An Entrance to the Tree of Life Book

	A Message from the President	11
	Introduction	17
	Preface	21
Part 1	A Preface to the Tree of Life
Chapter 1	The esoteric wisdom	35
Chapter 2	Concealment of esotericism	39
Chapter 3	Power of desire	41
Chapter 4	True wisdom and knowledge	47
Chapter 5	Criticism of the study of Kabbalah	54
Chapter 6	Purpose of mankind	56
Chapter 7	Kingdom of the Lord	60
Chapter 8	The Ari--Rabbi Isaac Luria	63
Chapter 9	The Baal Shem Tov	68
Chapter 10	Men with hearts	70
Chapter 11	Concepts of truth	74
Chapter 12	Opposing forces	76
Chapter 13	Shattering of the vessels	81
Chapter 14	The tree of knowledge	88
Chapter 15	Defects	102
Chapter 16	Vessel of Blessing-Peace	115
Part 2	An Introduction to the Tree of Life
Chapter 1	Mysteries of the Torah	123
Chapter 2	Light and darkness	127
Chapter 3	Egression of the light	132
Chapter 4	The ten Sefirot	135
Chapter 5	Direct and returning lights	138
Chapter 6	Five distinctions in the Sefirot	141
Chapter 7	The curtain	143
Chapter 8	The five worlds	146
Chapter 9	Coupling by striking	150
Chapter 10	Inner and encircling lights	161
Chapter 11	Purification of the curtain	167
Chapter 12	Impressions	174
Chapter 13	Withdrawal and return	184
Chapter 14	The Second contraction	190
Chapter 15	The head and the body	195
Chapter 16	The five countenances	197
	Other RCK Publications	205