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A Tapestry for the Soul: The Introduction to the Zohar "Yedidah Cohen has performed a wonderful service in making available to an English-speaking audience this introduction to the Zohar by one of the modern masters of Jewish mysticism, the late Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag. Read it and it will help open your eyes to the infinite radiance that fills the world and the seeking soul. A life-changing work." **Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain** Kabbalah texts are challenging for the ordinary reader. But when an interpreter or teacher interposes himself or herself between the text and the reader, much of the experience is lost. This book is a study guide to the "Introduction to the Zohar" by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag. It is for the student of Kabbalah who wants to learn directly from Rabbi Ashlag himself, without any intermediary. It is for the student who wants to use Kabbalah as it is meant to be used, as a tool to explore who we are, what are our souls' deepest desires and how we can understand what we are here in this life for. Yedidah Cohen, translator and compiler of A Tapestry For The Soul has taken Rabbi Ashlag's seminal work, the Introduction to the Zohar and found a novel way of letting him teach his own material. By taking relevant excerpts from Rabbi Ashlag's many writings and placing them next to the paragraph being learned, the reader can now learn directly from the Master himself. Patiently unfolding the dynamics of Creation and expounding on the spiritual principles that guide it, Rabbi Ashlag shows how the great play of Divine light with its myriad vessels applies not only to the higher realities, but to us, here and now, in our own lives. In A Tapestry For The Soul we examine what causes differences between people and what pulls us together. We examine how reality appears when viewed as a hologram and the consequent interconnection of all life. We learn that parallel realities really do exist and are a cause of hope and joy. Recognizing that the purpose of learning the Kabbalah is for us to grow in self-awareness and transform our ego-driven drives to those of cooperation and harmony, Cohen has pointed out opportunities for inner work throughout the text as journal writing or as topics for study groups. Original Kabbalah calligraphic art by Avraham Loewenthal, an artist who resides in the Galilee town of Safed, which saw the flowering of the Kabbalah in the 16th century, and is now experiencing a modern revival, provides the frontispiece and a further example of his art is used as a mandala for contemplation between the chapters. About the Author: Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag (1886-1955) opened the Kabbalah for our generation by deciphering the code in which it had been hidden throughout the centuries. His major work The Ladder is a twenty-one volume commentary on the Zohar itself, and he also wrote an extensive commentary on the work of the 16th century Kabbalah sage, Rabbi Isaac Luria (the "Ari"). He wrote many introductions to the Kabbalah, of which the Introduction To The Zohar is the most widely known. About the Compiler/Editor: Yedidah Cohen, studied the work of Rabbi Ashlag with a pupil of Rabbi Baruch Shalom Halevi Ashlag. She co-translated In the Shadow of the Ladder: Introductions to the Kabbalah by Rabbi Yehudah lev Ashlag with her late husband Mark Cohen. For the last ten years she has been leading study groups on the work of Rabbi Ashlag, in both Hebrew and English. The members of her groups come from all parts of the Jewish spectrum, and she has introduced this work to young people as well. For a long time she broadcast talks on the Kabbalah of Rabbi Ashlag on Israel National Radio and she has also given seminars at the Gifted Children's College in the School for Science and Technology at Tel Hai, Kiryat Shmoneh in northern Israel. Title: A Tapestry for the Soul: The Introduction to the Zohar by Rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag - Explained using excerpts collated from his other writings with suggestions for inner work. Translation and Compilation: by Yedidah Cohen Publisher: Nehora Press Pub Date: March 2010 ISBN: 9789657222041, Soft cover Pages: 296 pages Price: $18.95 Stuart Schnee Public Relations, Marketing & Sales US Tel: 973-796-2753 Israel Tel: +972-54-790-9120 Fax: +972-2-561-0943 --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
