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The Zohar was written during times of high spiritual connections. All the spiritual dimensions opened when the discussions and studies mentioned in the Zohar took place. It’s because of that phenomenon that spiritual energy is fully encapsulated by the words. It was also written in the presence of great souls that dwelled in the living and spiritual realms. The souls of Moses and Elijah the Prophet were two souls that both visited and taught Rabbi Shimon, his son Rabbi Elazar, and Rabbi Shimon’s group of students. Due to the presence of Moses, Elijah, and other righteous souls, that the Zohar achieved the spiritual level known as Da’at, the realm above the material world.
Regardless of whether we’re able to understand the text, it’s the ability to scan or read the Zohar that helps us to connect to it. The eyes are the most elevated sensory organ, and therefore the most spiritual. On the other hand, the senses of touch, taste, hearing, and smell connect us to physicality. Therefore, when we use our eyes, we connect our own spiritual level of Chokmah to the Zohar’s level of Da’at. As a result, the light that radiates from the Zohar creates a protection shield for us.
And, then there’s the concept of affinity. If one wants to understand water, one must become like the water. This may sound strange, but it’s true: to fully understand the essence of something, one has to get as close as possible. I am reminded of the advice I received from my teacher when I was looking to get married. He simply said, “If you want to find the right woman, you have to be the right man.”
The same principle applies to the study of the Zohar–we must embrace its essence before we can dwell in its protection.
Zion Nefesh
Thanks just in this moment I really realize the big responsability that I have with myself and the rest of the humankind and creation. Until today I think I just scanned, now I can work in myself to deserve what I am scanning. Thanks again. Be blessed.
Thanks for having all these beautiful spiritual tools available for all of us interested in becoming one with the creator. I have started my path no long ago and I feel blessed… “When receiving a great gift becomes great responsability”….
Last night, before going to bed, I went through the writings of Jewish Rabbis, so that I went to sleep with this intense desire to live loving God with all my being and obeying His Will. My prayer was, “Lord my God, show me the way because I have nowhere to turn to but You. I cannot even do it alone despite my good intentions. Save me in my helplessness.” I am not a Jew, but a Catholic by birth. I barely understand Hebrew, a deficiency that is truly regrettable since I have seen that much of Jewish teachings are in Hebrew. Yet, I trust in the love of my Father and Creator that He will want me back home. I know He will do anything He can to do that.
Then, suddenly, last night, in my sleep, I saw very clearly in my dream the message: Jewish info. 24…. SHEMA 24…. SHEMA 124….
Upon awakening today, I searched immediately from the internet, to see what the message could mean. I do not understand what SHEMA means and why those numbers. Several websites popped up and I was attracted to click on your website. Then came out this: Tikkun 21 – 46
This is the secret of Isaiah 54:12 “ וְשַׂמְתִּי כַּדְכֹד שִׁמְשֹׁתַיִךְ” “and I will put כַּדְ כֹד your luminaries”.
כד is 24 and it means pitcher, a vessel. The deeper meaning of this verse from Isaiah prophecy is that when the time comes, the Light, YHVH will fill up the vessel in equality. Isaiah 30:26 “וְהָיָה אוֹר-הַלְּבָנָה, כְּאוֹר הַחַמָּה, וְאוֹר הַחַמָּה יִהְיֶה שִׁבְעָתַיִם, כְּאוֹר שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים”. “Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days”
In previous daily Zohar we explained the first part of the Shema prayer with the 25 letters, those we recite morning and evening to bring the light. The next 24 letters are “בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד”.
“Blessed be the name of his glory forever and ever”
The word כד is the code for the vessel in Malchut and the presence of the Shechina that supports us in holding the light in balance. We have 24 letters in the morning and 24 in the evening. These words wrap the Light of the Shema in complete and balanced circuit to reveal the light in Malchut.
On the night of Shavuot, we read from all 24 books of the Bible and in each book there is a pair of letters that are called “decoration of the bride”. The Bride is the Shechina and the 24 pairs are the connection to the Bible that reveal the light in Malchut. 24×2 = 48 and it is the value for מח, which means brain. It is the tool and conduit to receive and channel the light from the supernal levels.
That special connection to the 48 letters gives us the highest level of light from the Tree of Life and guarantees protection from harm until Rosh Hashanah.
