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Featured articles:

An original, rhyming, accurate

translation

of the popular Shabbat night prayer,

Lecha Dodi.

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This Week's Torah Studies:

"Not by Bread Alone" (Eikev)

Pirkei Avot: chapter 4 (3rd cycle)

Pirkei Avot: Inroductory verse

Pirkei Avot: Concluding verse

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Recent, Upcoming & Current Jewish Holidays:

"Tu b'Av and the Full Moon" (Fifteenth of Av)

"Dancing in the Moonlight" (Tu b'Av)

"Dancing Daughters" (Tu b'Av - Holiday Discourses series)

Yahrzeit of the Ari (Rabbi Yitzchak Luria - his life and works -- Hei Av)

"Bleeding Curtain Miracle" (Tisha B'Av - Holiday Discourses series)

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Last Month's Holidays and Special Occasions:

"Rabbi Moshe Cordevero: His Life and Works" (23 Tammuz)

"The Ramak of Safed" (23 Tammuz)

Fast of 17 Tammuz -- delayed (18 Tammuz)

"Miraculous Release" (12-13 Tammuz)

"The Prisoner with Unshakeable Principles" (12-13 Tammuz)

"Education Prioritization" by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (12 Tammuz)

The Lubavitcher Rebbe - 25th yahrzeit: A Brief Biography (3 Tammuz)

"Walk and See" (Sivan- Tammuz)

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Recent:

"Audio-Visual-Connections" (Vaet'chanan)

"The Healing of Hearing by Seeing" (Devarim)

"The 42 Journeys of Our Lives" (Massai)

"Holy Pleasures" (Mattot)

Feature Articles

"Uniqueness of Jewish Mysticism"

"Kabbala and the Mitzvot for Gentiles"

"Kabbala and the Eastern Religions"

"Deeds of Kindness with Added Mystical Intentions"

"The Female Adam"

"Zohar - Authorship"

"Ari Basics" - the Teachings of the Holy Ari

"Ten Principles of the Baal Shem Tov" (Chai Elul)

Chasidic Masters Series on each Weekly Reading

Pirkei Avot: chapter ? (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Previous Articles

General

"What is Kabbalah and Why?"

"Uniqueness of Jewish Mysticism"

Recommended Reading List

"Not till Forty Years Old?"

"Kabbala and the Eastern Religions"

"Kabbala and Magic"

"Kabbala and the Mitzvot for Gentiles"

"Kabbalah Soul Music"

"The Thirteenth Gate" (prayer)

"When I am I" (Rabbi Yosef Caro)

"Zohar - Basic Teachings #1"

"Zohar - Authorship"

"Educational Priorities" (Rebbe Rayatz)

"Four Entered Paradise" (from Pardes Rimonim)

"Deeds of Kindness with Added Mystical Intentions" (Tomer Devorah)

Kitvei Arizal - the Writings of the Holy Ari

"Souls, Spheres, Vessels and Sparks" (Ari)

"Jewish Views on Reincarnation"

Weekly Readings

Chasidic Masters Series

PLUS:

"Ten + Ten = Ten" (Bereishit - Zohar)

"The Female Adam" (Bereishit - Apter)

"Mighty Waters and Fiery Love" (Noach)

"Kabbala and the Mitzvot for Gentiles" (Noach)

"Leaving Home" (Lech-Zohar)

"The First Jewish Delicatessen" (Vayera)

"Kabbala and the Eastern Religions" (Chaye Sarah)

"Yaakov vs. Esau in Kabbalah" (Toldot)

"Dreams and Visions" (Vayetzei)

"A Special Bar-Mitzvah Guest" (Vayishlach)

"Yehuda & Tamar" (Vayeishev)

"Paving the Royal Highway" (Vayigash)

"The Cross-Handed Blessing" (Vayechi)

"A Golden Opportunity" (Shmot - Zohar)

"To Speak in Your Name" (Shmot - Rabbi Nachman Kahana)

