Kabbalah - Rabbi Aryeh Rotenberg

260204.yitro v245 Yitro: Verse 245 "And Moses went up to Elohim and Hashem called to him out of the mountain, saying" (Shemot 19:3). "And Moses went up to Elohim" MEANS THAT Moses went up to the place where the wings of the Shechinah are outspread, as it is written, "He bowed the heavens also and came down" (Tehilim 18:9). Yitro: Verse 246 We have learned that Rabbi Y...

260203.yitro v235 Yitro: Verse 235 "In the third month, after the children of Yisrael went out of the land of Egypt" (Shemot 19:1). The Great Minister, Uriel, rules over THE THIRD MONTH, FOR NISSAN, IYAR AND SIVAN ARE COMPARED WITH CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET, AS MICHAEL RULES IN CHESED, GABRIEL IN GVURAH, AND URIEL RULES IN TIFERET. He is accompanied by 365 ten thousands of camps, corres...

260114.vaera v73 Vaera: Verse 73 "And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." By Jacob, there is an additional Vav (= and) AS IT IS SAID, "AND TO JACOB" TO SHOW that he is the selected of the patriarchs. VAV DENOTES TIFERET, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL COLUMN OF ZEIR ANPIN, AND JACOB WAS A CHARIOT FOR IT, AND ABRAHAM AND ISAAC ARE THE TWO COLUMNS, RIGHT AND LEFT OF ZEIR ANPIN,...

260128.beshalach v372 Beshalach: Verse 372 Come and behold, every day the dew of Atika Kadisha drips to Zeir Anpin, and the whole Field of Holy Apples is blessed, WHICH IS MALCHUT, and from that, dew is drawn to these below. The holy angels are nourished from it, each one according to his ability to eat. This is what is written, "Man ate the bread of angels" (Tehilim 78:25); NAMELY, THAT...

260201.yitro v326 Yitro: Verse 326 She revealed Herself, as written, "by the river K'var" (Yechezkel 1:1), meaning by the water, in a place where impurity cannot dwell. That river was one of the four rivers which issued from the Garden of Eden, as written, "by the river K'var." What does "K'var" (lit. 'already') mean? That it already existed from a...

260129.beshalach v382 Beshalach: Verse 382 And more precious than all of them is the food that the friends who are occupied with Torah EAT. It is the food that comes from the Supernal Chochmah, WHICH IS ACTUAL CHOCHMAH. What is the reason THAT IT COMES from this place? It is because Torah emanates from the supernal Chochmah, and those who are occupied with Torah enter into the main source of the r...

260115.vaera - General and particular Rabbi Yosi opens with: "And I shall take you to me as a people and I will be to you as an Elohim and you will know that I am Hashem your Elohim." Rabbi Shimon tells us that the first and most important precept is to know God in the general sense - to know that there is a supernal ruler who is the master of the world and who created all the worlds, he...

260120.bo v074 Rabbi Shimon tells us why God required the sign of blood to be placed outside the entrance so that He would pass over Yisrael's houses when He killed the Egyptians. He says that idol worshipping is the only thing which is punished without a person having had to commit an action of some kind. The blood placed on the three places of the lintel and side posts corresponds to the thr...

260127.beshalach v141 Rabbi Chiya opens with the verse, "She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar," and "from afar she brings her food." He says that the merchant ships are the Congregation of Yisrael, and that "brings her food" means by a level that dwells on her, that is the central column. He speaks about "all the rivers flow into the sea,...

260121.bo v175 Rabbi Shimon talks about the time that the moon was in a decreased state, when Yisrael had not yet completed the Covenant by the uncovering of the corona. After they were uncovered, God gave them bread from a higher place, from the heavens. Then Yisrael observe those days when they entered under the wings of the Shechinah and guarded the bread, the Matzot, that came from its side. T...

260126.beshalach v230 Beshalach: Verse 230 "Yah is my strength and song" (Shemot 15:2). Rabbi Chiya opened the discussion, saying: "You have beset me behind and before, and You placed Your hand on me" (Tehilim 139:5). How much must a person honor the Holy One, blessed be He, because when He created the world, He saw that man would dominate everything, and he was similar to thos...

260125.beshalach v052 Beshalach: Verse 52 "And Hashem went before them by day." "AND HASHEM" MEANS the Holy One, blessed be He, and His court of law, WHICH IS MALCHUT, BECAUSE THE VAV (= 'AND') OF VAV YUD HEI VAV HEI ('AND HASHEM') INCLUDES MALCHUT. Rabbi Yitzchak said, We learned that the Shechinah travels with the Patriarchs, BECAUSE "went before them by...

260118.bo v166-174 Bo: Verse 166 This is what Rabbi Shimon said, It is written, "But on the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses; for whoever eats leavened bread" (Shemot 12:15). I have explained it thus, leaven and leavened dough are one level, and are all the same. The other dominion is the ministers appointed over the other nations, whom we call Evil Inclination, anoth...

260113.vaera v65 Vaera: Verse 65 "And Moses spoke so to the children of Yisrael, but they hearkened not to Moses for anguish of spirit" (Shemot 6:9). HE ASKS, What is "anguish of spirit"? Rabbi Yehuda said, They did not rest FROM THEIR LABOR and they did not gather into themselves SUFFICIENT breath. Rabbi Shimon said, Anguish of spirit MEANS the Jubilee was still not released,...

