A Tapestry for the Soul takes the Introduction to the Zohar (as translated in In the Shadow of the Ladder) as its main thread, from its beginning to its end. Excerpts from Rabbi Ashlag’s other writings are skillfully placed throughout, in order to explain the Introduction to the Zohar in depth. This is a totally innovative way of teaching. The benefits thus obtained include the fact that the reader can follow Rabbi Ashlag’s thought directly, without the need for an intermediary to explain his ideas, thus enabling direct contact between the Master Kabbalist and the reader. Now, even the beginner is able to learn from authentic Kabbalah texts.
Author(s): Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag, Yedidah Cohen
Edition: 1
Publisher: Nehora Press
Year: 2010
Language: English
Commentary: B009K90ZHK
Pages: 296
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Lesson One
Questions on the nature of God
Lesson Two
Inquiries into the nature of creation
Lesson Three
The ultimate aim and purpose of creation
Lesson Four
The substance of creation; the essence of the souls; affinity and difference of form
Lesson Five
The nature of evil; the different routes that body and soul travel; the purpose of the mitzvot in the healing of the will to receive for oneself alone; the means by which the higher levels of the soul are drawn to the person
Lesson Six
The states in which the souls exist simultaneously; free will;
Lesson Seven
The true nature of the body and its purpose; the end of suffering; where am I acting from?
Lesson Eight
The essence of the soul; how desire begets needs and needs give birth to thoughts as to how to satisfy those needs; the differences between people
Lesson Nine
The language of the branches; the revival of the dead; the true goal and fulfillment of the will to receive
Lesson Ten
The work of our lives; further concerning the framework of uncleanness
Lesson Eleven
The purpose of the higher worlds; the final state of the souls; the development of the wills to receive
Lesson Twelve
The perception of the person who splits the shell of the will to receive for oneself alone
Lesson Thirteen
The relationship of the soul with the higher worlds; the mitzvot
Lesson Fourteen
The lights of the Sephirot, the vessels and the worlds; the ascension of the soul through the worlds
Lesson Fifteen
The ascension of the soul (continued)
Lesson Sixteen
The holographic nature of reality and its relationship to Torah; the nature of the book of the Zohar and its authorship
Lesson Seventeen
The revelation of the Kabbalah in our generation and the nature of our generation compared to previous generations
Lesson Eighteen
The innermost aspect of the Torah and its relationship to Israel and the world
Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag
Original Kabbalah Art by Avraham Loewenthal
Glossary
Bibliography and Resources
Index
Index of Excerpts
