A Kabbalistic Journey Through Time #3 - Collected Talks of David Solomon

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Two towering kabbalistic figures of the 16th century are examined in this third part of David’s lecture series, A Kabbalistic Journey Through Time.
David explores the ideas of Rabbi Moshe (Moses) Cordovero (the RaMaQ) and Rabbi Yitzchak (Isaac) Luria (the AR”Y), whose contributions to Kabbalah - both emerging in late 1500s in the town of Tzfat - have been seismic.
The lecture investigates the RaMaQ's book, Pardes Rimonim (The Orchard of Pomegranates), and its exploration of:
- rational emanations
- ein sof (infinite)
- the relationship between Divine influence and the sephirot
- the four worlds
- the immanence of the Divine in reality
- the divine element in the human soul
- the revelation of God in meditation, kavannot, and mystical experience.
The AR"Y did not write down his vast kabbalistic teachings. The recording of his ideas was left to his students, chief among who was Rabbi Chaim Vital. It was Vital who compiled the book Etz Chayim (Tree of Life), the cornerstone text of Lurianic Kabbalah. This book, which was to change forever the landscape of Jewish Mystical thinking, contained many transformative kabbalistic concepts, including:
- tzimtzum (contraction)
- primordial man (Adam Qadmon)
- the domain of chaos (tohu);
- shevirah (shattering)
- integrated configurations known as ‘partzuphim’
- tiqun (repair)
- the maintenance and repair of the World of Emanation
- the trapped sparks of lower worlds
- the five levels of the individual soul
- the responsibility of souls to repair the world.
David provides an overview of these concepts, a picture of the men from who they emerged, the historical setting of this extraordinary revolution in mystical thinking, and the legacy of these ideas.
This lecture is part three of a four-part series delivered in 2021 at Daminyan in Melbourne, Australia. Find other episodes here:
Part 1 - • A Kabbalistic Journey ...
Part 2 - • A Kabbalistic Journey ...
Part 4 - • A Kabbalistic Journey ...
A video recording of David's lecture The Whole of the Bible in One Hour can be found here • David Solomon: Die ges...
Find more of David Solomon's podcast, with dozens of lectures on Jewish history, the Bible, Jewish philosophy, and Kabbalah at • Podcast: Collected Tal...
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Kabbalah: History & Ideas Since the Ari #1 th-cam.com/video/DXH-kXxEMKg/w-d-xo.html
Kabbalah 'in one hour' th-cam.com/video/Up5bjWZOvSQ/w-d-xo.html
A History of Mystical Encounters #1 th-cam.com/video/7ZyLQfpaT78/w-d-xo.html
Happy learning, Marjorie Solomon

[@ullrsbow22]

Incredibly illuminating, truly a wonderful series. Thank you for this presentation and for the depth of research. Respectfully,

[@DavidSolomononline]

Thank you :) Regards, Marjorie Solomon

[@philipgrier9376]

Another wonderful and deeply informative talk. Thank you

[@DavidSolomononline]

Thank you :) Regards, Marjorie Solomon

[@blessings42]

Panentheism (mentioned by David around timeline 29 minutes) is the idea that THE INFINITE ONE is immanent in all and surrounds all (moley et hakol vesovel et hakol) -- it's the "surrounds all" (that THE INFINITE ONE is the "place" (the makom) of all that distinguishes panentheism from pantheism , the latter not including the "surrounds all" definition of divinity. Brilliant lecture, as always. Thanks !!!!

[@im-jn4vl]

Really great thank you

[@DavidSolomononline]

Thanks for letting us know. Regards, Marjorie Solomon

[@mystic.vortex.of.light.67]

We have arrived.

[@dreznik]

the problem with all these "models" is the lack of foundational data.

[@ullrsbow22]

Hello Mr. Solomon, from this talk I understand your position on Kaplan’s translation of The Bahir. What is your position on Kaplan’s commentary of The Bahir, specifically vs. 30 regarding the Vav in context of the Tetragrammaton? Sincerely,

[@DavidSolomononline]

Hello! Thanks for your comment. We are travelling at the moment, but I will check in with David when we get home re your question. Many thanks, Marjorie Solomon

[@mihailgae-draghici4864]

B"H! Rabbi, you can present the daily Hebrew liturgy SHA'HARIT IN A KABBALISTIC CONTEXT? { 1. ha-Asiya [ Ana bechoa'h ]..., --->2. ha - Yetzirah [ Pessuke dezimra ]...,---> 3. ha - Beria [ Shma IL... ] , 4.---> ha - Atzilut [ Amidah... ] ...---> 3. ..., --->2. ...,---> 1. ... TIKUN OLAM : Tikun Ra'hel, Tikun Lea, Peti'hat Eliahu HaNavi,...} Thank you very much for the Courses! 'Hesed and Shalom!