{"id":877,"date":"2024-09-11T06:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T06:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nehoraschool.com\/website_6e701a35\/?page_id=877"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T12:02:07","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nehorapress.com\/he\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Faq"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Kabbalah is the innermost aspect of Judaism. You can call it \u201cthe soul of Judaism” and\u00a0it corresponds to our own soul. it is called the “hidden wisdom” becauseit deals with our intentions towards ourselves , each other and God. Our actions can be seen for the outside , but only we really know what we mean by them<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0It is only through learning the Kabbalah that we can know who we are and what our real purpose in our life is. Rabbi Chaim Vital z’l likened someone who keeps the Torah and\u00a0mitzvot<\/em>\u00a0without learning the Kabbalah, to a body who sits in darkness.\u00a0(Introduction to the Ten Sephirot, Rabbi Ashlag)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Yes, Rabbi Ashlag addresses this issue in his work the “Introduction to the Study of the Ten Sephirot”. There are two parts of the Kabbalah. One part is called the “Secrets of the Torah” and these is not written down but passed on only from Rabbi to pupil when the disciple is ready. The other part is called the “Reasons for the Torah” and this part is written down and is available for all to learn.\u00a0 Regarding any printed material, including the Zohar itself, which has been composed by a great Kabbalist you may be quite certain does not contain any thing that is forbidden for anyone to learn. A different aspect of Kabbalah\u00a0which\u00a0is certainly forbidden\u00a0 is the misuse of Kabbalah to achieve personal aims. This includes everything\u00a0that may be labeled “practical Kabbalah”. for example,\u00a0 using the Names of God, segulot of all types, superstitions, and so forth to gain something<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Everything depends on our motive. Rabbi Ashlag and the Rav Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Chief Rabbi of (then) Palestine both not only allowed the learning of Kabbalah but encouraged it for all , providing there is a genuine desire to learn it for its own sake. If a person\u00a0wants\u00a0to learn Kabbalah because he has completed his studies in the other parts of the Torah , and he wants to add the dimension\u00a0of the Kabbalah as part of his studies, then he should wait until he is married and over the age of forty. There are now classes for women in the Kabbalah and being a woman is no longer the barrier it once was.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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That’s a tricky question!! First of all things are far more complex than they seem… . many of us may be keeping more mitzvot than we realize. . Ethics in business, not telling lies, not defaming or shaming someone else, not murdering or stealing, being kind , giving charity are mitzvot just as prevalent amongst the secular as amongst the religious. A more realistic approach is not to pigeon-hole ourselves, or others, but to realize we are all of us, religious and secular alike are growing and learning. I, Yedidah, do teach Jews of every background and don’t make any pre-requirement before joining one of my study groups. However I do think an over all desire to come closer to our Source is important and mitzvot is a vital part of manifesting that desire. Fir non- Jews, I do ask they commit to the seven mitzvot of Bnei Noach. for futher innformation see https:\/\/noahideworldcenter.org\/bnei-noach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t