The Zohar

SAUL J WEINREB

We study together the text the foundational work of Jewish mysticism upon which all subsequent Jewish mysticism is based. Emphasis is placed on how deeply the Zohar changed the face of how we practice Judaism today.

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Nov 30, 2025 · 19 min
The Zohar Lecture 11a - The Precious Words of Torah
Every word of Torah is pleasing to God and creates new heavens and renews the Earth.
Nov 27, 2025 · 50 min
The Zohar Lecture 10 - The Vision of the Gazelle
Rabbi Chiya ascends to heaven and learns the meaning of the vision of the Gazelle, when God is disappointed in the world but the light of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's Torah holds up the world. Psalm 22 is interpreted as foretelling a time of suffering and a Messiah that has yet to come.
Nov 23, 2025 · 24 min
The Zohar Lecture 9 - Creation and the Role of Abraham
Without Abraham, the universe would not be sustained.
Nov 18, 2025 · 26 min
The Zohar Lectures 7 & 8 - The Six Gates
Rabbis Yudai, Hiyyah and Yose continue to expound on the moment of creation, in which all was created and then flowed out through gates.
Nov 16, 2025 · 26 min
The Zohar Lecture 6b - The Aleph Bet Part 2
The remaining letters from Peh to Aleph present their cases, and God chooses Bet to create the world.
Nov 14, 2025 · 32 min
The Zohar Lecture 6a - The Aleph Bet Part 1
The letters of the Aleph Bet spar over who should be the letter of creation. A stunningly beautiful discussion of the merits and flaws of each letter from the letter Tav until the letter Tzadi, going backwards through the Aleph Bet.
Nov 11, 2025 · 27 min
The Zohar Lecture 5 - What's in a name?
Rabbi Shimon tells us that until there were people to see and experience creation and call the celestial and physical beings by a "name", God Himself did not yet have a "name".
Nov 7, 2025 · 19 min
The Zohar Lecture 4 - Who? What? ... A Deeper Meaning
Rabbi Simeon reveals a deeper meaning of the "who" of creation, as he describes how God manifested Himself in this world.
Nov 3, 2025 · 26 min
The Zohar Lecture 3 - Who? What?
We study the third chapter of the introduction of the Zohar. We learn of the difference between the Hebrew terms, "mi" (who) and "mah" (what), and that God is One of Whom we can ask questions but never know the answer.
Nov 2, 2025 · 30 min
The Zohar Lecture 2 - The Blossoms
We read Rabbi Simeon's discourse on another verse in the Song of Songs, regarding the "Blossoms". In the first version, it is compared to days of creation in which life begins, while in the second version we read of the incarnation of the souls of the patriarchs.
Oct 30, 2025 · 28 min
The Zohar Lecture 1 - The Lily
We begin the study of this monumental and foundational work of Jewish mysticism with the first chapter in which Israel is compared to the flower of the lily.

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