Kabbalah Discussions - Saviors Of Earth2024-03-29T07:05:15Zhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/group/kabbalah/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noKabbalah & Musictag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-02-24:2492330:Topic:2411822010-02-24T03:46:23.921ZGolden_Angel_Khttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Golden_Angel_k
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<p>Music and Kabbalah... What is the connection between them? Everyone has a conception of what music is, but not everyone, by far, knows what Kabbalah is.</p>
<p>The essence of Kabbalah is shrouded in secrecy, but there has always been an interest in Kabbalah. According to legends, one who knows Kabbalah and masters its secrets can control our world and the spiritual<br></br> worlds that influence our world, revealing its past, present and<br></br>
future. <br></br> <br></br> Kabbalah is the…</p>
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<p>Music and Kabbalah... What is the connection between them? Everyone has a conception of what music is, but not everyone, by far, knows what Kabbalah is.</p>
<p>The essence of Kabbalah is shrouded in secrecy, but there has always been an interest in Kabbalah. According to legends, one who knows Kabbalah and masters its secrets can control our world and the spiritual<br/>
worlds that influence our world, revealing its past, present and<br/>
future. <br/> <br/> Kabbalah is the science of the structure of the
universe, the developmental laws of the spiritual worlds and our world,<br/>
and the laws of man's purpose.</p>
<p>Kabbalah is a science of the impact of human desires on the surrounding world.</p>
<p>All Kabbalistic books are written in the language of feelings and desires. This language is unique and strictly scientific, employing graphs, formulae and diagrams. It explains how to alter our desires in<br/>
order to purposefully influence the entire world. Through such graphs<br/>
and schemes, Kabbalah describes one's feelings, the person’s soul. Music<br/>
also speaks to the person in a language of feelings and emotions, and<br/>
as such, is close to Kabbalah.</p>
<p>What is music? It is an emotion captured in its evolvement. Only music can deliver the process of transforming feelings through time. That is why, to those who have not yet perceived the spiritual world,<br/>
the music of Kabbalah provides a certain analogy of the impression of<br/>
spirituality that is felt by the Kabbalist. <br/> <br/> The more evolved a
person’s feelings, the more one will delight in what is heard. In<br/>
music, a sensitive person can open an entire world for themselves,<br/>
undergoing different emotional states from bliss to tragedy. And the<br/>
more one develops one’s feelings, the more intricately he will sense<br/>
that which the music transmits.</p>
<p>In much the same way, one who studies Kabbalah cultivates appropriate inner instruments for comprehending spirituality, through which spiritual information can be perceived. As a musician looks into notes<br/>
and hears music through his- or her inner sensation, a Kabbalist, while<br/>
reading Kabbalistic texts, senses the spiritual world within. <br/> <br/> A
person’s very first spiritual sensation when spirituality is revealed,<br/>
is thankfulness to the Creator. One begins to sense this higher power<br/>
and sees how it brought him out of a dead-end existence into an<br/>
infinite, flawless world of absolute awareness and perfection. It is<br/>
this sensation that Rav Baruch Ashlag (Rabash) transmitted through his<br/>
music to the words of the psalm:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>I thank you for saving my soul from death<br/> My eyes from tears<br/> My feet from entering hell.</strong></p>
<p>The great Kabbalists who wrote the holy books depict the secrets of the universe, and we are also privileged to the melodies created by the great Kabbalists Yehuda Ashlag and his son Baruch Ashlag. Through the<br/>
language of feelings, their melodies express spiritual sensations and<br/>
information. <br/> Rav Yehuda Ashlag attained all of the universe’s
secrets, and depicted them in his compositions, the <em>Sulam (Ladder)</em><br/>
Commentary to <a href="http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/mystzohar.htm" title="The Zohar"><em>The Zohar</em></a>, <em>Talmud Eser Sefirot (The<br/>
Study of the Ten Sefirot)</em>... and he also implanted them in his<br/>
melodies. <br/> <br/> The existing location of the soul in the spiritual
world is referred to as its root. The roots of souls differ. Souls<br/>
descend into our world and incarnate in bodies. As the roots of souls<br/>
differ, the objectives that each soul must complete in our world differ<br/>
as well. That is why each body is nothing more than a mechanism for<br/>
completing the soul’s plan of development.</p>
<p>The person begins to feel attracted to spirituality, a striving to his spiritual root, desires to attain it right now, to be able to sense all the worlds today, while still living in this world. <br/> Kabbalistic
music reveals and develops the person’s spiritual potential.</p>
<p>Kabbalistic melodies are not subjected to typical musical analysis. From the point of view of classical music, these melodies may appear banal in their structure and musical language.</p>
<p>But those persons with an inclination for the ascension of their souls in this lifetime, who wish to attain the Upper World and the entire universe, sense in this music something beckoning them into the<br/>
unexplored. <br/> <br/> We do not know how our musical comprehension is
structured. Why do we feel the major chords in a different emotional and<br/>
sensible tone than the minor ones? Why do we sense the major as<br/>
something brighter, more open, and happier than the minor? <br/> Many
musicians with perfect musical hearing see colors in notes, chords, and<br/>
tones. No one knows how this occurs and why such associations of color,<br/>
sound, taste, and sensations appear within us. No one knows the<br/>
structure of our receptors, which perceive absolutely immaterial<br/>
information.</p>
<p>Kabbalists, however, understand how these devices work within us, because they know the structure of our soul. As such, Kabbalists can instill spiritual information into musical sounds. That is why<br/>
Kabbalistic music is a means of infusing the inner world of the person<br/>
