Dancing with Angels

<div align="right"><font size="2">By the blessing of G-d </font> <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>ב״ה</b></font><font face="Book Antiqua"> </font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">With the help of heaven</font> <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>בס״ד</b></font><br></div> <div><font size="2">Everything belongs to Hashem</font> <b> </b><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>לה״ו</b></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="right"><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">‘One does what one must—and trusts in God <sup><a name="fnB1" href="#fn1">[1]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">The hardest thing of all is to be who you were meant to be <sup><a name="fnB2" href="#fn2">[2]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">But ask the animals, and they shall turn you – </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">ת(ו)רך</font><font size="2">; and the birds of the air, and they shall tell you;</font><br><font size="2">Or converse with the earth, and it shall turn you; and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you.<sup><a name="fnB3" href="#fn3">[3]</a></sup>’</font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="4"><b>Dancing with Angels</b></font><br><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>Jewish Kabbalah Meditation – </b></font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>מדיטציה</b></font><font face="Book Antiqua"><b> from </b></font><br><font face="Book Antiqua"><b>Torah to Self-Improvement to Prophecy</b></font><br><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>קבלה התבוננות מן תורה אל מוסר אל נבואה</b></font><br><font size="17"><img height="34" width="62" src="jkm000.png" alt="jkm000.png" border="0" ></font><br><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="4"><b>י</b></font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>שם נהרות למדבר</b></font><tt><font face="Courier New" size="2"><b>,</b></font></tt><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b> ומצאי מים לצמאו</b></font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="4"><b>ן</b></font><br><font size="2">He places streams in the wilderness, and one finds water in the parched land.<sup><a name="fnB4" href="#fn4">[4]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font size="2">“So shines a good deed in a weary world.”<sup><a name="fnB5" href="#fn5">[5]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams.”<sup><a name="fnB6" href="#fn6">[6]</a></sup></font><br><font size="2">“When you see the birds in the sky—know my spirit is with you.”<sup><a name="fnB7" href="#fn7">[7]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“If I should forget thee Jerusalem where is my right hand.”<sup><a name="fnB8" href="#fn8">[8]</a></sup> </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">אם-אשכחך ירושלם תשכח ימיני</font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><br>CaVOD – Glory – <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="4" color="Gray">כ</font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="4" color="Purple">ב</font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="4" color="Red">ו</font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="4" color="Blue">ד</font><br>“May the Lord return to us and we will repent anew like our early days.”<sup><a name="fnB9" href="#fn9">[9]</a></sup><br></div> <div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם </font><br>All creation is sustained, all creation has a consciousness, and all creation can be spoken with.<sup><a name="fnB10" href="#fn10">[10]</a></sup><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font color="Blue">tzedek </font><a name="Index1"></a><font color="Teal">and</font><font color="Green"> tzedakah</font><font color="Blue"> </font><br><font size="2">As the sun brings rain to open the earth </font><br><font size="2">For salvation and growth (Isa. 45:8)<sup><a name="fnB11" href="#fn11">[11]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">‘Another Day In Paradise’<sup><a name="fnB12" href="#fn12">[12]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font size="2">As long as you’re living, there is always a way to change the past.<sup><a name="fnB13" href="#fn13">[13]</a></sup> </font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“You are changing the past by manifesting his values.”<sup><a name="fnB14" href="#fn14">[14]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">Life is glory, be thankful for each day that you live.</font><br><font size="2">Enjoy the chores of your life for all is Glory.