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Hanging pictures of living people

The concept is based off the Gemara in Rosh Hashanah 24b which discusses what one is allowed to make pictures of. When it discusses making pictures of humans it writes: אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה פַּרְצוּף ...
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Transferring Holy Sparks

Sounds like something similar.. When the Kavod comes to a man, for example he is given more prestige, honor or money -- he needs to be very careful bc Kavod is the Em Kol Chai and may be coming to ...
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Sources for Halachic opinions influenced by kabbalah

Olamot.net has a halachic write-up of the cross-section of Kabbalah and Halachah, discussing the various opinions on how to rule in case of conflict between Gemara and Kabballistic sources, on various ...
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Sources for Halachic opinions influenced by kabbalah

Rav Asher Weiss has a long discussion about when to Pasken Halacha according to Kabbala here, which includes many examples from the Shulchan Aruch and elsewhere, especially from section 5 (בענייני ...
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Kabbalah/chasiduss explanation of theodicy

According to Kabbalah the root of all evil is the שבירת הכלים. This the source of the "Husks/Shells" which are called cruel oppressors. You will see this referenced at the beginning of most ...
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Is, וישע ויט ויבו from Exodus, the only three consecutive three verse that can be intersplayed a la the 72 Letter Name from Exodus

Yes, within Kabbalah there are other major names and combinations of letters that hold significance and are used for various purposes. One example is the 42-Letter Name of God, which is derived from a ...
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The Sh’ma in kabbalah and chasiduss

See Nefesh Hachaim Shaar 3 chapter 11 and also see Tanya in Shaar Hayichud Vemuna chapters 6&7 where they say a similar idea. The Tetragrammaton which refers to G-D’s essence (in which from his ...
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What does it mean you are where you think you are

The spiritual worlds aren’t physical, you can’t travel there. Sounds obvious but if so then what does it mean to be a world? Short way of describing it is paradigm of thinking, or your base ...
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Are we supposed to live in the matrix?

Regarding R. Bachayei, it seems that you think that there is some secret information that someone is trying to keep secret, and if one delves into these topics too deeply, he may find this secret ...
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Who is the author of this book - Sefer Maayan Moshe

R' Shatz has undertaken to no longer publish this sefer. In it's stead he released Tarshish Shoham Veyashfeh which is an updated and revised version.
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What are klipos that rest on your body when you're asleep?

I heard in a shiur a while ago that what we are discussing is insensitivity to others. Just like the nails are parts of our body that have no feeling and are "dead", so to we can be like ...
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What do colors represent in Chassidus and Kabbalah

In the Hakdama of דעת ותבונה (R Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad) it is said that there are colours in the השתלשלות however the colours are not literal but rather serve as a symbol of divine reality.
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ניצוץ, סוד, גלגול, שורש Whats the difference?

The simple answer is that they are all one of the same with a great deal of overlap; in that Kabbalah dictates that people have the ability to create a tikkun - a rectification for earlier failings. ...
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What does "shoresh neshama" mean

Refer to the Nefesh HaChaim who explains the "root of the soul" as follows: וכ''ה הענין בג' הבחי' נר''ן של האדם. כי כל בחי' מדבר שבקדושה כלול מעשר בחי' פרטים. שהם הי''ס שלו. והבחי' העליונה ...
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What does "shoresh neshama" mean

It translates as "root of a soul". The soul is divided into 3 parts, nefesh, ruach and neshama, and within each of these are 613 spiritual "limbs" and "tendons". There ...
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