Kabbalah
Kabbalah is the soul of Torah. Kabbalah is the study of the soul: The human soul, and the soul of Torah, and the soul of everything in the material world.
“There are many layers to reality. The material world experience as we know it is just the surface level, within which exist many dimensions of spiritual energy waiting to be released. By appreciating these inner layers, we can learn to make order out of disorder, to gain insight into the unknown forces that determine all movement and behavior.” — From Toward a Meaningful Life by Rabbi Simon Jacobson
What is Kabbalah All About?
Your Soul Map: The Tree of Life
Kabbalah: Uniting Heaven and Earth
Introduction to Kabbalah: 4-Part Course
Your Inner Pilot Flame
Theme: Who You Are When No One Is Looking
What is the driving force inside you? Is it Freud’s Id, or is there something more? According to the 4000-year-old tradition of Kabbalah, the human being is fundamentally a good and Divine creature — and it’s not the Id that drives you, but the soul.
Meet Your Seven Emotions
According to Kabbalah, your seven emotions are: Love, Restraint, Compassion, Endurance, Humility, Bonding, and Dignity.
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What is Kabbalah?… Here’s the Truth
What is Kabbalah? What is Zohar? What are Sefirot? What is Jewish mysticism? What is Hassidism? Is it black magic? It’s time to tell the world!
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The Science and Kabbalah of Pain and Pleasure
Drawing from millennia old kabbalistic wisdom, discover the secret connection between pleasure and pain, and how we can transform the deepest anguish into the greatest joy.
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The Kabbalah of Choices: 5 Steps to Overcoming Indecisiveness
Every one of us has faced uncertainty and doubt in our lives. Some of us more than others. You know the one about the fellow who said “I used to think I’m indecisive. Now I’m not so sure…”
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The Kabbalah of Dreams
Join Rabbi Simon Jacobson for a fascinating journey into our inner psyches. Discover how dreams open up a door into another reality.
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Deciphering the Divine Sparks
Join Rabbi Jacobson for a fascinating discussion on how to find that elusive unity within and begin to understand your life in a completely new way.
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Dealing with Loss and Failure, Part 4
The Chassidic Approach to Dealing with Failure. Part 4: How to Help Others Deal with Failure.
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Dealing with Loss and Failure, Part 3
The Chassidic Approach to Dealing with Failure. Part 3: How to Not be Your Own Worst Enemy.
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Dealing with Loss and Failure, Part 1
The Chassidic Approach to Dealing with Failure. Part 1: The Psychological Approach.
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Dealing with Loss and Failure, Part 2
The Chassidic Approach to Dealing with Failure. Part 2: The Spiritual Dynamics.
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Oy Rashbi! How Can We Celebrate Lag B’Omer in Face of Tragedy
What are we to make of the horrific loss of 45 people and many more injured at this year’s festive Lag B’omer celebration on Mount Meron? They came to honor Rabbi Shimeon bar Yochai, a 2nd century sage and mystic. They danced through the night in love, joy and unity. And then…
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The Kabbalah of Earth
Discover how to redirect even your melancholy toward positive ends. Learn how to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground, yet have your head, dreams and aspirations in the sky.
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The Kabbalah of Air
Join Rabbi Jacobson on this breezy journey through air and wind and learn how to cultivate these features within you, enabling you to soar to great heights, while also grounding them in your life on earth and tempering air’s frivolous tendencies.
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The Kabbalah of Water
Discover how to create the proper balance and harmony between the fire and water within your psyche and soul.
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Giving Yourself Spiritual Self Care
Discover how to get an x-ray of your soul and identify which parts need strengthening. Learn exercises and “vitamins” that nourish and nurture the “muscles” of your soul’s different faculties.
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Can You Prove God’s Existence?
Before we try to prove God’s existence we must first establish: How do we define God? What is considered to be legitimate proof? Discover a fresh new way to look at the oldest and most fundamental topic of all: God.
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The Zodiac: Is My Life Predestined?
