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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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Most auspicious number of "dunks" in Mikve according to Kabbalah
I recently had wonderful experiences bathing in Mikve in Tzfat--most particularly Mikvah HaAri. I was given basic, general guidelines to bathing there, and my nephew and I enjoyed very exhilarating, ...
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a non halachic pirush on maseches kelim
I recall once having seen a pirush on maseches kelim from a kabalah - chasidus viewpoint, and i since cant recall the name of the sefer or who wrote it, any ideas?
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Rambam and the 10 types of Malachim
In Yesodei HaTorah 2:7, The Rambam lists the 10 types of malachim (angels) in order of power.
Many people have told me that this halacha proves that the Rambam knew Kabalah, since this knowledge is ...
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Why do we hear about women having Binah in gemara, but nothing the other way around for men? Maybe it should say something about Chochma alá Zohar?
As this Chabad page neatly gathers sources for, men are associated with Chochma, women are associated with Binah.
The gemara says that Hashem endowed women with Binah. Why is there no source that says ...
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Earliest textual source for the concept of Holy Sparks?
What is the earliest known/cited textual source for the concept of holy sparks?
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Askinu seudasa on Yom Tov
The Chabad nusach has a form of אתקינו סעודתא in kiddush (both day and night) for the shalosh regalim. However, it is not found in the machzor for Rosh Hashanah. I'm trying to find out if there are ...
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Is it possible that a non-Jew could have a Jewish soul?
Some people feel a deep and inexplicable connection to Judaism, something that seems to go above nature, perhaps related to a past life or other metaphysical cause. Is there any basis in Jewish ...
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Colour spectrum before Newton's discoveries hinted at in the Kabbalah?
Sha'arei Tzedek 10 (c.1300):
ודע כי תחלת כל המראות לבן והוא מקבל כל הגוונים וסוף כל המראות שחור ואין אחריו גוון
Know that the beginning of all visions is white, which absorbs all colours, and the end ...
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What is the response to the claim that the Zohar is a medieval document rather than an historical Jewish document?
I'm not trying to be offensive with this question. This isn't my claim.
I've recently read some criticism around the Zohar from academic sources which claim that the Zohar has no historical ...
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Is there a concept of sexual transmutation in Torah?
Hi in some of the certain secular books I have seen before taking Torah more seriously for example in Think and Grow Rich it says that a person can transmute (transform) the energy of his Zera to ...
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Would Torah consider kundalini awakening as Avoda Zara or is there a kosher equivilant that can be found in Jewish mysticism also?
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Is kundalini awakening considered Avoda Zara or is there a kosher equivalent that can be found in Jewish mysticism also?
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Parshas Vayechi: The impurity of Philistim
The Shivlei Pinches (Parshas Vayechi, 5774) shares an incredible idea about the spiritual impurity/kelipah of the Philistim (Hebrew here).
The Shivlei Pinches explains, regarding Shimshon HaGibor, ...
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Transferring Holy Sparks
In Kaballah, there is the idea that we lift holy Sparks back to their source by utilizing the material world in the way, G-d wants it to be utilized. I have heard that holy sparks can also be ...
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