The Teachings of Love

Four Worlds of Love

Written on July 8, 2010 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · Leave a Comment 

THE FOUR WORLDS OF LOVE
On the Development of Spiritual-Sexual Practice through the Four Worlds of the Kabbalah

Ohad Ezrahi
Translated to English by Yair Ohr
Four worlds of Love
by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi 2007-2010
All rights reserved to the author ©

Published by:
The Garden – the School for Love in Radical Kabbalah
Email: kabalove@gmail.com
April 2010.

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LILITH as A BLESSING FOR THE WORLD (short article)

Written on May 16, 2010 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · Leave a Comment 

LILITH—A BLESSING FOR THE WORLD
Ohad Ezrahi / April, 2010
Translated by Yair Ohr
Men and women alike need to know how to respect her and how to give her a place within themselves: Lilith—the awesome, untamed, feminine sexual energy. If we do not give her place, she will strike us harshly: she will destroy our intimate [...]

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Lilith, Re-reading 3rd gate

Written on November 9, 2009 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · Leave a Comment 

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THE THIRD GATE: UPPER LEAH AND THE WOMEN OF “BINAH”
CHAPTER 10: LEAH, THE SCHOLARLY WOMAN
In this gate we will look at how the Ari defines the unique nature of partzuf Leah. We will observe how, by sanctifying the image of partzuf Leah, the Ari facilitated bringing her shadow image – Lillith [...]

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Lillith; A Re-Reading of Feminine Shadow. 2nd Gate

Written on November 9, 2009 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · 2 Comments 

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THE SECOND GATE: LEAH IS LILLITH
CHAPTER 5: BIBLICAL FIGURES UNLOCK THE DIVINE
from the book by Ohad Ezrachi and Marc Gafni
Those who see Lillith as the first feminist are following in the footsteps of the Ari. For, in the writings of the Kabbalists who preceded the Ari, Lillith is not even a human [...]

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Lillith; A Re-Reading of Feminine Shadow. 1st Gate.

Written on November 9, 2009 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · 2 Comments 

The following is a translation of the Hebrew Book, Lillith; A Re-Reading of Feminine Shadow, Modan Publications 2005.
Note from the author regarding Mark Gafni and Lilith:
I thank Mark Gafni for his help in the process of writing, publishing and translating of this book.
I wrote this book in the late 90’s, when there was collaboration between us. [...]

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Surrendering to Love

Written on June 24, 2009 by Dawn Cherie Ezrahi · Leave a Comment 

By: Dawn C. Ezrahi
How have I melted the layers surrounding my heart, after years of being a devout control freak, and fiercely independent woman.  I was always the first one to leave a relationship, ‘leave before he can leave me’ - that was my silent mantra. I was living a half surrendered life with a half surrendered [...]

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Human sexuality is a great mystery

Written on April 26, 2009 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · Leave a Comment 

It is capable of bringing us to the highest feelings of pleasure and openness as well as to great grief, suffering and misery.
Human sexuality is a great mystery, but it is only a part of the even greater mystery of Nature, of the wholeness of reality, of the secrets of Life – that is born [...]

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Towards the Ecology of Sacred Union

Written on April 26, 2009 by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi · Leave a Comment 

By Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi. 2001.
One of the most unique Kabbalists who ever lived, Rabbi Avraham Abulafiya (Spain, Italy & Greece, late 1200’s), said that the mystical secrets of the Torah are usually regarded as if they are contradicting its simple meaning. This is why in Hebrew the words “SeTeR” (hidden secret) and “SeTiRa” (contradiction) have the same [...]

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