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About the Zohar | xxiii | |
Introduction | xxv | |
Part 1 | The Body of Knowledge | |
Chapter 1 | The Main Teachings | 3 |
The Creator | ||
The First State of Existence; The Ein Sof | 6 | |
Creation, Yesh Me'Ayin | 8 | |
Shutting off of the Light | 11 | |
Bread of Shame | 13 | |
Purpose of Creation | 17 | |
Chapter 2 | The Methodology of Kabbalah | 21 |
How Shall I know? (Science and Kabbalah) | ||
Conditions for Studying Kabbalah | 29 | |
The Biblical Methods of Kabbalah | 30 | |
Chapter 3 | The Major Concepts | 37 |
Yesh Me'Ayin--Something from Nothing | 37 | |
Giving and Taking; The purpose of our existence | 39 | |
The Doctrine of Tzimtzum (restriction) | 42 | |
Restriction and the Soul | 44 | |
Balance | 46 | |
The Practical Application of Restriction | 48 | |
Mankind | 49 | |
The Sfirot | 53 | |
The Nature of Each Sfirah | 57 | |
Vessels and Lights in Our Present Age | 63 | |
The Middle Point | 66 | |
The Five Worlds | 76 | |
The Tikune Process | 78 | |
Part 2 | Origins and History of Kabbalah | |
Chapter 4 | Kabbalah: A Definition | 83 |
A Definition | ||
Chapter 5 | The Origins of Kabbalah | 87 |
The Sefer Yetzirah | ||
The Zohar, its history | 87 | |
The Zohar, its content | 92 | |
Chapter 6 | Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai and the Greater Assembly | 101 |
Chapter 7 | The Golden Age of Safed | 107 |
Setting the Stage in Safed | ||
Preparing the Road to Redemption | 110 | |
Rabbi Moses Cordovero | 111 | |
Rabbi Isaac Luria | 112 | |
Haim and Shmuel Vital | 115 | |
Spiritual Development of the Kabbalah | 120 | |
Avraham ben Mordekhai Azulai | 122 | |
The Golden Age of Enlightenment | 123 | |
Chapter 8 | A Later Light: Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag | 125 |
Writings | ||
Life History | 127 | |
Chapter 9 | Kabbalah and the Age of the Messiah | 131 |
Why was the Zohar concealed in the past? | ||
The View of the Talmud | 132 | |
Part 3 | Making the Connection Practical Applications | |
Chapter 10 | Operational Tools | 137 |
Mitzvot | ||
The Wisdom of the Kabbalah | 138 | |
The Tool Suggested by Hillel | 140 | |
Chapter 11 | Dvekut: The Circular Concept | 143 |
Union with the Creator | ||
Balancing Receiving and Sharing | 144 | |
The Circular Concept | 148 | |
Chapter 12 | A Contemplation | 153 |
A System of Deeds and Devotion | ||
Kavanah | 153 | |
The Metaphor of the Burning Candle | 154 | |
Appendices | ||
Appendix 1 | The Tree of Life | 158 |
Appendix 2 | The Shield of David | 160 |
Appendix 3 | The Twelve Tribes of Israel | 162 |
Appendix 4 | Biographical Notes | 164 |
References | 183 | |
Index | 188 |
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