Рет қаралды 5,749
#kabbalah #GRA #Ramchal #chassidut
David examines major works and ideas in kabbalah over the past five centuries in this final part of his lecture series, A Kabbalistic Journey Through Time.
The talk explores the contributions of:
The GR"A, the Vilna Gaon
Rabbi Chaim Luzzatto, the Ramchal
Rabbi Naphtali Bacharach.
He also discusses the ideas of the following rabbis:
Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov
Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch, the Maggid
Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, the Gramam
Schneur Zalman of Liadi
Nachman of Breslov
Yitzchak Izaak Chaver
Shalom Sharabi, the Rashash
Yehuda Ashlag, the Baal Hasulam
Shlomo Elyashiv, the Leshem.
Some of the concepts covered in the lecture include:
Lurianic Kabbalah is an extended allegory
Revelation and concealment in relation to creation
The people of Israel in cosmic and world history
The revelation of esoteric knowledge, the secret level of Torah
Torah is light
Darkness is a reality, not merely an absence
The role of Sabbateanism
The intersection of Kabbalah and Chassidut
In addition to providing an overview of the development of Jewish mystical ideas since the AR"Y,(Rabbi Isaac Luria), David explains the context of the examined thinkers and their work and provides historical background to their contributions.
This lecture is the final part 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 3 - • A Kabbalistic Journey ...
Find more of David Solomon's podcast, with dozens of lectures on Jewish history, the Bible, Jewish philosophy, and Kabbalah at • Podcast: Collected Tal...
Learn more at davidsolomon.online