</font><br><br><font size="2">The purpose of Shabbat is Havdalah.<sup><a name="fnB15" href="#fn15">[15]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">The purpose of Havdalah is to smell the fragrance.<sup><a name="fnB16" href="#fn16">[16]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">The purpose of the Fragrance is to see the fire of separation.<sup><a name="fnB17" href="#fn17">[17]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">The purpose of the Fire of separation is to begin the week with a blessing.<sup><a name="fnB18" href="#fn18">[18]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">This work is ©Copyrighted 2012. </font><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1"> Permission to duplicate, reuse, and redistribute materials herein is granted for non-profit purposes. </font><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1"> I can be reached at: “jeffspieg” ‘at’ “gmail” ‘dot’ “com”. </font><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">On Shabbat we dance before Kiddush for health that is a mitzvah.</font><sup><font size="1"><a name="fnB19" href="#fn19">[19]</a></font></sup><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font size="2">‘... yet a man in the world to issue praise of the female...’<sup><a name="fnB20" href="#fn20">[20]</a></sup> –</font> <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">שאה</font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="1">Forty days before a person is conceived into this world, it is announced in heaven,</font><br><font size="1"> the daughter of this man is destined to marry this man, the house in this place is destined for their home,</font><br><font size="1"> and this field (livelihood / business / profession) is destined for this person. Sota 2a<sup><a name="fnB21" href="#fn21">[21]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font size="2">Version – </font><font size="2">2/3/2012</font><br><br><font size="2">Contact info – jeffspieg at gmail dot com</font><br><br><font size="2"> “You'd never think of pressing your advantage</font><br><font size="2">Forbearance is the hallmark of your creed.”<sup><a name="fnB22" href="#fn22">[22]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><br></div> <div>This manual will prepare one to hear the words of God, see authentic visions, smell the supernal beauty, touch his/her Grace, and taste the delights of Eden. Study the manual by browsing the table of contents at the end of each web page, links, and footnotes. Let your spirit be your guide and the Ribono Shel Olam (the Master of the World) will reveal what you need to learn next. The work focuses on learning spirituality through <a href="jkm009.htm#_Sacrifices">sacrifice</a>, <a href="jkm007.htm#_Character">character improvement</a>, and the <a href="jkm005.htm#_Bahir">theoretical</a>, <a href="jkm009.htm#_Gateways">meditative</a>, and <a href="jkm009.htm#_Sparks">practical kabbalah</a>. This manual uses <a href="jkm013.htm#_Prayer">prayer</a>, <a href="jkm003.htm#_Midrash">Midrash</a>, <a href="jkm002.htm#_The_Written_Bible">Torah</a>, <a href="jkm005.htm#_Introduction_1">Mussar</a>, <a href="jkm003.htm#_Kabbalah_Authors">kabbalah</a>, and <a href="jkm014.htm#_Meditation">meditation</a> to inspire the <a href="jkm009.htm#_Soul">soul</a>. While I have written down some of my own meditative journeys, in the final analysis one must choose one’s own path and with the blessing of G-d reveal another true path to the Infinite. <br><br>For easy browsing, there is an abbreviated table of contents at the end of each web page.<br><br></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -3"><table rules="none" border="0" frame="void"> <colgroup> <col width="217.333279"> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="217.333279" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"> <div align="center"><font size="4"><b>CONTENTS</b></font><br></div> <div><font size="2" color="Aqua">1. </font><a href="jkm001.htm#_Introduction">Introduction</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">2. </font><a href="jkm002.htm#_The_Written_Bible">The Written Bible</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">3. </font><a href="jkm003.htm#_The_Oral_Teachings">The Oral Teachings</a><font face="Arial" color="Aqua"> </font><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">4. </font><a href="jkm003.htm#_Kabbalah_Authors_1">Kabbalah Authors</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">5. </font><a href="jkm005.htm#_Kabbalah_Texts">Kabbalah Texts</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">6. </font><a