Rabbis-Notebook - Shoftim - Torah.org: "t G-d judged, condemned, and punished the nation using a scale of justice calibrated to that generation's potential. Although only Achan transgressed G-d's law the entire nation shared the blame. The justification for doing so (while not exempting Achan of blame) was due to the power and influence that the environment of the nation should have had upon Achan. Had the entire nation behaved in a way that expressed total abhorrence to transgressing G-d's law Achan would not have taken from the forbidden wealth of Yericho. For some reason the nation as a whole was not 100% committed to G-d's definition of right and wrong, good and evil; therefore, the entire nation was punished because of an individual's transgression. "
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
writerscafe.org - Information from Alexa Internet
writerscafe.org - Information from Alexa Internet: "Site Information for writerscafe.orgGet Details Alexa Traffic Rank: 125,657 Traffic Rank in US: 34,817 Sites Linking In: 305
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HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok
HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok: "have Kabbalah without Halakha (Jewish Law). This would be akin to a soul without a body. This is what we call a ghost. There are many �Kabbalah� cults operating today and HaRav Bar Tzadok still publicly speaks out to set the record straight by providing accurate and correct information in this area.
This is why our website was named �Kosher Torah,� to serve as a source for practical and realistic teachings that strip away the hype and cultish garments of mysticism and to provide authentic, legitimate, grounded teachings that emancipate the soul to see the sanity and sheer simple wisdom of the Torah.
While the Yeshiva began as a Sephardic institute placing emphasis on the Torah teachings of the great Sages of this community, we have found this to be rather limiting. Therefore, KosherTorah includes the teachings of all schools of �kosher� Torah, regardless of their ethnic origins. HaRav Bar Tzadok will often quote RaMBaM alongside the Ba�al Shem Tov and the Ben Ish Hai alongside the Hafetz Hayim. All Torah that is good, proper and true are welcome here."
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This is why our website was named �Kosher Torah,� to serve as a source for practical and realistic teachings that strip away the hype and cultish garments of mysticism and to provide authentic, legitimate, grounded teachings that emancipate the soul to see the sanity and sheer simple wisdom of the Torah.
While the Yeshiva began as a Sephardic institute placing emphasis on the Torah teachings of the great Sages of this community, we have found this to be rather limiting. Therefore, KosherTorah includes the teachings of all schools of �kosher� Torah, regardless of their ethnic origins. HaRav Bar Tzadok will often quote RaMBaM alongside the Ba�al Shem Tov and the Ben Ish Hai alongside the Hafetz Hayim. All Torah that is good, proper and true are welcome here."
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HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok
HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok: "aRav Bar Tzadok officially established Yeshivat Benei N�vi�im in 1992 to serve as an anti-missionary, anti-cult organization; to address the growing concerns of spiritual misguidance and misinformation that is pervasive in the Jewish community at large.
Following in the footsteps of the great Sephardic Sages of the previous century HaRav Bar Tzadok began to use the teachings of Kabbalah as a means to draw wayward souls back into the Torah way of life.
After many years of mixed success, HaRav Bar Tzadok withdrew from his position of publicly teaching Kabbalah. He realized that while many people are drawn to the myth of mysticism, not that many were ready and willing to apply its sacred teachings correctly in proper coordination with a life of Torah and mitzvot observance."
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Following in the footsteps of the great Sephardic Sages of the previous century HaRav Bar Tzadok began to use the teachings of Kabbalah as a means to draw wayward souls back into the Torah way of life.
After many years of mixed success, HaRav Bar Tzadok withdrew from his position of publicly teaching Kabbalah. He realized that while many people are drawn to the myth of mysticism, not that many were ready and willing to apply its sacred teachings correctly in proper coordination with a life of Torah and mitzvot observance."
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HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok
HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok: "New York, Ariel Bar Tzadok left for Israel in 1979 and studied in some of the finest Sephardic yeshivot in Jerusalem, including Porat Yosef (Old City) under Hakham Shalom Kohen.