God is opening a path for me, after which I must follow with all love and determination. Please, I hope someone enlightened to help me from your side can help me understand what shema means what it is connected to. Why 24? I shall further find out why the number became 124. Thank you.
shema means “hear” or understand -- referring to Bina. (The higher, motherly Self). It is a possibility that the hundreds also refer to a level among the olamot (tens being in Zeir Anpin and ones in Malkut, hundreds must be also on the level of Bina). Maybe you should look around and find some group either here or at the Berg site or among laitmanists. (BB). Without a learning group (and without a period of time learning) it is not possible to decipher these things. if someone reads Hebrew texts it is not uncommon to have Hebrew words in a dream -- some dreams are not “messages” at all, just random musings. To learn some basic Hebrew is quite possible there are lessons even on the internet. All the letters resemble Latin numbers. If you forget the age old belief that it is “difficult” which was spread to dissuade people from this wisdom, you may learn the language in a few months or at least be able to use it with a vocabulary. I dont see what is the point of asking “why 24″ when youi just explained it referring to a vessel (Malkut -- our Ego level). Dont forget: its all inside. So even when you are awake you are in a dream (especially if you read the Zohar -- even without understanding it). Stop demanding anything. Even wanting too much knowledge can be an egoist barrier to the Light.
Shema is the call to HaShem, Adonai, Israel. It is the prayer for unity of spirit and matter, Male and Female, God and Goddess--everything.
Don’t worry, Incarnette: keep dreaming, and love the ride.
Hello Zion,
I have returned…Just read “How to Connect to the Zohar”…Thank you
My hope is to Connect to the Zohar….May I be granted with wisdom,knowledge and understanding of what I see and experience.
Blessings
i have noticed that different groups have different angles of teaching the zohar. how do we know where the best source comes from. it gets confusing when studying with more than one group. how do i know who has the closer way of teaching th zohar
@prema
Psalms 119:99 say “From all my teachers I learnt wisdom; for your testimonies (the Truth of the Torah) are my meditation.”
The sages teach us that it is our responsibility to make our own teachers.
There is an amazing building that was built by a great and mysterious architect. Many people want to learn the secrets of this contracture and they get inside to explore and study it. Every researcher/visitor sees and report different views and findings.
The only one that can give accurate description is the actual architect but very few could study the structure and get close to the truth or it. All the rest work harder and do their best.
As a person from the outside we want to learn as much as possible but don’t want to get lost inside so our best is to learn from many people that experienced the inside.
We choose the teachers by the level of knowledge they can add to us. After we learn ALL that we can from one teacher we should move to another one that can give us anther ‘angle’. The more angles we cover, the better view of the structure is revealed to us. All we need is to make sure is that the teacher doesn’t have personal and selfish agenda. It is okay to pay for the knowledge a much as you value the added knowledge and connection to the light and teaching. This payment could be in the form of money, promotion of the teacher and volunteering to help.
Not all teachers give you an easy life and it doesn’t mean that they are bad. They could be the best for your correction.
Some teachers are focused on the moral side of Kabbalah, some on the sacred text, some on meditation, some on the teaching of the Tree of Life, some on the entire above etc. etc.
With the spread of Kabbalah knowledge through the Internet, you can learn from many at the same time. Depending on your vessel capabilities, you can explore one ‘angle’ at a time or all at the same time.
Always ask questions in order to learn more.
>>>it gets confusing when studying with more than one group. how do i know who has the
>>>closer way of teaching th zohar
Yes joining to that question and it is very interesting question.
But sensing some interesting answer that the answer you should look in yourself.
Dealing with similar problem. Maybe complicating even more as your expressed thought.
We were told the Zohar is code word ( decoding key ) for Torah.
So there could be many such decoding keys. Maybe I do not need the Zohar for decoding Torah. So it is my decision and my free will?
Few days ago being on some presentation of Torah study was warned that Zohar is part of pagan knowledge. No source of truth. And then the various groups who use their own way for presenting, so many different editors of Zohar and various translations.
But I am afraid it is my decision whether I will decide for doubt or for incriminating the Zohar just as marketing product where many competitors on the market race for customers and monopol. So It is my decision the way I will consider this.
I guess the Zion’s explanation in such different context but it is related to your and my question could be fair enough:
Kabbalah is science. For science it is known when you make the experiment the results suppose be predictable and repeated in the circumstances you are applying experiments.
So the message would be:
Neglect the pre-judgements and doubts and just try the Zohar or access path I can use right there accessible to me. If that will bring me more beneficial for understanding , for elevating my questions to further understanding , for further actions than this is worth of the decision to continue. So first goal to reach some peace for spiritual work , to feel protected while spiritually working. And if able to proceed from this stable stage to further unpleasant situations, circumstances , problems and preserve the rhytm of the spiritual working than thats it. At least in this phase of Life?
It is like climbing in the mountains. There is all about to reach stable rock where you can rest for the little and take breath. But you can’t stay there if you will stay you get cold, wind will throw you down or storm will reach you soon or later. you will drink all your water. You must go on the next level to the top. But when reaching the top ?
:) I have no answer because even on the top you can’t stay self-satisfied, you will day on top of the mountain. You have to step down and pick another or same mountain! 
. What is wrong with this model to use it for decision in your case and mine case heheheh. Maybe just do it. You still have place to change your decision in later steps. The fact that we take decision was enough? Everything else would go as it should. Zion somewhere said: Nothing is random. Everyrthing is part of the YHVH system. So choosing the wrong way of injecting Torah and Zohar also would be the right way. And it suppose to be needed for personal growth. Somelse was not that lucky and he was always in the first try in his best compatible path.