260112.vaera v17 Vaera: Verse 17 תָּא חֲזֵי, הַאי אֶרֶץ, אִקְרֵי אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל. יַעֲקֹב דְּאִיהוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲמַאי לָא שָׁלִיט עַל דָּא כְּמֹּשֶׁה, דְּהָא כְּתִיב וָאֵרָא אֶל אַבְרָהָם אֶל יִצְחָק וְאֶל יַעֲקֹב בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי וְלָא יַתִּיר. Come and see, this land, WHICH IS MALCHUT, is called BY THE NAME the land of Yisrael WHEN FACE TO FACE WITH ZEIR ANPIN THAT IS CALLED YISRAEL. HE ASKS, Wh...

אורות מאופל, ישראל ותחיתו, ב׳ שתי הבנות כלליות הן, המקיפות את ההויה ואת התורה, את כל ההסתכלות בכל שנויי דרכיה: ההבנה המוסרית וההבנה הסבתית. בתוך ההבנה הסבתית, הקדומה בזמן לגבי רוח האדם, כלולה היא, בתור נשמה עליונה המחיה אותה, ההבנה המוסרית. ההבנה הסבתית מציעה חקים אחוזים זה בזה על כל מרחב היש. מתחיל בעולם החמרי וכחותיו והולך ומקיף, מטפס ועולה עד רוממות העולמים הרוחניים ומנתח את סעיפיהם, כפי עֹשר ה...

260108.shemot v15 Shemot: Verse 15 תָּשׁוּרִי מֵרֹאשׁ אֲמָנָה, תָּשׁוּרִי: כד"א וּתְשׁוּרָה אֵין לְהָבִיא. תְּקַבִּיל תַּקְרוּבְתָּא עַל בָּנַיִךְ. מֵרֹאשׁ אֲמָנָה: מֵרֵאשִׁיתָא דְּעָאלוּ בִּמְהֵימָנוּתָא עִלָּאָה, וְאָמְרוּ כָּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע, וַהֲווֹ בְּמַתְקְלָא חֲדָא כְּמַלְאָכִין עִלָּאִין, דְּהָכִי כְּתִּיב בְּהוּ, בָּרְכוּ ה' מַלְאָכָיו גִּבּוֹרֵי כֹחַ ע...

260111.vaera v09 Vaera: Verse 9 Come and see, It is written, "And Elohim spoke to Moses" (Shemot 6:1). THE NAME ELOHIM ALLUDES TO the decree of Judgment that is looming over him. It is written before, "And Moses returned to Hashem, and said, Adonai" (Shemot 5:22) spelled Aleph Dalet Nun Yud, WHICH IS THE NAME OF MALCHUT. See the strength of Moses, THAT AS SOON AS he started pro...

"Come with me from Lebanon, my bride" Rabbi Chiya opens a discussion of the meaning of "Come with me from Lebanon, my bride"with his interpretation. He explains that God spoke these words to the children of Israel upon presenting them with the Torah on Mt. Sinai. Unlike the children of Seir and the children of Ishmael, who refused the Torah when it was offered to them, the chil...

אורות מאופל, ישראל ותחיתו, א׳ ישראל מספרים תהלת ד', כח גבורה העליונה, במלא תפארת מעשיו בכל מקומות ממשלתו, מעולם ועד העולם, (נחמיה ט ה): "ומרומם על כל ברכה ותהלה", זהו גורל ישראל. ישראל מכיר הוא את כח מעשי ד', ישראל מכיר ומעיד עדות אל גבור יוצר כל לבדו, (ישעיהו מג יב): "ואתם עדי נאם ד' ואני אל". מלא הוא ישראל מאור הגבורה והתפארת העליונה, שהכרתן מלאה חיי חכמת עולמים,...

אורות מאופל, המלחמה, י׳ בגדולת העולם, בהופעת הזיו של קדושת ישראל ברוממותו, אין אחיזה לכל זונים, לכל העומדים מבחוץ, לבסס איזה מוסד הדוחק רגלי אור ישראל, לבצר איזו הארה מיסתית, מכונה אמונית, אשר תוכל עמוד חוץ ממציאות האומה, כבודה ושפעת יקרת קדשה. כי האור העליון וזיו היחוד המאוחד, שיסודו העליון, אור האמת בבחירתו, חי בו, הרי הוא קשור בסגולת ישראל, (במדבר כג כא): "ד' אלהיו עמו ותרועת מלך בו&qu...

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אורות מאופל, ישראל ותחיתו, א׳ ישראל מספרים תהלת ד', כח גבורה העליונה, במלא תפארת מעשיו בכל מקומות ממשלתו, מעולם ועד העולם, (נחמיה ט ה): "ומרומם על כל ברכה ותהלה", זהו גורל ישראל. ישראל מכיר הוא את כח מעשי ד', ישראל מכיר ומעיד עדות אל גבור יוצר כל לבדו, (ישעיהו מג יב): "ואתם עדי נאם ד' ואני אל". מלא הוא ישראל מאור הגבורה והתפארת העליונה, שהכרתן מלאה חיי חכמת עולמים,...

"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished" The spiritual intention of this passage is to help us recognize that the Torah is not a book about morals, values, and ethics. The Torah is the actual channel and portal by which we connect to the Light of The Creator. This awareness gives us the ability to activate the Torah's spiritual powers. When we study the Torah, it becomes a vehi...

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