By Shimon Bar Yohai, Michael Berg
Zohar is a Hebrew observe that implies attractiveness. In its easiest shape, the Zohar is a observation at the Bible, established as conversations between a bunch of buddies, students, and religious masters. even though the knowledge on hand in its pages is older than production itself, the textual content of the Zohar used to be composed nearly 2000 years in the past. within the centuries that undefined, the Zohar was once usually suppressed via non secular and secular experts who feared its energy to rework the lives of these who won entry to the sacred writings. The sages of Kabbalah additionally learned that the Zohar needs to wait until eventually humankind was once able to obtain it.
Michael Berg used to be the 1st individual ever to translate the whole 23-volume Zohar from historical Aramaic into English, a enormous job which he started on the age of 18 and entire ten years later. via his translation we find the Zohar offers very at once with suggestions of reincarnation, visionary stories, and the presence of unseen impacts in our midst. at the present time we can settle for those principles that have been as soon as perceived as inexplicable mysticism or risky sorcery. we now have the skill to appreciate the Zohar's real teachings.
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Unless Hashem had been my help" MEANS that had HE not become David's supervisor and guarded him FROM THE ANGEL DUMAH, David's "soul had almost dwelt in silence" (in the hands of Dumah). " Because only the smallest distance, as narrow as a thin thread separated him from the Other Side. So "almost dwelt in silence" was the distance of a thin thread, THE DISTANCE REMAINING FOR DUMAH TO DRAG HIM DOWN TO PERDITION! 138. Therefore, every person should be careful not to say what King David said, because he will not be able to say to the ANGEL Dumah, "it was an error" (Kohelet 5:6), as it was with King David.
And this is the explicit meaning of the verse. 167. But: "for among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms" (Yirmeyah 10:7). These words I found in the books of the Ancients, so that even though they, the hosts and legions UP ABOVE, were put in charge of worldly affairs and He ordered each one to fulfill his mission, who can do it like You? Not one of them! Because You excel over them all in Your ability and in Your deeds. ), who is the Holy Unknown, above and below. Who can do what You do, or be what You are, in all the doings of the Holy King up in the heavens, or down on earth?!
He said to him, My Master in that world you shall both be neighbors of the heads of the Yeshivot (Academies), before the Holy One, blessed be He. " As it is written: "For I have seen Elohim face to face" (Beresheet 32:31). 13. The two points The Zohar explains the concept of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Within everything in our world, there exist positive and negative aspects. Reading this section gives us the ability to connect to the positive side of existence, while at the same time it shields us from negative elements.