generation : From the writings of Rabbi Ashlag