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Contents

Table of Contents

Contents

  • Preface and Acknowledgements 
  • Introduction to A Tapestry for the Soul  
  • 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; the nature and purpose of suffering  
  • 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 Biography The revelation of the hidden  
  • Original Kabbalah Art by Avraham Loewenthal 
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography and Resources  
  • Index  
  • Index of Excerpts 


In the Shadow of the Ladder—Introductions to the Kabbalah

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction Mark and Yedidah Cohen

Chapter 1
Kabbalah in Context Mark and Yedidah Cohen

Chapter 2
Rabbi Ashlag and his Predecessors Mark and Yedidah Cohen.

Chapter 3
Introduction to the Zohar Rabbi Y. L. Ashlag

Chapter 4
Introduction to the Study of the Ten SephirotRabbi Y. L. Ashlag

Chapter 5
Keywords, Definitions and Concepts Mark and Yedidah Cohen.

Chapter 6
One Person 's Journey in KabbalahYedidah Cohen.

Notes
Glossary
Bibliography, Sources and Resources
Index