The Kabbalah of Thought
The inner life of machshava — how thought works in the soul, its power to shape our inner world, and how to elevate and guard it.
15 March 2026 Audio
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Theme
The building blocks of Kabbalah — sefiros, worlds, and the structure of the soul.
16 shiurim
The inner life of machshava — how thought works in the soul, its power to shape our inner world, and how to elevate and guard it.
A foundational class in Kabbalah — the essential vocabulary and framework: the Ein Sof, the sefiros, the worlds, and the structure of the soul.
The 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.
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.
The 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.
An 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.
Continuing 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.
Continuing the maamar — the gardens of Torah and tefillah in which the soul dwells, and how the Divine voice calls to be heard.
The longing of the soul in exile and the ways it seeks reunion with its Source.
The world of Beriah and the realm of the intellect and the soul — how thought and comprehension mirror a whole spiritual world.
How the friends 'listen to your voice' — the interplay of the soul, the angels, and the Divine desire to hear the voice of Israel.
The world of Yetzirah and the realm of emotion — how the middos of the soul correspond to a world of formation.
The culmination of the maamar — 'flee, my beloved' — the soul's plea to hasten the redemption and the revelation of the final geulah.
The world of Asiyah — action and the physical world — and how the lowest world becomes the ultimate purpose: a dwelling place for G-d below.
Drawing the four worlds together — how a person ascends and unifies the worlds through Torah, tefillah, and refining the physical world around them.
Shevat 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.