href="jkm006.htm#_Israel">Israel</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">7. </font><a href="jkm007.htm#_Character">Character</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">8. </font><a href="jkm008.htm#_Time">Time</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">9. </font><a href="jkm009.htm#_Gateways">Gateways</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">10. </font><a href="jkm010.htm#_Names_of_God">Names of God</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">11. </font><a href="jkm011.htm#_Names_of_messiah_1">Names of messiah</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">12. </font><a href="jkm012.htm#_Dreaming_1">Dreaming</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">13. </font><a href="jkm013.htm#_Prayer">Prayer</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">14. </font><a href="jkm014.htm#_Hypnosis_Meditation">Hypnosis</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">15. </font><a href="jkm015.htm#_Marriage">Marriage</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">16. </font><a href="jkm016.htm#_To_Hell_and_1">To Hell and Back</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">17. </font><a href="jkm017.htm#_The_Tree_of_2">The Tree of Life</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">18. </font><a href="jkm018.htm#_Planes_of_Existence">Planes of Existence</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">19. </font><a href="jkm019.htm#_Back_To_The">Back To The Future</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">20. </font><a href="jkm020.htm#_Dancing_With_Angels">Dancing With Angels</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">21. </font><a href="jkm021.htm#_Health">Health</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">22. </font><a href="jkm022.htm#_Family_and_Friends">Family and Friends</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">23. </font><a href="jkm023.htm#_Animals__Plants__Rocks_">Animals, Plants, and Rocks</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">24. </font><a href="jkm024.htm#_History">History</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">25. </font><a href="jkm025.htm#_Music">Music</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">26. </font><a href="jkm026.htm#_Religions">Religions</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">27. </font><a href="jkm027.htm#_Mathematics">Mathematics</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">28. </font><a href="jkm028.htm#_Science">Science</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">29. </font><a href="jkm029.htm#_Engineering">Engineering</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">30. </font><a href="jkm030.htm#_Appendix">Appendix</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">31. </font><a href="jkm031.htm#_Glossary">Glossary</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">32. </font><a href="jkm032.htm#_Bibliography">Bibliography</a><br></div> <div><font color="Aqua">33. </font><a href="jkm033.htm#_Index">Index</a><br></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">Love others for every person has his or her time. </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">י</font><br><font size="2">Greet every person with honor as each is created in the image of G-d. </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">ה</font><br><font size="2">Do not hold a grudge nor separate from ones house of prayer.<sup><a name="fnB23" href="#fn23">[23]</a></sup> </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">ו</font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">Persist in hugging not dialog to resolve arguments.<sup><a name="fnB24" href="#fn24">[24]</a></sup> </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">ה</font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font size="2">“And he does not break in upon the speech of his fellow.”<sup><a name="fnB25" href="#fn25">[25]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">To obtain wisdom look to the stars at night: they bring us to humility and remind us of all there is to learn.</font><br></div> <div><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“Before me no god was formed nor shall there be any after me.”<sup><a name="fnB26" href="#fn26">[26]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“I am the Lord, and there is no one else, there is no god beside me; I girded you, though you have not known me.”