In June 1983, HaRav Bar Tzadok received his Rabbinic ordination (Haredi Ultra-Orthodox) from HaRav Ya'akov Peretz (shlita), Rosh Yeshiva of Collel Hekhal Pinhas.
While studying at Hekhal Pinhas, HaRav Bar Tzadok was blessed by Heaven to become the private student of the renowned Mekubal, Rebbe Meir Levi zt"l, the foremost student of the Head Mekubal of Jerusalem, Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi zt�l.
Upon returning to the United States, HaRav Bar Tzadok augmented his education with studies in Jungian psychology at the Center in New York. HaRav Bar Tzadok continued to expand his education in areas of the world�s religions, philosophies and psychological systems. The Rav also explored the teachings of many occult systems and cults. After developing a working understanding of the parameters of human consciousness and how it touches both seen and unseen worlds, HaRav Bar Tzadok began his career in Rabbinic/Life Coach counseling."
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In June 1983, HaRav Bar Tzadok received his Rabbinic ordination (Haredi Ultra-Orthodox) from HaRav Ya'akov Peretz (shlita), Rosh Yeshiva of Collel Hekhal Pinhas.
While studying at Hekhal Pinhas, HaRav Bar Tzadok was blessed by Heaven to become the private student of the renowned Mekubal, Rebbe Meir Levi zt"l, the foremost student of the Head Mekubal of Jerusalem, Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi zt�l.
Upon returning to the United States, HaRav Bar Tzadok augmented his education with studies in Jungian psychology at the Center in New York. HaRav Bar Tzadok continued to expand his education in areas of the world�s religions, philosophies and psychological systems. The Rav also explored the teachings of many occult systems and cults. After developing a working understanding of the parameters of human consciousness and how it touches both seen and unseen worlds, HaRav Bar Tzadok began his career in Rabbinic/Life Coach counseling."
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HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok
HaRav Ariel Bar Tzadok: "Let me explain. The future is uncertain. We can prepare for every kind of scenario. Yet, there is one constant throughout everything. You still remain you. Regardless of all your preparations, and "bullets and beans," you still remain you. Your heart and soul will be as weak or as strong, regardless of everything that you surround it with.
The real problem and the real solution is the same. They are both you! Therefore investing in bettering yourself is of the highest priority and value. You can't take your stuff with you, but whatever you place within your mind and soul will stay with you forever, in this world and in the world to come."
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The real problem and the real solution is the same. They are both you! Therefore investing in bettering yourself is of the highest priority and value. You can't take your stuff with you, but whatever you place within your mind and soul will stay with you forever, in this world and in the world to come."
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DailyZohar.com | Daily teaching of the Zohar and Tikunei Zohar
DailyZohar.com | Daily teaching of the Zohar and Tikunei Zohar: "On the upper levels there are no separations or aspects of ערוה, “nakedness”, and that is why Friday night when Malchut is elevated to Binah the wise people make unification with their wives.
Even though we are at the level of Binah on that time it is forbidden to reveal the “nakedness” of a parent or a sibling from the same line because we are not in a form of pure energy as the upper Sefirot. Because of our physical form and the correction process we cannot be in a high and pure consciousness that could allow us unification with"
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Even though we are at the level of Binah on that time it is forbidden to reveal the “nakedness” of a parent or a sibling from the same line because we are not in a form of pure energy as the upper Sefirot. Because of our physical form and the correction process we cannot be in a high and pure consciousness that could allow us unification with"
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Rabbi Rachamim Pauli Drasha: Parsha Re'eh, Miracles Galore, Elul, Border Patrol
Rabbi Rachamim Pauli Drasha: Parsha Re'eh, Miracles Galore, Elul, Border Patrol: " Thursday prior to the publication of this Drasha or Blog; my wife invited over an old friend from work and the guests parked their car slightly up the hill. The Toyota gears park in neutral and the handbrakes were not raised fully. We saw the car as they left on the other side of the street near a construction site where there is almost a 12 foot drop until where the neighbors will be building a shelter. The curb stopped the car and no other cars were on the road and no children during that time. And from my standpoint did not crash into my car."
