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Who were the Nistarim?
It has been documented that there is a group of righteous people called "The Nistarim". I am not referring to the lammed vav tzaddikim of the Gemara (Sanhedrin 97b, Sukkah 45b). Rather, a mystical ...
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Smoking and psychedelics in kabbalah?
Many are familiar with stories of great tzaddikim smoking pipes and the like in some sort of kabbalastic rite. I've even heard some chassidic Rebbes having a so called "Kabbalah pipe". Im curious to ...
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Do gentiles have Gilgul Neshamot?
I have not heard a concrete answer (or even a generalized opinion) on whether gentiles can have a re-incarnation, despite reading that they do not (Minchas Yehuda by Rabbi Yehuda Hachayat). I know ...
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Source for Arizal’s teaching
I’m reading a book by Rabbi Shlomo Arush and he says the following: "According to our master, the Arizal, whoever wants to receive the light of Ein Sof in its entirety has to change its own nature ...
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How to reconcile the verse in Yeshaya 49:14 to the beginning of Shaar HaEmunah
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It says in Yishaya 49:14:
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר צִיּ֖וֹן עֲזָבַ֣נִי יְהֹוָ֑ה וַאדֹנָ֖י שְׁכֵחָֽנִי
whereas in Ner Mitzvah V'Torah Or (Shaar HaEmunah) it says:
וה' שכחני
Why does R. Dov-Ber Schneuri say ...
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Info about Kabbalah text translators E. Collé and H. Collé
I want to read a good English translation of Etz Chaim by Chaim Vital. I found this one online by E. Collé and H. Collé. It appears to be scholarly, but I can't find amy information online about ...
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Magen Avraham's sources from the Arizal
When the Magen Avraham (commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim) refers to כתבים, writings, as his source, I take it for granted that he is referring to the writings of the students of the Arizal. ...
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Ruach Hakodesh when Naming a Child for an Ancestor?
The Arizal says that parents having a certain level of ruach hakodesh when naming their child.
Sha’ar HaGilgulim (23:8) - ונמצא כי כאשר נולד האדם וקוראים לו אביו
ואמו שם אחד העולה בדעתם אינו באקראי ...
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Why do we pray to be saved from Ayin Hara if we don't believe in it?
The Gemara says in Pesachim 110b
כְּלָלָא דְמִילְּתָא כׇּל דְּקָפֵיד קָפְדִי בַּהֲדֵיהּ וּדְלָא קָפֵיד לָא קָפְדִי בַּהֲדֵיהּ וּמִיהוּ לְמֵיחַשׁ מִיבְּעֵי.
The general rule is that anyone who is ...
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Greys "Aliens" mentioned in Kabala?
I have heard and even read (in Rav Zamir Cohen's book The Coming Revolution) that the most well known Alien phenotype, the "Greys" (who have large heads, large dark eyes, slits for noses, and very ...
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Non-Jews reincarnating in Jews
I read in the name of (Ariz"l) some Kabbalistic books that Zimri Ben Salu was the reincarnation of Shechem ben Chamor that took Dina and the story of Bnot Moav is [allegorically] a repetition of the ...
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Source for the Arizal identifying many unmarked graves of legendary Jewish figures?
I remember learning that many of the famous gravesites in Israel- the Rambam, Dan of the 12 tribes, Rav Shimon Bar Yochai, Ruth from Megillas Ruth (not necessarily these exact ones, just giving ...
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Dating and Havdala candle
I've heard people talking about the merit of a good relationship with his shidduch in dating from the act of holding the Havdala candle. How does the two relate?
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Why is dreaming of getting married considered a disturbance?
I know that this is a pretty mystical question, but is anyone able to provide an explanation as to why the Shulchan Aruch (OH 288:5) says that seeing oneself get married in a dream is considered bad ...
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Source for ability to speak before Neshama
I've always understand conventional Jewish belief is that there are different aspects to the soul, and each one provides different abilities. The נפש is common to all living creatures and it is the ...
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