<sup><a name="fnB27" href="#fn27">[27]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“God is not a man – </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">לא איש אל</font><font size="2">, that he should lie – </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">ויכזב</font><font size="2">; nor the son of man, that he should repent<sup><a name="fnB28" href="#fn28">[28]</a></sup> – </font><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)" size="2">ובן-אדם ויתנחם ההוא</font><font size="2">.”</font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">“Put not your trust in princes—in the son of man there is not a savior.”<sup><a name="fnB29" href="#fn29">[29]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><br><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">ז עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי-- כִּי הוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה, מְשִׁיחוֹ</font><br><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">יַעֲנֵהוּ, מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֹ-- בִּגְבֻרוֹת, יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ.</font><br><font size="2">(Psalm 20:7) Now I know─ that the LORD saves His messiah;</font><br><font size="2">He will answer him, from His holy heaven─ with the mighty acts of His saving right hand.</font><font size="2" color="White"> </font><br><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">“Equanimity brings one to concentration of the soul, and concentration brings about the holy spirit, </font><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">which brings one to prophecy, which is the highest level. If so, one of the necessary prerequisites for your path in meditation </font><br><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">is that you first have the quality of equanimity that you not become excited by anything.”</font><sup><font size="1"><a name="fnB30" href="#fn30">[30]</a></font></sup><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1"> </font><br></div> <div align="center"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1"> Equanimity is none other than the avoidance of the sin of idolatry whose obsession leads to anger with imperfection.</font><sup><font size="1"><a name="fnB31" href="#fn31">[31]</a></font></sup><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1"> </font><br></div> <div align="center"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="1">Equanimity harmonizes with quality, the improvement of knowledge, skills, and creativity.</font><sup><font size="1"><a name="fnB32" href="#fn32">[32]</a></font></sup><br><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">Do not discriminate based on ancestry.<sup><a name="fnB33" href="#fn33">[33]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">Do not discriminate based on handicap.<sup><a name="fnB34" href="#fn34">[34]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div align="center"><font size="2">Love your neighbor as yourself—I am the L-rd your G-d.<sup><a name="fnB35" href="#fn35">[35]</a></sup></font><br><br><b>Features:</b><br></div> <ul> <li>A <a href="http://home.utah.edu/~hs20/jkm.pdf" target="_top">PDF Version</a> with built-in Hebrew and full Hyperlinks (8 MB): older version</li> <li>Temple Emanuel’s <a href="http://www.templesanjose.org/JudaismInfo/tradition/Kabbalah/kabbalah_journey.pdf" target="_top">PDF Version</a></li> <li>A <a href="../../../../Documents%20and%20Settings/jspiegel.SLC-NT/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Word/jkm.htm" target="_top">frame</a> based version: always current</li> <li>Index</li> <li>Left frame contains:</li></ul><ol> <li>Table of Contents</li> <li>List of Equations</li> <li>List of Figures</li> <li>List of Meditations</li> <li>List of Tables</li> <li>List of Text</li></ol><ul> <li></li> <li>Available translations of the <a href="jkm030.htm#_Sefer_ha_Bahir">Bahir</a>, <a href="jkm030.htm#_Names_of_G_d__TABLES_">Midrash Tanhuma</a>, <a href="jkm030.htm#_Sefer_Yetzirah_Text">Sefer Yetzirah</a>, and some <a href="jkm030.htm#_Sefer_ha_Zohar">Zohar</a>.</li> <li><a name="Index2"></a><a name="Index3"></a><a name="Index4"></a>Texts that I highly recommend acquiring and studying are followed by an *</li></ul><div><br><b>Recommended Kabbalah links</b>:<br></div> <div><a href="http://www.613.org/" target="_top">613 Audio Lectures</a><font size="2"> Torah lectures from the Orthodox Union</font><br></div> <div><font size="2">Rabbi Nachman of Breslov audio lectures of </font><a name="Index5"></a><a href="http://www.breslov.com/Rosenfeld" target="_top">Rabbi Aryeh Rosenfeld Z”l</a><font size="2">.