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Rabbi Rachamim Pauli Drasha
Rabbi Rachamim Pauli Drasha: "irst part of the terror attack occurred with somebody dressed in an Egyptian Soldier Uniform shooting from an Egyptian Outpost at an Israeli Car. The driver and wife saw the man leave the post and get down to the ground with his rifle they thought it was pray time for the Egyptian until he trained his rifle on their car and started shooting automatically bullets in their direction. The wife called the police and alerted them to the terror attack as the man drove off and telling his children to duck."
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Rabbi Rachamim Pauli Drasha
Rabbi Rachamim Pauli Drasha: "irst part of the terror attack occurred with somebody dressed in an Egyptian Soldier Uniform shooting from an Egyptian Outpost at an Israeli Car. The driver and wife saw the man leave the post and get down to the ground with his rifle they thought it was pray time for the Egyptian until he trained his rifle on their car and started shooting automatically bullets in their direction. The wife called the police and alerted them to the terror attack as the man drove off and telling his children to duck."
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Kabbalaonline.org Site Info
Kabbalaonline.org Site Info: "About Kabbala Online (kabbalaonline.org): Jewish Authentic Kabbalah from the masters of Safed. Includes online translations of kabbalistic texts, meditative kabbalah, prophecies, ask the kabbalist and send a prayer features. For both practical and spiritual, begginners and in-depth study, explore the wisdom at kabbalaonline.org !
Statistics Summary for kabbalaonline.org
There are 1,026,232 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Kabbalaonline.org. The site is located in Israel. This site's visitors view 22.0 unique pages each day on average. The time spent in a typical visit to the site is about eleven minutes, with 44 seconds spent on each pageview. Kabbalaonline.org's content places it in the “Mysticism” category of internet sites."
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Statistics Summary for kabbalaonline.org
There are 1,026,232 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Kabbalaonline.org. The site is located in Israel. This site's visitors view 22.0 unique pages each day on average. The time spent in a typical visit to the site is about eleven minutes, with 44 seconds spent on each pageview. Kabbalaonline.org's content places it in the “Mysticism” category of internet sites."
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Kabbalah4All.com | Journey With Us From Wherever You Are On The Globe™
Kabbalah4All.com | Journey With Us From Wherever You Are On The Globe™: "nline chavurah (community/fellowship) which offers weekly Kabbalah study, Torah study, and connections (Kabbalistic services) for Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh and Festivals via KabbalahLIVE.com (using USTREAM) and via conference call (telephone). Kabbalah4All makes it possible for you to study this ancient wisdom and be part of a vibrant online community from the comfort of your own home. We invite you to Journey With Us From Wherever You Are On The Globe™."
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Welcome to Shema Emet Messianic Internet Community / shemaemet.org
Welcome to Shema Emet Messianic Internet Community / shemaemet.org: "For two thousand years we have all been taught that Israel is the Jewish people
and the Jewish people are Israel. This misunderstanding has crippled our ability
to truly glean from the scriptures all that was originally intended. We as
Believers have lost our mission, purpose and depth of knowledge of the scriptures
and it is largely because of not understanding this very important topic. The
greatest prophecy of the bible concerns this very subject. Many have called this
teaching the key to understanding the entire bible! I will let Professor C.A.L.
Totten of Yale University tell you his thoughts concerning this very subject:"
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and the Jewish people are Israel. This misunderstanding has crippled our ability
to truly glean from the scriptures all that was originally intended. We as
Believers have lost our mission, purpose and depth of knowledge of the scriptures
and it is largely because of not understanding this very important topic. The
greatest prophecy of the bible concerns this very subject. Many have called this
teaching the key to understanding the entire bible! I will let Professor C.A.L.
Totten of Yale University tell you his thoughts concerning this very subject:"
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Torah Reading - Torah Services
Torah Reading - Torah Services: Torah reading service begins when a member of the congregation is given the honor of opening the Ark and taking out the Torah, with much respect and ceremony. The Torah is then taken to the podium (Bimah), which is situated in the center of the sanctuary. On the occasion when it is necessary to read two or three different portions, two or three scrolls may be taken from the Ark. One or two additional members of the congregation are then honored with carrying the additional Torah Scrolls to the podium.