with information of everything that surrounds him. <br/> <br/> What the
music of our world contains is connected to the personal, earthly<br/>
sensations and emotions of the composers. Composers have always aspired<br/>
to reflect the predicaments of creation in music, yet these attempts had<br/>
never gone beyond a mere surmise or personal feeling.</p>
<p>Only melodies written by Kabbalists actually enable us to enter into sensations of eternity, sensations of soul’s movement, pushing us to an understanding of our essence as a part of one eternal universe. <br/> <br/>
Kabbalistic music is written by great Kabbalists as an expression of<br/>
their spiritual sensations. It is inherently located at a high spiritual<br/>
level.</p>
<p>A spiritual sensation cannot be forgotten. That which was played and felt once remains and can be repeated at any moment. This feeling can later be manipulated, creating most refined shades of emotion. In every<br/>
melody there is a different feeling corresponding to each particular<br/>
spiritual state. Due to the elevated level of its composer, each melody<br/>
speaks of the ethereal as it elevates one across the spiritual world -<br/>
to eternity and perfection.</p> The Zohar - A Brief Introductiontag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2009-12-24:2492330:Topic:2308742009-12-24T18:27:59.110ZGolden_Angel_Khttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Golden_Angel_k
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<a href="http://www.kabbalah.info/es/engkab/mystzohar.htm">http://www.kabbalah.info/es/engkab/mystzohar.htm</a> Kabbalah Revealed : Basics of Kabbalahtag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2009-12-06:2492330:Topic:2273772009-12-06T20:02:22.422ZGolden_Angel_Khttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Golden_Angel_k
<u><b>Kabbalah Revealed Episode 1 : A Basic Overview</b></u><br />
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<u><b>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 3: The Path of Pain & The Path of Torah and Mitzvot</b></u><br />
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<b><u>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 4 : The force of development and the meaning of the suffering<br />
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<u><b>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 6 : The Screen</b></u><br />
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<u><b>Kabbalah Revealed Episode 8 : There is None Else Beside Him</b></u><br />
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<u><b>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 10 : Free Will Part 1</b></u><br />
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<b><u>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 11: Free Will, Part Two The Four Factors</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 12 : The Difference Between Kabbalah and religion</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 13: Defining the Goal</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 14: Revelation and Concealment</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Kabbalah Revealed - Episode 15 : Inanimate Vegetative Animate Human</u></b><br />
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The science of Kabbalah is unique in the way it talks about you and me, about all of us. It doesn’t deal with anything abstract, only with the way we are created and how we function at higher levels of existence.<br />
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Many Kabbalistic books have been written about it, starting with Abraham the Patriarch four thousand years ago, who wrote a book called Sefer Yetzira (The Book of Creation). The next important work is The Book of Zohar, written in the second…
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The science of Kabbalah is unique in the way it talks about you and me, about all of us. It doesn’t deal with anything abstract, only with the way we are created and how we function at higher levels of existence.<br />
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Many Kabbalistic books have been written about it, starting with Abraham the Patriarch four thousand years ago, who wrote a book called Sefer Yetzira (The Book of Creation). The next important work is The Book of Zohar, written in the second century CE. The Zohar is followed by the works of the Ari, a renowned 16th century Kabbalist. And the twentieth century saw the appearance of the works of Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag.<br />
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Ashlag’s texts are best suited for our generation. They, as well as other Kabbalistic sources, describe the structure of the upper worlds, how they descend and how our universe, with everything that’s in it, came into existence.<br />
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Yehuda Ashlag’s textbook Talmud Eser Sefirot (The Study of the Ten Sefirot) is designed as a study aid with questions, answers, materials for repetition and explanations. This is, if you will, the physics of the upper worlds, describing the laws and forces governing the universe on the spiritual realm.<br />
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This material gradually transforms the students, because when searching how to experience the spiritual world, one gradually adapts oneself to the spiritual laws described in the textbook.<br />
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The science of Kabbalah does not deal with life in this world. Instead, by studying this system we re-attain the level we possessed before we descended. During this ascent, the study of Kabbalah builds within the student a system equal to the spiritual system.<br />
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To ensure the spiritual benefit from the text, we at Bnei Baruch study only authentic sources, focusing on those that have been written for the purpose of assisting the spiritual progress of the student. These sources are<br />
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* The Book of Zohar<br />
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* The writings of the Ari<br />
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* The writings of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag<br />
