by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Zohar 2:2a The enlightened (maskilim) are those who contemplate (mistakkele) the secret of Wisdom. “Will shine,” for they are illuminated and shine with the splendor of supernal wisdom. “Like the splendor,” the light and spark of the...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Zohar Hadash, 122a That voice goes out from one end of the world to the other, it ascends and descends, it goes and stands, no eye has the power to see it. When it is hidden it is revealed, and when it is revealed it is hidden. By means of the closing of the...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Anonymous kabbalistic commentary, MS Vatican 283, fol. 71b, on the rabbinic legend of the four sages who entered the Pardes The fate of ben Azzai who “looked and died” is described in the following terms- He gazed at the radiance of the Presence,...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Moses de Leon, Mishkan ha-Edut, MS Berlin Or. Quat. 833, fol. 35a I have seen in the secrets of Torah a deep matter concerning the verse “And all the people saw the voices,” the secret of the speculum that does not shine [i.e., Shekhinah]. They said...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Zohar Hadash, 38b Commenting on “In the center of the fire the likeness of the hashmal” (Ezek. 1-4)- It has been established that [the word hashmal refers to] the fiery beasts that speak, and they are the splendor the shines, it goes up and down,...
by hadassah | Apr 13, 2008 | Texts
Joseph of Hamadan, Sefer Tashak The covenant (berit) that is seen in the cloud on a rainy day signifies the colors of the attribute of the Saddiq… Ezekiel the prophet, may peace be upon him, alluded to this when he said, “Like the appearance of the bow...
