To understand how a person reading narratives in the Torah becomes connected with Chochmah Ila’ah (“Supernal Wisdom”):

To understand how a person reading narratives in the Torah becomes connected with Chochmah Ila’ah (“Supernal Wisdom”):

As to the statement in the Zohar, Vol. III, p. 105, that “thinking achieves nothing,…”

As to the statement in the Zohar, Vol. III, p. 105, that “thinking achieves nothing,…”

Examine the statement in Etz Chayim, Shaar HaNekudot, Shaar 8, ch. 6, that there can be no “turning of face to face” except through mitzvot requiring action.

Examine the statement in Etz Chayim, Shaar HaNekudot, Shaar 8, ch. 6, that there can be no “turning of face to face” except through mitzvot requiring action.

The acts of refinement of Asiyah that are accomplished through practical mitzvot ascend to Yetzirah by means of the Divine Name Ba’n, and from Yetzirah to Beriah and Atzilut, as noted in Shaar Ma’n, Derush 11, sec. 7.

The acts of refinement of Asiyah that are accomplished through practical mitzvot ascend to Yetzirah by means of the Divine Name Ba’n, and from Yetzirah to Beriah and Atzilut, as noted in Shaar Ma’n, Derush 11, sec. 7.

To understand the statement in Shaar HaYichudim, ch. 2, Shaar HaYichudim of R. Chayim Vital (which appears in Shemoneh She’arim of current editions of the writings of the AriZal) is part of Shaar Ruach HaKodesh.

To understand the statement in Shaar HaYichudim, ch. 2, Shaar HaYichudim of R. Chayim Vital (which appears in Shemoneh She’arim of current editions of the writings of the AriZal) is part of Shaar Ruach HaKodesh.