As the Torah Scroll passes by, members of the congregation kiss it as a sign of love and respect.
As the Torah Scroll passes by, members of the congregation kiss it as a sign of love and respect.
Jewish Rituals for Holidays.
Jewish Rituals for Holidays.: The Jewish holidays are not random moments scattered over the year,” says Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, “but purposeful occurrences that draw their power from multiple sources—the natural world and its seasons, myth, religious traditions, folk customs, and decisive historical events in the life of our people.” (The Jewish Holidays: A Guide and Commentary)
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud: Souls:
The sefirot - Spiritual Powers; Ten categories of the souls of Israel.
Ten trials of Abraham; A minyan of ten men.
Ten synonyms for prayer; Ten synonyms for song.
Ten cardinal songs sung throughout history.
Ten martyrs of Israel; Ten spiritual functions of the heart.
Divinity:
Ten Commandments; Ten plagues.
Ten miracles in the Holy Temple; Ten days of repentance.
Yom Kippur--the tenth day; The Divine Name ten times on Yom Kippur.
Ten names of Ruach HaKodesh; Ten are called "the man of G-d."
Ten verses of Kingdom, Remembrance and Shofar-blast.
Ten synonyms for teshuvah.
The sefirot - Spiritual Powers; Ten categories of the souls of Israel.
Ten trials of Abraham; A minyan of ten men.
Ten synonyms for prayer; Ten synonyms for song.
Ten cardinal songs sung throughout history.
Ten martyrs of Israel; Ten spiritual functions of the heart.
Divinity:
Ten Commandments; Ten plagues.
Ten miracles in the Holy Temple; Ten days of repentance.
Yom Kippur--the tenth day; The Divine Name ten times on Yom Kippur.
Ten names of Ruach HaKodesh; Ten are called "the man of G-d."
Ten verses of Kingdom, Remembrance and Shofar-blast.
Ten synonyms for teshuvah.
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud: Souls:
The sefirot - Spiritual Powers; Ten categories of the souls of Israel.
Ten trials of Abraham; A minyan of ten men.
Ten synonyms for prayer; Ten synonyms for song.
Ten cardinal songs sung throughout history.
Ten martyrs of Israel; Ten spiritual functions of the heart.
Divinity:
Ten Commandments; Ten plagues.
Ten miracles in the Holy Temple; Ten days of repentance.
Yom Kippur--the tenth day; The Divine Name ten times on Yom Kippur.
Ten names of Ruach HaKodesh; Ten are called "the man of G-d."
Ten verses of Kingdom, Remembrance and Shofar-blast.
Ten synonyms for teshuvah.
The sefirot - Spiritual Powers; Ten categories of the souls of Israel.
Ten trials of Abraham; A minyan of ten men.
Ten synonyms for prayer; Ten synonyms for song.
Ten cardinal songs sung throughout history.
Ten martyrs of Israel; Ten spiritual functions of the heart.
Divinity:
Ten Commandments; Ten plagues.
Ten miracles in the Holy Temple; Ten days of repentance.
Yom Kippur--the tenth day; The Divine Name ten times on Yom Kippur.
Ten names of Ruach HaKodesh; Ten are called "the man of G-d."
Ten verses of Kingdom, Remembrance and Shofar-blast.
Ten synonyms for teshuvah.
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud: Ten; "The tenth shall be holy"; the decimal nature of reality.
Worlds:
Ten Divine utterances through which the world was created.
Ten things created on the first day.
Ten things created at dusk at the end of the first Friday.
Ten generations from Adam to Noah and from Noah to Abraham.
Ten kings ruled the whole world; Ten nations given to Abraham.
Ten pure animals; Ten categories of forbidden magic.
Ten battles of Joshua; Ten essential limbs of the body.
Worlds:
Ten Divine utterances through which the world was created.
Ten things created on the first day.
Ten things created at dusk at the end of the first Friday.
Ten generations from Adam to Noah and from Noah to Abraham.
Ten kings ruled the whole world; Ten nations given to Abraham.