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For the most part, we concentrate on the writings of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, since his texts are the most suitable for our generation. General ideas through history....About kabbalahtag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2009-06-14:2492330:Topic:1809962009-06-14T22:09:49.914ZGolden_Angel_Khttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Golden_Angel_k
Kabbalah has been clouded in confusion, legend, myth, and misrepresentation because authentic Kabbalah has been hidden for thousands of years... until today<br />
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Although its origins are rooted in deep antiquity, from the time of ancient Babylon, the wisdom of Kabbalah has remained virtually hidden from humanity since it appeared more than four thousand years ago. To this very day, only a few know what Kabbalah really is.<br />
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For millennia, humanity was offered a wide variety of things under the name…
Kabbalah has been clouded in confusion, legend, myth, and misrepresentation because authentic Kabbalah has been hidden for thousands of years... until today<br />
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Although its origins are rooted in deep antiquity, from the time of ancient Babylon, the wisdom of Kabbalah has remained virtually hidden from humanity since it appeared more than four thousand years ago. To this very day, only a few know what Kabbalah really is.<br />
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For millennia, humanity was offered a wide variety of things under the name “Kabbalah”: spells, curses, and even miracles - all except for the method of Kabbalah itself. For over four thousand years, common understanding of Kabbalah has been cluttered with misconceptions and misinterpretations.<br />
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Therefore, first and foremost, the wisdom of Kabbalah needs to be made clear. Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) provides the following definition in his article "The Essence of the Wisdom of Kabbalah":<br />
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<b>This wisdom is no more and no less than a sequence of roots, which hang down by way of cause and effect, in fixed, determined rules, interweaving to a single, exalted goal described as, “the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world.”<br />
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In simpler words, there is an upper, all-inclusive force, or “the Creator,” governing everything in reality. All the world’s forces descend from this comprehensive force. Some of these forces are familiar to us, such as gravity or electricity, while there are forces of a higher order that act while remaining hidden to us.<br />
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Kabbalah holds the map or the knowledge of how these hidden forces are structured, and the laws by which they influence us. It teaches us how to develop a sense of these forces, and finally, discover their only purpose – to bring us to the revelation of the Creator, while living in this world. What is not kabbalah.....or Myths About ittag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2009-06-14:2492330:Topic:1809922009-06-14T22:05:02.529ZGolden_Angel_Khttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Golden_Angel_k
<b>Myths About Kabbalah</b><br></br>
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Kabbalah is commonly associated with red strings, meditation, magic and many other things. This page aims to clear up commonly associated myths about Kabbalah<br></br>
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<b>10 Myths About Kabbalah</b><br></br>
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<b>Myth #1: Kabbalah is a religion.</b><br></br>
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Fact: Kabbalah is a science - the physics of the overall reality. It is a wisdom that reveals the comprehensive…
<b>Myths About Kabbalah</b><br/>
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Kabbalah is commonly associated with red strings, meditation, magic and many other things. This page aims to clear up commonly associated myths about Kabbalah<br/>
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<b>10 Myths About Kabbalah</b><br/>
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<b>Myth #1: Kabbalah is a religion.</b><br/>
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Fact: Kabbalah is a science - the physics of the overall reality. It is a wisdom that reveals the comprehensive reality that is normally hidden from our senses.<br/>
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<b>Myth #2: Kabbalah is connected to red strings and holy water.</b><br/>
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Fact: There is no connection. Red strings, holy water and other products are a lucrative commercial invention created in the past two decades.<br/>
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<b>Myth #3: Kabbalah is reserved for a minority of persons and only men over 40 years of age are allowed to learn it.</b><br/>
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Fact: During the exile Kabbalah was only studied by a few select individuals. However, since the time of the Ari (the 16th century), it is available to all.<br/>
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<b>Myth #4: Kabbalah deals with magic.</b><br/>
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Fact: Kabbalah does not deal with magic or any other sorcery; rather, it deals with a pragmatic investigation of reality.<br/>
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<b>Myth #5: Kabbalah is a sect.</b><br/>
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Fact: Kabbalah is a wisdom and a science open to every person without any restrictions.<br/>
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<b>Myth #6: Kabbalah is related to “New Age” and is a trend - a passing phenomenon.</b><br/>
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Fact: Kabbalah is humanity’s oldest wisdom. Its beginnings were approximately 5,000 years ago.<br/>
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<b>Myth #7: Kabbalah is related to tarot cards, astrology and numerology.</b><br/>
