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For this reason I have called this book Guide for the Perplexed. [ 5 ] Also, he made a systematic exposition on Maaseh Bereishit and Merkabah mysticism , works of Jewish mysticism regarding the theology of creation from the Book of Genesis and the chariot passage from the Book of Ezekiel —these being the two main mystical texts in the Tanakh .
A d'var Torah (Hebrew: דבר תורה, "word of Torah"; plural: divrei Torah), also known as a drasha or drash in Ashkenazic communities, is a talk on topics generally relating to a parashah (section) of the Torah – typically the weekly Torah portion. A typical d'var Torah imparts a life lesson, backed up by passages from texts such as the ...
God's immanence is found at successively descending levels of reality. Torah descends from on High, while man ascends the levels of PaRDeS exegesis in Torah from Below. In this sense, ascending the four levels of interpretation reveals greater divinity in Torah; the exoteric and esoteric are linked in a continuous chain.
Sefer shel Beinonim ("The Book of the Average Men"). This book is a Hasidic guide to the psychological drama of daily Jewish spiritual life. It describes how contemplating the mystical greatness of the Creator and the union that a Jew has with Him through the Torah's commandments, can achieve the love and fear of God necessary for sincere worship.
The parashah is made up of 5430 Hebrew letters, 1412 Hebrew words, 101 verses, and 179 lines in a Torah scroll. [1] Jews read it the 20th Shabbat after Simchat Torah , in February or March. [ 2 ]
The first track includes studying three chapters a day, so that the entire fourteen books are completed in less than one year. Participants in the second track study one chapter daily and complete the entire Mishneh Torah in approximately three years. A third track that parallels the three chapter track includes the study of Sefer Hamitzvos.
In Chabad intellectual school of Hasidism, Hasidic thought is a new level of Divine revelation above Kabbalah and the concepts and structures of Torah thought. The Pardes 4 levels of Torah interpretation correspond to the Four Worlds and ascending levels of the soul, with Kabbalah corresponding to Atzilut, Divine revelation, Wisdom and the ...
[1] Regular public reading of the Torah was introduced by Ezra the Scribe after the return of the Judean exiles from the Babylonian captivity (c. 537 BCE), as described in the Book of Nehemiah. [2] In the modern era, Orthodox Jews practice Torah reading according to a set procedure almost unchanged since the Talmudic era. [3]