Are we pre-wired programmed machines, like the entire universe, governed by the deterministic laws of nature? Or do we humans have the ability to transcend the parameters of our defined structures?
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The Kabbalah of Jekyll and Hyde
In this powerful presentation — using Stevenson’s classic about Dr. Jekyll’s experiment to separate his kind and his ugly nature — discover the inner soul of good and bad, and its application to our lives today.
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What is a Soul?
Have you ever burst into tears for no apparent reason? That is the soft voice of your soul, crying out for attention, asking to be nourished.
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The Kabbalah of Psychology: The Study of the Soul
Psychology – the study of the soul – is not a modern phenomenon. It is an inherent part of the human condition. As long as human beings have been in existence, we have been seeking and struggling to understand what makes us tick.
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2020: A Vision for Tomorrow
What will the next decade bring? How will our future look? Are we entering a new world order? Can we identify signs and patterns that help us forecast the world of tomorrow? What methods can we employ to help us navigate the terrain of the coming years.
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What Kabbalah Teaches Us About Manifestation
When important opportunities and healthy love can we be missing out on because we don’t know how to fully manifest and engage? How can we improve our being present?
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How to Create Sacred Space
Many of us see ourselves as “victims” of time and space — always trying to beat the clock and maneuver the places we occupy. Can we learn to control space and time instead of them controlling us?
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The Meaning of Death in Kabbalah
What exactly is death? What happens at that moment when soul and body separate? What happens at the moment of conception when soul and body meet and join?
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Kabbalah Theory of Past Lives
Theme: Personal Rebirth
Please join Rabbi Jacobson as he delves into the mystical mysteries of the soul’s journey in this life and in previous lives. Learn the basic “science” of reincarnation — its fundamental principles and its application to our lives today.
The Kabbalah of Tattoos
Theme: You Cannot Turn Back the Clock
“Kabbalah of Tattoos” — say what?! What in the world can the Kabbalah possibly say about tattoos?! What mystical significance can tattoos possibly have, particularly considering that tattoos are explicitly prohibited in the Torah (“You shall not etch a tattoo on yourselves”)?!
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The Kabbalah of You
Join Rabbi Jacobson on this special day, Chai Elul, the birthday of these two great luminaries, who provided us with the ladder to climb to the greatest heights and with the method how to climb.
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Becoming Selfless Through Kabbalah
Learn how the Kabbalistic concept of selflessness (bittul) is the secret all true achievements and growth.
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Is Suicide a Solution? Perspective from Kabbalah
Rabbi Jacobson will offer preemptive methods to help anyone who may be contemplating suicide and will provide empowering tools to those who have family or friends at risk.
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Two Minutes of Kabbalah: Where Do Ideas Come From?
Theme: Your Inner Mystic
Kabbalah teaches much on this subject, and in this video Rabbi Jacobson explains the basic Kabbalistic concept in plain language that anyone of any background can understand.
Why Kabbalah Is a Secret
Experience the expression of the inexpressible, define the undefinable, channel the in-deterministic into the deterministic — tap into the fountains of the most intimate recesses, and transform your daily existence.
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The Kabbalah of Wine: The Mystique and Power of This Intoxicating Drink
What lays beneath this mysterious drink? Why has it become so popular — far more than the fruit that produces it? Anything with such a hold on people must have deeper psychological, spiritual and mystical meaning.
What Are Divine Sparks and What Is Their Relevance to Our Lives?
Discover (the mystical concept of divine sparks) how every detail of your life and its trajectory (of your life’s trajectory) is indeed a (treasure hunt –) a journey in search of finding the treasures (treasured divine sparks) allocated to you.
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Proof of G-d’s Existence
Can we prove the existence of God? Is God even subject to proof, or is God’s existence simply based on faith?
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What Is Kabbalah All About?
According to Kabbalah, the spectrum of human experience is divided into seven emotions and qualities (known as the Sefirah). The sefirah (represented by the tree of life) not only outlines the different parts of your emotional life, but is the very spiritual DNA of the entire universe. By studying it, you’ll unlock the fundamental building blocks of existence.