<sup><a name="fnB36" href="#fn36">[36]</a></sup> Highly Recommended </font><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/feinhandler/index.htm" target="_top">Beloved Companions</a><font size="2"> discusses the mystical union of husband and wife</font><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/ancient.htm" target="_top">Biblical Genealogy</a><font size="2"> Timeline of history and names by Professor G. L. Esterson of Ra'anana, Israel</font><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>Hebrew letter writing<sup><a name="fnB37" href="#fn37">[37]</a></sup><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm" target="_top">Mechon Mamre</a> side-by-side Hebrew – English bible. Recommended<br></div> <div><a href="http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/index.htm" target="_top">Mechon Mamre</a> side-by-side Hebrew – English 248 Positive and 365 Negative Commandments<br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.maqom.com/" target="_top">Maqom’s</a> excellent Torah learning site with guided meditations too. Recommended<br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.ujcnj.org/search.html?searchTerm=Nechama+Leibowitz" target="_top">Nechama Lebowitz</a> outstanding Torah commentary<br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.geocities.com/m_yericho/ravkook/ind_brei.htm" target="_top">Rav Kook on the Weekly Parasha</a><font size="2"> Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, 1<sup>st</sup> Chief Rabbi of Israel, ‘According to Kook's philosophy of repentance, man's separation from God is not an objective fact but a consequence of human "forgetfulness" of a higher existence. Thus repentance, achieved through Torah learning, can restore man's unity with the divine. A mystic by nature, Kook viewed Jewish national revival as part of the divine plan for strengthening faith against the rising tide of heresy. He expounded this philosophy in several cryptic essays, many of which were published posthumously under the title Orot ha-qodesh, 3 vol. (1963-64; "Lights of Holiness").’<sup><a name="fnB38" href="#fn38">[38]</a></sup></font><br></div> <div><font size="2"> </font><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.workofthechariot.com/" target="_top">Work of the Chariot</a><font size="2"> includes the following major kabbalistic translations:</font><br></div> <ul> <li><font size="2">Idra Rabba Qadusha</font></li> <li><font size="2">Sifra Detzniyutha</font></li> <li><font size="2">Idra Zuta Qadusha</font></li> <li><font size="2">Ma'aseh Merkabah Literature</font></li> <li><font size="2">Books of Enoch</font></li> <li><a name="Index6"></a><font size="2">Sh'ir Qoma (Shiur Komah)</font></li> <li><font size="2">Etz HaChayyim</font></li></ul><div><font size="2"><b> </b></font><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htm" target="_top">Sacred Texts</a> includes:<br></div> <ul> <li>JPS Tanach</li> <li>Talmud including the Sayings of our Fathers</li> <li>Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginsburg</li> <li>The Kabbalah Unveiled by S.L MacGregor Mathers, basically the esoteric Zohar</li> <li>Sefer Yetzirah</li> <li><a name="Index7"></a><a name="Index8"></a>Midrash Tanhuma</li> <li>Habad Haggadah</li> <li>Maimonides 13 principles</li></ul><div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.servantsofthelight.org/" target="_top">Servants of the Light</a><font size="2"> includes:</font><br></div> <ul> <li><font size="2">Kabbalah time line</font></li> <li><font size="2">Saadia commentary</font></li> <li><font size="2">Sefer Yetzirah</font></li> <li><a name="Index9"></a><a name="Index10"></a><font size="2">Bahir</font></li> <li><a name="Index11"></a><font size="2">Zohar</font></li></ul><div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.seforimonline.org/seforim.html" target="_top">Seforim Online</a><font size="2"> contains PDF Hebrew/English source text files including Reshis Hochmah and the Guide to the perplexed.</font><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><a href="http://www.yedidnefesh.com/kaballah/song/index.htm" target="_top">Yedid Nefesh</a><a name="Index12"></a><font size="2"> contains a translation of Luzatto’s “Kalach Pitchei Chochmah”</font><br><br></div> <div align="center"><a name="Index13"></a><a name="Index14"></a><a name="Index15"></a><a name="Index16"></a><font size="1">(The background colors when available</font><sup><font size="1"><a name="fnB39" href="#fn39">[39]</a></font></sup><font size="1"> correspond to Tiferet from the teachings of Joseph Tzayach</font><a name="Index17"></a><font size="1"> Z</font><tt><font face="Courier New" size="1">”</font></tt><font size="1">l.<sup><a name="fnB40" href="#fn40">[40]</a></sup>)</font><br>The way one looks at the world is the kind of world one shall have.