"Was Wicked Pharoah Really Wicked?" (Shmot-Vaera-Bo)

"Two Names for Two Brothers" (Vaera)

"A Connection Deeper Than Natural" (Bo)

"Leaders of People and of Time" (Beshalach - Zohar)

"Earthly and Heavenly Chariots" (Yitro - Arizal)

"Nullifying Witchcraft" (Mishpatim - Baal Shem Tov)

"The Small Silver Coin of Redemption" (Shabbat Shekalim)

"Two Tabernacles for Two Realities" (Trumah - Alsheich)

"Secrets of the Priestly Breastplate" (Tetzaveh - Baal Shem Tov)

"Fallen King" (Shabbat Zachor)

"Lifting Your Head" (Ki Tisa - Shelah)

"The Red Calf in Kabbalah" (Shabbat Parah)

"A Peaceful Shabbat" (Vayakhel)

"Gold Rush" (Pekudei)

"The Original New Moon" (Shabbat HaChodesh)

"Blessed Seder Preparations" (Shabbat HaGadol - the Piaseczno Rebbe)

"Giving Yourself" (Vayikra)

"Consuming Fire of Loving-kindness" (Tzav - Zohar)

"The Carnivorous and the Kind" (Shemini)

"Kosher Indicators" (Tazria-Metzora)

"Outer Body Experience" (Acharei Mot - Chasidic Masters Series)

"Getting Paid on Time" (Kedoshim - Ari)

"Priestly Misconduct" (Emor)

"The Ultimate Release" (Bahar)

"Holy Exchanges" (Behukotai)

"Blessing From the Heart" (Bamidbar - Zohar)

"Fasting While Eating" (Naso)

"Blow Those Trumpets" (Beha'alotecha - Lubavitcher Rebbe)

"Walk and See" (Shelach)

"Praying at Ancestral Graves" (Shelach)

"Mouth-to-Mouth" (Korach)

"Saving Lives" (Chukat)

"Seeing With a Blinded Eye" (Balak)

"Brotherly Love" (Pinchas)

"Holy Pleasures" (Mattot - Lubavitcher Rebbe)

"The 42 Journeys of Our Lives" (Massai - Lubavitcher Rebbe)

"The Healing of Hearing by Seeing" (Devarim)

"Shabbat of Vision" (Devarim)

"Audio-Visual-Connections" (Vaet'chanan)

"Not by Bread Alone" (Ekev)

"Spiritual and Selfless" (Re'ey)

"Divination: Forbidden and Permitted" (Shoftim)

"Getting Paid on Time" (Ari on Ki Teitze)

"A Greater Joy" (Ki Tavo - Shelah)

"All Your Heart and Soul" (Netzavim)

"The Multiple Souls of Adam" (Vayelech)

"A Heaven-Inspired Torah Code" (Ha'azinu: Ramban-Avner story #930)

Holidays

"New Moon, New Light" (Rosh Chodesh)

"The Head of the King" - Zohar (Rosh HaShana)

"Walk, Don't Fly" - Zohar (Rosh HaShana)

"The Shofar" - Ramban (Rosh HaShana)

"What is a Soul" - (Rosh HaShana)

"Uttering THE Name" - Bachya (Yom Kippur)

"Purifying the Holy of Holies" (Yom Kippur)

"Yom Kippur on Shabbat"

"Nesting Time" (Zohar - Sukkot)

"Waters of Joy" (Sukkot - Chassidic Masters series)

"A Delivery to the Nations" (Bat Ayin - Sukkot)

"The Humble Willow" (Sukkot: Hoshana Rabba)

"Crown of Supernal Joy" (Simchat Torah)

"A Tale of Two Stories" (Yud-Tes Kislev)

"Yehuda & Tamar - A Chanukah Drama"

"Who Knows Eight?" (Chanukah)

"From Sinai to the Internet" (Chanukah)

"A Small Candle; A Lot of Light" (Chanukah)