Thank you Ivan for a great comment.
Tradução: Como se conectar com o Zohar
Para conhecer o Zohar é necessário abraçá-lo com amor e carinho. E, a conexão com sua sabedoria de forma adequada gera o mesmo nível de intensidade vivida durante a íntima conexão das energias masculina e feminina. Mais ainda, quando se está aberto e receptivo, um vai achar que cada palavra, cada página, de fato irradia energia espiritual.
O Zohar foi escrito em tempos de altas ligações espirituais. Todas as dimensões espirituais estavam abertas quando as discussões e estudos mencionados no Zohar ocorreram. É por causa desse fenômeno que a energia espiritual é totalmente encapsulada pelas palavras. Também foi escrito na presença de grandes almas que habitavam nos reinos dos viventes e espiritual. As almas de Moisés e Elias, o Profeta eram duas almas que ambas visitaram e ensinaram Rabi Shimon, seu filho Rabi Elazar, e o grupo de alunos do Rabi Shimon. Foi devido à presença de Moisés, Elias, e outras almas justas, que o Zohar alcançou o nível espiritual conhecido como Da’at, o domínio sobre o mundo material.
Independentemente de saber se somos capazes de compreender o texto, é a capacidade de escanear ou ler o Zohar que nos ajuda a conectar a ele. Os olhos são o órgão mais elevado sensorial e, portanto, o mais espiritual. Por outro lado, os sentidos do tato, paladar, audição e olfato nos conectam ao mundo físico. Portanto, quando usamos os nossos olhos, nos conectamos nosso próprio nível espiritual de Chochmah ao nível do Zohar Da’at. Como resultado, a luz que irradia a partir do Zohar cria um escudo de proteção para nós.
E, então não há o conceito de afinidade. Se alguém quiser compreender a água, deve ser como a água. Isto pode soar estranho, mas é verdade: para compreender a essência de algo, é preciso chegar tão perto quanto possível. Lembro-me do conselho que eu recebi do meu professor quando eu estava procurando me casar. Ele simplesmente disse: “Se você quer encontrar a mulher certa, você tem que ser o homem certo.”
O mesmo princípio aplica-se ao estudo do Zohar, devemos abraçar a sua essência para que possamos habitar na sua proteção.
Zion Nefesh
Tradução: Nícolas B. Bággio
Is there an official text which states the benefits of scanning the Zohar? Thanks.
thank you again for all that you do with love.
bb michael laitman is the only one i know that teachs about machsom
machsom is not mentioned in the zohar as i have been told
but mentioned by rabbash one time
what are your teaching and feeling about machom
thank you
Dear Prema,
If I understand the word you used here correctly (you also wrote it as machom), Machsom means barrier, block, obstacle, hurdle. It can be used to describe what other kabbalists describe as spiritual ‘curtains’.
Different teachers use different words to explain spiritual subjects/forces/lights. For that reason I created an extension to the Daily Zohar where students from different organization can study from the other teachers without traveling thousands or miles. I have a library of several hundreds of Kabbalah books. I learn from all and I feel that the more I study from them all the better I understand the subject. Each has a different way to describe the spiritual system and it gives me the ability to see the same thing from different direction.
Check http://Tube.DailyZohar.com you can find videos of many kabbalah teachers, including Rabbi Laitman’s
We are still working to add more videos.
Only thing that exist is our ego, we can connect with the Upper Worlds if we let go our ego.
We can receive the Light for support us to connect with the Upper Worlds and reveal more Light to the world. Is simple, let go your ego.
Shabbat Shalom,
Thanks for your knowledge and your time!
I read the Tanakh, Halakha, and teachings of Rabbenou: Rabbi Na’HMaN of Breslev (as the Likoutey Moharan -- is all about Tora’H) and so on.
May I ask you for the following question:
Could a goy study Zohar? I think of reading it in Hebrew B”H
Toda Raba’H B.H
Na Na’H Na’HMa Na’HMaN MeouMaN
akiva
Isaiah 49:6
“וַיֹּאמֶר נָקֵל מִהְיוֹתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים אֶת שִׁבְטֵי יַעֲקֹב וּנְצוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ”
“Yea, He saith: ‘It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.’”
There is a lot of depth in this verse but just the bold text is a good answer for your question.
The old name for the Zohar was “יהי אור” meaning “Let there be light” (From Genesis 1:3)
I am working on a system to teach Hebrew reading for FREE on the Daily Zohar.
Thanks to few supporters we installed on UnityZohar.com a transliteration system that help you read the Zohar in Aramaic word by word.
Shavoua Tov,
Toda Raba’H for your answer B’H
Na Na’H Na’HMa Na’HMaN MeouMaN