<sup><a name="fnB41" href="#fn41">[41]</a></sup><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br></div> <div align="center"><br><br><br><br></div> <hr><div><sup><a name="fn1" href="#fnB1">[1]</a></sup> Words of a Holocaust survivor when choosing not to cooperate with the Nazis in the movie “The Ninth Day” story about Jean Bernard, also see <a href="jkm004.htm#_Ref172876044">‎4.9.2.1</a> p. 344 and <a href="jkm008.htm#_Ref172876369">Meditation ‎8-5: Love Again</a> and <a href="jkm008.htm#_Ref172876755">Text ‎8-12: “For the Beauty of the Earth”</a> p. 439. <br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn2" href="#fnB2">[2]</a></sup> Jeremiah sitcom series, “The Bag.” Corollary – ‘Do what you love and things will work out.’<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn3" href="#fnB3">[3]</a></sup> Job 12:7-8. Pets help reduce anger, anxiety, stress, and disputes. They are an example of unconditional love.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn4" href="#fnB4">[4]</a></sup> Psalm 107:33 – <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>י</b>וסף נת<b>ן</b> בן רב</font> <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">אברהם צבי</font>. See <a href="jkm014.htm#_Ref93033033">Meditation ‎14-5: Eloah God as Creator</a> p. 648 for an explanation of the Name <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>אל</b></font><sub><font size="5" color="Fuchsia"><b>*</b></font></sub><font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)"><b>וה</b></font>.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn5" href="#fnB5">[5]</a></sup> Willy Wonka quote from Shakespeare. Put in a Jewish form: ‘In a weary world so shines a good deed.’ <br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn6" href="#fnB6">[6]</a></sup> Willy Wonka quote from Arthur O'Shaughnessy’s Ode from his book Music and Moonlight (1874):<br><br></div> <div align="center"><i>We are the music makers,</i><br><i>And we are the dreamers of dreams,</i><br><i>Wandering by lone sea-breakers,</i><br><i>And sitting by desolate streams;—</i><br><i>World-losers and world-forsakers,</i><br><i>On whom the pale moon gleams:</i><br><i>Yet we are the movers and shakers</i><br><i>Of the world for ever, it seems.</i><br><br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn7" href="#fnB7">[7]</a></sup> Spirit of a departed soul<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn8" href="#fnB8">[8]</a></sup> Psalm 137:5 – There are 22 Hebrew letters as well. ‘Forget’ is in the future in the first statement and could be a sigh of exasperation in the second statement as if “what good is my right hand if I do not remember Jerusalem.” To remember Jerusalem strengthens the right hand of salvation.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn9" href="#fnB9">[9]</a></sup> Prayer liturgy when returning the Torah to the ark<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn10" href="#fnB10">[10]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm001.htm#_Ref312932277">Text ‎1-1</a>: sustained by Hashem, having a consciousness derived from Hashem, and a voice rooted in Hashem. As Moshe was told to address the rock to bring forth water, we can address anything. There is a consciousness in everything that has its source in the creator. This is to become radically amazed with life and able to commune with others. There is even a consciousness in man-made objects. To be one with the Creator is to become a magical being interacting, helping, and appreciating all creation. King Solomon achieved this level in life when he wrote the Song of Songs (Canticles).<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn11" href="#fnB11">[11]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm026.htm#_Ref265067296">‎26.13.2</a> and <a href="jkm026.htm#_Ref240853876">Text ‎26-68: Psalm 85:11-14</a>. The land of Israel is infused with a sense of magic from the lush mountains and rains of the north to the landscape deserts of the south to the heavens above—all is filled with magic all is filled with Hashem. Magic is an integral quality in Judaism rivaling the philosophical approach of talmudic pilpul. While often at odds, neither can be denied. Perhaps the two reflect the relationship of tzedakah and tzedek.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn12" href="#fnB12">[12]</a></sup> Appreciate each day that you can eat and drink, walk outside and smell the fresh air. To be out of the hospital is another day in paradise. This is not the same as the Hebrew Bet Holim – where sick people recover. An old friend of my grandfather on the upper eastside of Manhattan told me once, “When you have your health it is like a billion dollars.” They gathered in the upper eastside shuls attending their minyans. Most were Holocaust survivors who had seen the worst to remind us of the best.