Meditation on the Chanukah Candle (Chanukah)

"Fast Day of the Tenth of Tevet"

"A Tu B'Shevat Fruit Cocktail" (Tu b'Shvat - Zohar)

"Tu B'Shvat Seder in Your Family"

"Tu B'Shvat Seder in Your Dreams"

"Fruit Trees and the Jews" (Tu b'Shvat)

"Maintaining the Cosmic Balance" (leap year)

"Months of Mazal" (leap year)

"Little Purim -- a Special Opportunity" (Purim Katan)

"Erasing Amalek" (Zachor - Chassidic Masters series)

"Spiritual Insights for some Purim Mitzvot"

"Purim and the Secret of Wine"

"Waking the King" (Purim)

"The Secret of Queen Esther's Success" (R. Alkebetz)

"Discovering Queen Esther" (Purim)

"Behind the Masks" (Purim)

Annual Blessing on Blossoming Fruit Trees (month of Nisan)

"The Original New Moon" (month of Nissan)

The anniversary of the birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Blessed Seder Preparations" (Shabbat HaGadol-Piaseczno Rebbe)

Matzah and Midnight (Pesach Seder)

The Holy Ari on The Ten Plagues (on our KabbalaOnline site)

"Throw A Frog At Story Time" (Pesach-Zohar)

Bread of Revelation (Pesach Seder)

The Ten Plagues in Our Personal Lives (Pesach Seder)

"Lamb of Unity" (Pesach-Maharal)

"Counting Towards the Wedding Canopy" (Seven Weeks of Omer)

"Preparation and Elevation" (Seven Weeks of Omer)

"When G-d Told Us Not to Pray!" (7th Pesach)

"Soul Renewal" (7th Pesach)

"The Teacher and the King" (8th Pesach)

Pirkei Avot: chapter 1, ch.2, ch.3, ch.4, ch.5, ch.6

"Passover Again -- Far Out, Man!" (Pesach Sheini - KOL)

"The Lag B'Omer Departure of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai"

"Lag b'Omer in Meron"

"A Site to Behold" (Shavuot)

"Trust and Pleasure" (Shavuot)

"600000 Root Souls" (Shavuot)

"Ten + Ten + Ten" (Shavuot - Zohar)

"An Angelic Visitation" (Shavuot story)

"Walk and See" (Sivan-Tammuz)

Yahrzeit of the Ramak

"Deeds of Kindness with Mystical Intentions" (RAMAK)

Yahrzeit of the Ari

"Kitvei Arizal - the Writings of the Holy Ari

"Tu b'Av and the Full Moon" (Fifteenth of Av)

"Dancing in the Moonlight" (Fifteenth of Av)

"Mercy Time" (Elul)

"Ten Principles of the Baal Shem Tov" (Chai Elul)

"The Baal Shem Tov meets the Moshiach" (Chai Elul - Rosh Hashana)

"Forgive Us, Please" (Selichot)

Holiday Maimarim (Discourses)

"With the King in the Field" (Elul)

"Compassion and Light (Elul)

"Dancing Daughters" (Tu b'Av - Holiday Discourses series)

"Bleeding Curtain Miracle" (Three Weeks/Tisha B'Av - Holiday Discourses series)

"Smoking Sinai" (Shavuot)

"Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and the Angels" (Lag b'Omer)

"The Secret of Splitting the Sea" (7th Pesach)

"The Secret of Splitting the River" (8th Pesach)

"Lots of Luck" (Purim)

"Endgame for Evil" (Zachor)

"Sunny Fields and Orchards" (Tu b'Shvat)

Chanukah Twilight (Chanukah)

Chanukah Secrets (Chanukah)

"Secret of Sukkah Joy" (Sukkot)

"Joy and Judgment" (Yom Kippur)

"The Real Beginning" (Rosh HaShana)

Inner Aspects of the Eighth Year (Sukkot 5762 - Holiday Discourses series)