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Fact: Tarot cards, astrology and numerology, in their mystical practice, have been mistakenly associated with Kabbalah.<br/>
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<b>Myth #8: There are amulets in Kabbalah.</b><br/>
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Fact: In our world, there are no physical objects that bear any spiritual contents. Amulets can only help a person as a psychological support.<br/>
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<b>Myth #9: Kabbalah involves meditation.</b><br/>
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Fact: Kabbalah does not involve meditation. Meditation is another element that was connected to the word “Kabbalah” amid its confusion in the last few centuries by non-Kabbalists.<br/>
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<b>Myth #10: One needs to have studied the Torah and Talmud prior to approaching Kabbalah.</b><br/>
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Fact: Without Kabbalah, one cannot understand the spiritual meaning of these texts, and is stuck with thinking that they refer to physical events and actions. Basics Questions (FAQ) About Kabbalahtag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2009-06-14:2492330:Topic:1809902009-06-14T21:59:17.843ZGolden_Angel_Khttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Golden_Angel_k
<b>What is kabbalah ?</b><br />
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The wisdom of Kabbalah is a scientific tool for studying the spiritual world. To explore our world, we use natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, and biology. But natural sciences study only the physical world we perceive with our five senses. To fully understand the world we live in, we need a research tool that can explore the hidden realm, that which our senses cannot perceive. This tool is the wisdom of…
<b>What is kabbalah ?</b><br />
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The wisdom of Kabbalah is a scientific tool for studying the spiritual world. To explore our world, we use natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, and biology. But natural sciences study only the physical world we perceive with our five senses. To fully understand the world we live in, we need a research tool that can explore the hidden realm, that which our senses cannot perceive. This tool is the wisdom of Kabbalah.<br />
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According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, reality consists of two forces, or qualities: the desire to receive and the desire to bestow, to give. Since the desire to bestow wants to give, it creates a desire to receive, hence its more commonly used name “the Creator.” Therefore, the whole of creation, including us, are manifestations of that desire to receive.<br />
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Using Kabbalah, we can work with the fundamental forces of reality-reception and bestowal-to our benefit. It doesn’t only teach us the design of creation, but how we can become designers, as omnipotent and as omniscient as the original Designer of reality.<br />
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<b>Who Can Study Kabbalah?</b><br />
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When Rav Kook-the great 20th century Kabbalist and the first Chief Rabbi of Israel-was asked who could study Kabbalah, his answer was unequivocal: “Anyone who wants to.” In the last one hundred years, all the Kabbalists without exception clearly stated, and on many occasions, that today Kabbalah is open to all. Moreover, they said that it is a necessary tool in resolving the global crisis that they predicted would come, and which we are facing today.<br />
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According to all Kabbalists, Kabbalah’s hiding days are over. The wisdom of Kabbalah was previously hidden because Kabbalists feared that it would be misused, and misunderstood. And indeed, the little that did seep out evoked numerous misconceptions about it. Because Kabbalists state that our generation is ready to understand the real meaning of Kabbalah, and to clear up the past misconceptions, this science is now being opened to all who wish to learn.<br />
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<b>Who is Bnei Baruch?</b><br />
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Bnei Baruch - Kabbalah Education and Research Institute is an organization for studying, teaching, and disseminating authentic Kabbalah. In 1991, Rav Michael Laitman, PhD, established Bnei Baruch for the purposes just described. He named it Bnei Baruch (sons of Baruch) in memory of his mentor, the great Kabbalist Rabbi Baruch Ashlag, himself the firstborn son and successor of Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, author of the Sulam (ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar.<br />
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To spread its message, Bnei Baruch maintains this site, publishes books, papers, and produces radio and TV programs. About one million users visit the site each month, and tens of thousands of them are active members, who support the cause and help spread it, to the benefit of humankind.<br />
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<b>What Do Kabbalah Books Teach?</b><br />
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Kabbalah books teach the structure of the spiritual worlds, and how each of us can get there. A Kabbalah book is like a tour guide. If you want to travel to a new city, you’d probably want to use a tour guide to tell which are the best places to go see, the best coffee shops and clubs, and where you don’t want to go because you won’t like what you will find.<br />
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Similarly, Kabbalah books tell you how the spiritual worlds are built, which “places” are more fun, and which are not. Of course, these are not physical places, but spiritual states that any Kabbalist experiences.<br />
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Another thing that Kabbalah books tell you is how to find the spiritual reality. If you want to go somewhere in this world, you need a map to that place, and a tour guide for studying the place itself. In spirituality, the Kabbalah books will do it all for you-“show” you where the spiritual world is, “drive” you there, and show you around.