Tikkunei haZohar

Tikkunei haZohar - will anyone be translating it soon?  I pray that this will be done with as much loving grace as professor Matt's translation.  Perhaps professor Matt will have enough wind in his sails to translate the Tikkunim some day.

There are two Zohars: Zohar haQadosh (The Holy Zohar), focusing on the Parashiot sections of the Torah; and the Tikkunei haZohar (Rectifications of the Zohar), focusing on the esoteric interpretations of the 1st verse of Genesis, Beresheet. 

Why are there two Zohars?  Well, why are there two Talmuds?  Talmud Bavli and Talmud Yerushalmi.  This has to do with polarity principles, laws of the dynamics of spiritual energy, around which our physical reality is structured.

The secret of the two Zohars relates to the two spellings of the name Metatron.  Most are familiar with the 6-letter spelling - MTTRON.  But there is also a 7-letter spelling MYTTRON.  This is found in Hekhalot literature, but the significance of the two spellings was first revealed by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero in Pardes Rimonim, Gate 14 on the Four Worlds.  MTTRON is in Malkut, while MYTTRON is in Keter.

This is why there are two Zohars and two Talmuds.  MTTRON is the intelligence which creates the code structure of Zohar haQadosh and Talmud Bavli, while MYTTRON is the intelligence which creates the code structure of Tikkunei haZohar and Talmud Yerushalmi. 

This understanding reveals the secrets of many other pairs in Torah tradition: two Keruvim over the Ark, two tefillin boxes, two tablets of the law,  written & orah Torah, positive & negative commandments, this world & the world to come, Moses & Aaron, 1st & 2nd temples, Tree of Life & Tree of Knowledge, and perhaps most importantly for this discussion of the Zohar: the Shekhinah (Divine Presence) & haQadosh Baruch Hu (The Blessed Holy One) - the masculine & feminine personifications of divine energy - the Zohar aims to not only tell their romance story, but activate the energy of their romantic coupling in the mind of its readers.

The question is: if Zohar haQadosh is Shekhinah, and Tikkunei haZohar is haQadosh Baruch Hu, will the two Zohars be brought together in holy union, thereby completing the English translation of their love story?  Or will Shekhinah be waiting with no one to satisfy her longing?

"I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had hidden and was gone; my soul went out when he spoke; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he did not answer me." -- Song of Songs 5:5-6

The 13 Attributes of Mercy - Practical Application for Daily Life

We explain how to apply the 13 Attributes of Mercy, as taught in the Kabbalah of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, for practical application in daily life.  First we explain the theory of the 13 Attributes and how they are derived, and then indicate their placement on the Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life).  We then introduce the 13 Attributes individually, both in the original Hebrew and in English translation.  We give many tips on how to apply the 13 Attributes in challenging life situations, especially to overcome conflicts with other people.  We finish by doing a simple activation of the 13 Attributes that you can learn to do yourself, and mention that there are many more advanced activations that can be done with the 13 Attributes.

Video series on Torah Mysteries and the Fractal Geometry of Creation

This 3-part video series reveals many deep mysteries behind creation. This is really cool stuff if you're interested in expanding your consciousness to be aware that you are living in universe full of magic.

We begin introducing the esoteric concept of the Torah as the codebook of creation. We then describe the basics of fractal geometry by introducing the Cantor set and look at the 10 sefirot of the Tree of Life as an example of a fractal structure that occurs throughout creation. This will lay the foundations for the next videos which will present the mysteries of the Torah as the fractal language of creation.

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We continue the video series by exploring concepts related to fractals and spiritual science. The idea of a fractal is illustrated with the very important example of the Mandelbrot set. We also explain the meaning of vibrational resonance and indicate how it will be used to scientifically verify the claims to be made in the next video regarding the Torah as the fractal language of creation.

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We build upon the concepts introduced in the first two parts to now present the main claims of this research. The idea of the Torah as the fractal language of creation is presented in detail. We will also see that Torah itself is a fractal. We begin by taking seriously the Talmudic teaching that the whole Torah is somehow contained in just the first letter Bet. We conclude by indicating practical methods of activating these energies into our consciousness and experience fractal states of mind.
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