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We All Come From One Place
The antidote to divisiveness and to cognitive dissonance is to acknowledge that we all come from one place. We all share one soul. This is practical Kabbalah.
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The Kabbalah of Psychology: Joy and Depression
Uncover a rare glimpse into the forces that define our ups and downs, our joys and depressions, and the other factors that shape our daily lives.
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The Kabbalah of Technology: Getting Comfortable With the Invisible
Discover hidden dimensions in technology, which will give you a fresh glimpse into hidden dimensions of your psyche and of the cosmos.
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Why Men Make Kiddush and Women Light Shabbat Candles
Since according to basic Jewish law (halacha), a woman can make kiddush and a man can light Shabbos candles, why is the custom for women to light the candles?
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The Kabbalah of the Big Bang
Does the Big Bang Theory have its roots in religious and mystical teachings? Or, as some have argued, has it deemed the notion of a Creator superfluous?
Read MoreUnderstanding Kabbalah: Meaning & Essence
We hear “Kabbalah” everywhere, from casual conversations to self-help seminars. But does this newfound popularity truly reflect an understanding of its depths? Do we really grasp what Kabbalah is, what this seemingly esoteric word truly signifies?
Read MoreKabbalah Secrets: Unveiling the Mystical Teachings
The word “Kabbalah” often evokes a sense of intrigue, a whisper of hidden knowledge, and a promise of mystical revelation. Perhaps it’s the aura of mystique, the echo of centuries of clandestine study that draws us in. But what is it about Kabbalah that so captivates the human imagination?
Read MoreGematria: Understanding Jewish Numerology
This is the discussion of numerology, or the Hebrew word Gematria, which comes from the Greek geometria, meaning “geometry.” Essentially, it’s the study of numbers, but Gematria particularly refers to the power and energy that lies in the numbers that correspond to each letter.
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The Power of a Single Spark
Theme: Smallness Is the Essence of Greatness
What are spiritual sparks, and how do they effect our lives? The 4000-year-old tradition of Kabbalah reveals it.
Your Soul Map – The Tree of Life
According to Kabbalah, the spectrum of human experience is divided into seven emotions and qualities. The sefirah (also known as the tree of life) outlines the different parts of your emotional life. To grow as a person, one must examine and refine these seven muscles.
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Three Weeks of Pain, Seven of Comfort, & Two of Return
Cracks in our systems shake us up; but a crack also exposes what lies within. We can be demoralized by the cracks or we can attempt to look between the cracks and see an emerging larger picture.
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Kabbalah: Uniting Heaven & Earth
The Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), and specifically the branch known as Chassidus, addresses the “cosmic order,” which unites spirit and matter. This is an excerpt from “Toward a Meaningful Life”.
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What Is Kabbalah?
Kabbalah is the study of the soul: The human soul, and the soul of Torah, and the soul of everything in the material world. Find out what is Kabbalah and Kabbalism from a renowned Chassidic master teacher, Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
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Kabbalah: The Inner Journey
Kabbalah is a word in Hebrew that means literally, “reception,” to receive. This refers to the reception of student from teacher in a long, unbroken chain of esoteric teachings of Jewish mysticism, the most classical text of Kabbalah known to most people being the Zohar, authored by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai who lived approximately 2,000 years ago.
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Your Seven Emotions
In the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, there is a map of the emotions. It’s a map that divides the emotions into seven categories, seven particular attributes and faculties.
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Kabbalah of Chanukah
Each of the seven candles represents one of the emotional characteristics listed in the Zohar (the main book of the Kabbalah).
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The Kabbalah of Curses
The 49 curses listed in the Torah portion of Bechukosei evokes an interesting question: what possible benefit can be found in these curses?
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Re’eh: The Kabbalah of Duality
Part II of the series asks important questions about how we reconcile faith and modernity and discusses how spirituality is relevant in contemporary times..
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Fruit for Thought: Kabbalah of the 7 Species
What meaning lies within the fruits of the seven species?
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