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn13" href="#fnB13">[13]</a></sup> This is an important principle in Judaism. The past can be changed as easily as the future. Do not regret what you think you could have prevented. Even the death of a loved one can be reversed. Incorporate the values and ideas of the departed in your life. Let their advice become part of you, and they live again. <br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn14" href="#fnB14">[14]</a></sup> By living the life of the departed i.e. kissing the mezuzah when leaving the house, attending services, and informing others who care, we change the past.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn15" href="#fnB15">[15]</a></sup> The end is greater than the beginning; that is also with life <font size="1">[9/3/2011]</font>. There is Peace – Shalom – <font face="Times New Roman (Hebrew)">שלום</font> in the end that is greater than the beginning. <br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn16" href="#fnB16">[16]</a></sup> Even the fragrance of a rose along an evening walk is sufficient; that is as important for the baby as children and parents. <br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn17" href="#fnB17">[17]</a></sup> Even the outdoor fire of your neighbor is sufficient; that is as important for the baby as children and parents<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn18" href="#fnB18">[18]</a></sup> That will lead to the tranquility of a baby even the whole family. 3<sup>rd</sup> of Elul 5771<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn19" href="#fnB19">[19]</a></sup> Exercise before a meal prevents disease while after a meal the benefits are less substantial.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn20" href="#fnB20">[20]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm002.htm#_Ref221514535">Text ‎2-7: father letters --- mother letters</a> and <a href="jkm008.htm#_Ref227725007">‎8.3.1.2</a> on the 7<sup>th</sup> day of the Counting of the Omer p.427<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn21" href="#fnB21">[21]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm015.htm#_Ref166898135">‎15.4</a>, <a href="jkm015.htm#_Ref166898139">Finding ones Soul Mate</a>, page 673<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn22" href="#fnB22">[22]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm030.htm#_Ref308092196">‎30.33</a> <a href="jkm030.htm#_Ref308092196">Mary Poppins</a> p.1627<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn23" href="#fnB23">[23]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm030.htm#_Ref230862879">‎30.7.2</a>, Perkei Avot 2:5<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn24" href="#fnB24">[24]</a></sup> Treat your spouse as well as you would treat your own baby and talk in kind: See <a href="jkm015.htm#_Ref230880077">‎15.1</a>, <a href="jkm022.htm#_Ref281810559">‎22.3</a><br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn25" href="#fnB25">[25]</a></sup> Perkei Avot 5:10<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn26" href="#fnB26">[26]</a></sup> Isaiah 43:10<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn27" href="#fnB27">[27]</a></sup> Isaiah 45:5,18<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn28" href="#fnB28">[28]</a></sup> Numbers 23:19<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn29" href="#fnB29">[29]</a></sup> Psalm 146:3. Yet see Footnote <a href="jkm003.htm#_Ref285659745">15</a> p.284, a later idea that gained traction in Israel as well.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn30" href="#fnB30">[30]</a></sup> <a href="jkm009.htm#_Ref227724907">Text ‎9-1: R. Judah Albotini’s Ladder of Ascent</a> p.469<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn31" href="#fnB31">[31]</a></sup> See <a href="jkm002.htm#_Ref216670984">‎2.2.3.1</a>. Penny wise and pound foolish, in anger we lose insight and intelligence and cannot see the bigger picture.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn32" href="#fnB32">[32]</a></sup> Quality is a relationship that we develop with our work. See “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Quality products are a result of this relationship.