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Kabbalah101...a
series of studies
teaching based on
Rabbi
Y'hudah Lev Ashlag זצ"ל
The Shadow of The Ladder
What is Kabbalah not? Some beings think of the Kabbalah as a sect or as a
cult. The Kabbalah is neither one of these cultures! When some one speaks of
Kabbalah in these cultures; they truly have never studied the Torah nor any
other part of G-d's Word in depth. This can only mean one thing--they truly do
not know what they are truly talking about and are totally ignorant what
Kabbalah is and they are completely totally lost . How sad!
Kabbalah is the Inner Wisdom
and the Inner Soul of the Torah. In the study of Kabbalah one will find their
inner being advancing in spiritually growth toward the Wisdom of the Torah and
toward G-d.
Rav Ashlag, peace upon him,
states, "One may not know that the holy Torah, of whose virtue there is no end,
did not originate before G-d in the form in which it appears in this world. It
is known that "the Torah and G-d are One", but we cannot see this in the Torah
of this world at all. We can't see in the garments of the Torah in this world,
how G-d and the Torah are One in this world of garments. Not only that, but for
one who practices Torah not for its own sake, the Torah can even become a drug
of death. In other words, if one practices Torah to gain in this world and not
for its own sake, it can become a drug of death.
In the beginning, when the
Torah was formed before G-d, it came forth in the highest degree of perfection
and it embodied the aspect of unity of the Torah and G-d in actuality. Why is it
not stated that G-d created the Torah? Simple, Torah is the mind of G-d, One in
the same. It was necessary to come into form so that it could be appended by
others. Where it could be seen and taught to all mankind. This is called the
Torah of the world of Atzilut, of which it is written, "He and His
life-force and His vessels are One." Then the Torah went forth from G-d and
underwent many contractions, stage after stage, until it was given on Mount
Sinai to Moshe in the form that we recognize in this world; enclothed in the
coarse garments of this world.
However one should know that
even though there is a huge difference between the garments of the Torah in this
physical world and its garments in the world of Atzilut, the Torah
itself--which is to say, the light which is inside those garments--does not
change in any way at all. The light of the Torah of Atzilut is just the
same as that of the Torah of this world, as it is written, "I, G-d, do not
change" (Mal. 3:6).
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