Ten pure animals; Ten categories of forbidden magic.
Ten battles of Joshua; Ten essential limbs of the body.
About Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh
About Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh: Rabbi Ginsburgh lives with his wife and children in the rural Chassidic settlement of Kfar Chabad. He teaches all across the Land of Israel, from modern Tel Aviv to the ancestral towns of Shechem and Hebron in Judea and Samaria where many of his students are reclaiming ancient Jewish rights of settlement. His audiences include yeshiva students and academics, chassidim and businessmen, housewives and politician
About Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh
About Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh: Rabbi Ginsburgh is our generation's most respected authority on Jewish Mysticism. He is acknowledged by both the religious and academic communities as an integrator of the mystical tradition as has not been seen in Judaism for many generations. His work is not only integrative in its nature, it is also seminal, providing serious students of Torah (in all its areas, esoteric as well as exoteric) with tools and ideas that will be relevant for hundreds of years to come.
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud: Before the tzimtzum, the power of limitation was hidden, latent within G-d's Infinite Essence. Following the tzimtzum, this power of limitation became revealed, and paradoxically the Infinite Essence of G-d that originally "hid" the power of limitation now Itself became hidden (not in truth, but only from our limited human perspective) within the point of contracted light.
From within this point of limitation is revealed the secret of the ten sefirot, the Divine channels of light through which G-d continually brings His world into being. Ten, the numerical value of the yud, is also the number of commandments (literally "statements") revealed by G-d to His People Israel at Sinai.
From within this point of limitation is revealed the secret of the ten sefirot, the Divine channels of light through which G-d continually brings His world into being. Ten, the numerical value of the yud, is also the number of commandments (literally "statements") revealed by G-d to His People Israel at Sinai.
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Yud: The secret of this point is the power of the Infinite to contain finite phenomena within Himself and express them to apparent external reality. Finite manifestation begins from a zero-dimensional point, thereafter developing into a one-dimensional line and two-dimensional surface. This is alluded to in the full spelling of the letter yud (yud-vav-dalet): "point" (yud), "line" (vav), "surface" (dalet). These three stages correspond in Kabbalah to: "point" (nekudah), "spectrum" (sefirah), "figure" (partzuf). The initial point, the essential power of the yud, is the "little that holds much." The "much" refers to the simple Infinity of G-d hidden within the initial point of revelation, which reflects itself as the Infinite potential of the point to develop and express itself in all the manifold finite phenomena of time and space.
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Chet
The Hebrew Letters (excerpts): Chet: According to the Ari z"l," the letter chet is constructed by combining the two previous letters, vav and zayin, with a thin bridge-shaped line, referred to as the chatoteret ("hunchback"). The new energy effected by the union of the vav--or yashar--and the zayin--or chozer--is the secret of "hovering" or "touching yet not touching." The image of "hovering" appears at the very beginning of Creation: "And the spirit of God was 'hovering' over the water." The word "hovering" (merachefet) is the eighteenth word in the Torah
Monday, August 8, 2011
TheWritersCafe.org » 2009 » September
TheWritersCafe.org » 2009 » September: "Must I beg forgiveness, from all my friends, family, mother, cousin, aunt?
Do I need to study Torah almost every waking moment?
Will I need to devote a lifetime, sincerely seeking true atonement?
Do I need to help everyone I meet, till I’m nearly going broke?
Do I need to sincerely listen, to everyone even the most jaded folk?
Do I need to risk a fortune and wager everything I own?
Do I need to sell my house and wander forever without a home?
No I tell you it’s not that way; it is so simple yet so true.
G-d is not so very far, He is as near as your own heart?"
Do I need to study Torah almost every waking moment?
Will I need to devote a lifetime, sincerely seeking true atonement?
Do I need to help everyone I meet, till I’m nearly going broke?
Do I need to sincerely listen, to everyone even the most jaded folk?
Do I need to risk a fortune and wager everything I own?
Do I need to sell my house and wander forever without a home?
No I tell you it’s not that way; it is so simple yet so true.
G-d is not so very far, He is as near as your own heart?"
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