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn33" href="#fnB33">[33]</a></sup> Sennacherib, who led the Asyrian invasion of Israel, had descendents who were proselytes and two were the pair who led the Academy of Israel. “His sons fled to Kardu where they released the many Jewish captives there. With them they marched to Jerusalem and became proselytes. The well-known scholars Shemaiah and Avtalyon were the descendants of these two sons of Sennacherib (Git. 57b; Targ., II Kings 19:35, 37).” --- Jewish Virtual Library. <br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn34" href="#fnB34">[34]</a></sup> Isaiah 56 (<a href="jkm002.htm#_Ref282607248">‎2.10.6</a> <a href="jkm002.htm#_Ref282607248">Isaiah 56 and God’s Strangers</a> p.193) reminded us of the reward of the righteous eunuchs, although they were prohibited from entering the Temple from Deuteronomy 23 (<a href="jkm002.htm#_Ref282607275">‎2.5.4</a> <a href="jkm002.htm#_Ref282607275">Ki Teitzei Deut 23 prohibited marriages</a> p.132). The Written Torah evolves with oral teachings; discrimination is overturned when it defaces the sanctification of G-d’s name.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn35" href="#fnB35">[35]</a></sup> Leviticus 19:18, the second clause is to instill the first clause.<br><sup><a name="fn36" href="#fnB36">[36]</a></sup> <a href="http://www.breslovtorah.com" target="_top">http://www.breslovtorah.com</a> for mp3 lectures. <a href="http://www.breslov.com/Rosenfeld" target="_top">http://www.breslov.com/Rosenfeld</a> <br><sup><a name="fn37" href="#fnB37">[37]</a></sup> <a href="http://www.safrus.com/alephbet.html" target="_top">http://www.safrus.com/alephbet.html</a> ; <a href="http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_home.html" target="_top">http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/3_home.html</a> <br><sup><a name="fn38" href="#fnB38">[38]</a></sup> Encyclopedia Britannica 1998.<br></div> <div><sup><a name="fn39" href="#fnB39">[39]</a></sup> The yellow and violet background that is sometimes behind the website is called “Spinning Stars” and is based on a wallpaper from the <i>People’s Commisar</i> of <i>alt.magick</i>.<br><sup><a name="fn40" href="#fnB40">[40]</a></sup> The Onyx Stone (Evven HasShoham), The Binding of Life (Tzeror HaChaim), Remnant of Joseph (Sheirut Yosef) discussed in Meditation and Kabbalah, Aryeh Kaplan trans. p.158.<br><sup><a name="fn41" href="#fnB41">[41]</a></sup> Rav Avigdor Miller<br></div> <ul> <li><a href="jkm001.htm#Heading1959">1 Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="jkm002.htm#Heading2152">2 The Written Bible</a></li> <li><a href="jkm003.htm#Heading8596">3 The Oral Teachings</a></li> <li><a href="jkm004.htm#Heading10068">4 Kabbalah Authors</a></li> <li><a href="jkm005.htm#Heading11116">5 Kabbalah Texts</a></li> <li><a href="jkm006.htm#Heading12065">6 Israel</a></li> <li><a href="jkm007.htm#Heading12232">7 Character</a></li> <li><a href="jkm008.htm#Heading12815">8 Time</a></li> <li><a href="jkm009.htm#Heading14577">9 Gateways</a></li> <li><a href="jkm010.htm#Heading16735">10 Names of God</a></li> <li><a href="jkm011.htm#Heading18637">11 Name of messiahs</a></li> <li><a href="jkm012.htm#Heading19051">12 Dreaming of angels</a></li> <li><a href="jkm013.htm#Heading19443">13 Prayer</a></li> <li><a href="jkm014.htm#Heading20625">14 Hypnotic Meditation</a></li> <li><a href="jkm015.htm#Heading21580">15 Marriage</a></li> <li><a href="jkm016.htm#Heading22725">16 To Hell and Back</a></li> <li><a href="jkm017.htm#Heading23159">17 The Tree of Life</a></li> <li><a href="jkm018.htm#Heading24688">18 Planes of Existence</a></li> <li><a href="jkm019.htm#Heading24798">19 Back To The Future</a></li> <li><a href="jkm020.htm#Heading25010">20 Dancing With Angels</a></li> <li><a href="jkm021.htm#Heading25115">21 Health</a></li> <li><a href="jkm022.htm#Heading31805">22 Children, Family, Friends)</a></li> <li><a href="jkm023.htm#Heading32451">23 Animals, Plants, Rocks, Sky, Snow, Trees, and Land</a></li> <li><a href="jkm024.htm#Heading32760">24 History and Language</a></li> <li><a href="jkm025.htm#Heading33170">25 Music</a></li> <li><a href="jkm026.htm#Heading33373">26 Religions</a></li> <li><a href="jkm027.htm#Heading36928">27 Mathematics</a></li> <li><a href="jkm028.htm#Heading36999">28 Science</a></li> <li><a href="jkm029.htm#Heading37485">29 Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="jkm030.htm#Heading38212">30 Appendix</a></li> <li><a href="jkm031.htm#Heading47523">31 Glossaries</a></li> <li><a href="jkm032.htm#Heading48147">32 Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="jkm033.htm#Heading48172">33 Index</a></li> </ul> <hr> <div align="CENTER"><a href="jkm001.htm" target="RightFrame">Next</a> <a href="jkm.htm">Home</a> <a href="jkm_t.htm">Title Page</a> <a href="jkm_i.htm">Index</a> <a href="jkm_c.htm">Contents</a> </div> </body>