Shalom and Welcome. Tonight’s class in Foundations of Kabbalah we continue to explore the Male/Female paradigm as a model of understanding the worlds, the sefirot and the general movement of Divine Eneregy (mochin/lifeforece) in the Universe.
Tonight we will look at the ‘Kiss’, the ‘Hug’ and the ‘Union.’ Each is a stage in unification of the Ancient Holy One and His Queen Shechina. The entire Kabbalah of the Arizal centers on these stages of ‘Ibur’, ‘Yenika & Mochim’. Humans experience an aspect of this process in their private relations as they draw down new souls into the world. The degree of this experience depends on the degree of one’s purity and intentionality. This process reaches fruition in the birth of new children. The spiritual level of the couple creates the garments/filters through which the soul of the newborn receives its ‘garments’, the aspects of the soul he must ‘live within, repair and return to his or her Creator.
By studying and sharing these teachings we share the wisdom of God into humanity, and carry on the awesome work of spreading the ‘Image of God’, the higher soul of mankind, throughout time, space and beyond. We will meditate on these concepts at the end of the class.
Look forward to seeing you there. 8pm. Jerusalem time. Webyeshiva.org.
Avraham Shira