LESSON #5
The spiritual power inherent in authentic Kabbalah books
The Language of Kabbalah -
the Language of Roots and Branches
Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Academy - Global Course 2023:
Part 1: “Introduction to the Wisdom of Kabbalah”
“Pleasure is only the equivalence of form with the Maker…
When we equalise in every conduct with our Root, we sense delight.”
The Law of Equivalence of Form
“The Wisdom of Kabbalah mentions nothing of our corporeal world.”
“There is not an element of reality or an occurrence of reality in a lower world that you will not find its likeness in the world above it, as identical as two drops in a pond. And they are called “root and branch”.
That means that the item in the lower world is deemed a branch of its pattern found in the higher world, which is the root of the lower element, as this is where that item in the lower world has been imprinted and made to be.
That was the intention of our sages when they said, “You have not a blade of grass below that has not a fortune and a guard above that strikes it and tells it, ‘Grow’! ”
If we live in the world of results, �how can we change something here?
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“This wisdom is no more and no less than a sequence of roots that hang down by way of cause and consequence, following fixed, determined laws that interweave into a single, exalted goal described as ‘the revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world’".
The Language of Kabbalah
“The Torah, which is divine wisdom, �has nothing physical in it.“
Kabbalists about the Torah
and its meaning
“The Torah is spirituality”
“The secrets of the Torah clothe in parables and riddles in the Torah due to the extension of the Torah and its lowering from the highest degree down to this earthly world.”
Kabbalists about the Torah �and its meaning
“Rabbi Shimon said, woe unto one who says that the Torah comes to tell literal tales. However, all the words of the Torah have the superior things and uppermost meanings.”
“Thus, Kabbalists have found a set and annotated vocabulary sufficient to create an excellent spoken language. It enables them to converse with one another of the dealings in the spiritual roots in the upper worlds,
by merely mentioning the lower, tangible branch in this world, which is well defined to our corporeal senses.
The listeners understand the upper root to which this corporeal branch points because it is related to it, being its imprint.”
Four Languages in the Wisdom of Kabbalah
The language of the Bible is the primary, rudimentary language, perfectly suited for its task, as for the most part, it contains a relation of root and branch and is the easiest language to understand. This language is also the oldest, and attributed to Adam haRishon.
The Language of the Bible
Note: The language of prayers and blessings is taken from the language of the Bible.
The Language of the Bible
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
Two powers: the will to bestow and the will to receive - the ego.
The creature uses both powers and not just one of them, to reach the level of the Creator.
The Language of the Bible
This language is taken entirely from the language of the Bible according to the roots of the laws presented there. It has one advantage over the Bible—it greatly elaborates on every matter and hence points to the upper roots more accurately.
However, its great disadvantage compared to the language of the Bible is that it is very difficult to understand.
The Language of Halakha (Laws)
Easy to understand through the allegories. �It can appear easier to understand than the language of the Bible. In reality, it is a very difficult language as it does not confine itself to speaking in sequences of root and branch. However, it is very rich in resolving abstruse and odd concepts that concern the essence of the degree in its state, for itself, which cannot be explained in the languages of the Bible and laws.
The Language of Legends
“Rabbi Elazar went to see Rabbi Yosi, son of Rabbi Shimon, son of Lakunia, his father-in-law, and Rabbi Aba was with him. A man was driving their donkeys, meaning leading their donkeys.
The language of the book of Zohar
‘Driving’ means stinging, since it is an alias to the donkey driver because of his custom to sting the donkeys with a needle so they will walk faster. Rabbi Aba said, “Let us open the doors of Torah, for now is the time and the hour for our ways to be corrected.””
The language of the book of Zohar
Introduction of the Book of Zohar, "The Donkey Driver," Item 74
The language of Kabbalists is a language in the full sense of the word—very precise, both in terms of root and branch, and concerning cause and consequence. It has the unique merit of being able to express subtle details in this language without any limits. Also, through it, it is possible to approach the desired matter directly, without the need to connect it with what precedes it or follows it.
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
However, it is almost impossible to attain it, except from a Kabbalist sage, and from a sage who understands with his own mind. This means that even one who understands the rest of the degrees from below upward and from above downward with his own mind, he will still not understand anything in this language until he receives it from a sage who has already received it from his teacher face to face.
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
“We must remember that the entire wisdom of Kabbalah is founded on spiritual matters that do not take up time or space. They are not subject to change or absence and all the changes that are spoken of in this wisdom do not imply that the first form becomes absent and is replaced by a different form. The above change rather implies an additional form, while the first does not move from its place, as absence and change are corporeal conducts.
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
It is difficult for beginners, for they perceive matters by means of corporeal boundaries of time, space, change and exchange. However, the authors only used those as signs to point to their upper roots.
For this reason, I will make an effort to give every word its spiritual identity, detached of space, time and change.
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
It is upon the readers to memorize the meaning of these words thoroughly, for it is impossible to repeat them every time.”
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
The Study of the Ten Sefirot, Inner Observation, chapter 2:
“That which emerges in the coupling by striking (Zivug de-akaa) in the Rosh is discerned only in the Guf. The expansion to Malchut is regarded as being from Peh to Tabur, and the rejection from Malchut is considered to be from Tabur down.
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
Item 16. You must understand here that we have no perception in the ten Sefirot of the Rosh. It is so because they are the state of Ein Sof, and everything we discern in the ten Sefirot of the Rosh is only their expansion into the Guf, and the upper one is studied from the lower one.
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
We say that the upper light expanded up to Malchut and the screen in the vessel of Malchut struck the light and did not let it enter the vessel of Malchut and pushed it back, and this reflected light clothed the ten Sefirot of direct light.“
The Language of the Wisdom of Kabbalah
“I am glad that I have been born in such a generation when it is permitted to disclose the wisdom of truth. And should you ask how I know that it is permitted, I will reply that it is because I have been given permission to disclose.[...]
We deem it as dependent not on the greatness of the sage, but on the state of the generation.”
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