Tag: Zohar

When Israel prays, all these chambers open toward them. But now, in exile, it is said of them that all gates are locked, the Shekhinah [Divine Presence] is outside Her chamber, the Holy One, blessed be He, is outside His chambers, and the ministering angels are outside theirs, as it is written (Isai...

The Sefer Zohar, often known simply as the Zohar, is a foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. Its influence on the conceptualization of God in Jewish mysticism and beyond is profound and multifaceted. To understand the impact of the Zohar, it is essen...

In this article, we introduce some basic interpretations and a commentary on an early portion of the Zohar, translated and quoted from Sefaria.org. As many people find the Zohar a difficult text to interpret, and recognising that there are an almost infinite number of interpretations of its highly s...