Audio4:48The Limbs of G-d
What it means that the Torah speaks of G-d in bodily terms — the 'limbs' as a map of the sefiros and the Divine attributes through which G-d relates to the world.
Theme
The building blocks of Kabbalah — sefiros, worlds, and the structure of the soul.
16 shiurim
Audio4:48What it means that the Torah speaks of G-d in bodily terms — the 'limbs' as a map of the sefiros and the Divine attributes through which G-d relates to the world.
Audio1:06:40The inner life of machshava — how thought works in the soul, its power to shape our inner world, and how to elevate and guard it.
Audio2:00:19A foundational class in Kabbalah — the essential vocabulary and framework: the Ein Sof, the sefiros, the worlds, and the structure of the soul.
Audio41:01The giving of the Torah at Sinai — the wedding of G-d and Israel — and what it means that every year, on Shavuos, each of us stands again at the mountain to receive the Torah anew.
Audio1:03:02An introduction to the four spiritual worlds — Atzilus, Beriah, Yetzirah and Asiyah — and how this ladder of creation descends from the infinite light of G-d.
Audio1:01:55The opening of the maamar Hayosheves Baganim — the soul as the beloved 'who sits in the gardens,' and the yearning between G-d and the Jewish people.
Audio1:18:44Continuing through the four worlds — how each world is a garment and a filter for Divine light, and what that teaches us about our own inner structure.
Audio1:02:28Continuing the maamar — the gardens of Torah and tefillah in which the soul dwells, and how the Divine voice calls to be heard.
Audio1:10:18The longing of the soul in exile and the ways it seeks reunion with its Source.
Audio1:11:25The world of Beriah and the realm of the intellect and the soul — how thought and comprehension mirror a whole spiritual world.
Audio1:12:03The world of Yetzirah and the realm of emotion — how the middos of the soul correspond to a world of formation.
Audio54:54How the friends 'listen to your voice' — the interplay of the soul, the angels, and the Divine desire to hear the voice of Israel.
Audio38:04The culmination of the maamar — 'flee, my beloved' — the soul's plea to hasten the redemption and the revelation of the final geulah.
Audio1:04:22The world of Asiyah — action and the physical world — and how the lowest world becomes the ultimate purpose: a dwelling place for G-d below.
Audio54:04Drawing the four worlds together — how a person ascends and unifies the worlds through Torah, tefillah, and refining the physical world around them.
Audio11:15Shevat joins service and leadership — drawing Divine wisdom down into the world like water from a well. On Tu biShvat, the New Year of the Trees, we learn that we grow, like palms, only when our roots intertwine with others.