Prayer and Kabbalah

by JewKnowIt and Tzvi Gluckin

Many pillars of Jewish belief are impossible to comprehend without studying Kabbalah. So why is it so misunderstood?

by aish.com

The Mourner’s Kaddish is one of a number of important prayers said in the merit of the departed.

by Evelyn Levine

Thank God for thankfulness. Saying blessings can transform your life.

by Daniella Levy

An informal tour of the daily prayers.

by Debbie Gutfreund

The specter of antisemitism is shaping my ongoing dialogue with God.

by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

The primary purpose of prayer is to get close to God.

by Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld

Blessings over food and other experiences are tools for transcendental amazement.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

What is behind the most famous Jewish prayer?

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Tefillin: Everything you need to know about those powerful black boxes, placed on the head and arm.

by Tzvi Gluckin

Prayer plays an important role in Jewish life. What is it, and what’s the best way to use it?

by Rabbi Berel Wein

Mincha is an oasis of spiritual time in a tough workday, a moment of calming nerves and focusing on priorities.

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

With Israel under attack, every prayer matters. Here are the Psalms traditionally recited during times of war.

by Sarah Pachter

Surprising benefits of prayer that are backed by scientific studies.

by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff

What should you be thinking about as the shofar pierces the air?

by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller

The Israeli actress wakes up each morning with a prayer of thanks on her lips.

by B.C. Wallin

Exploring the primary themes of the special Mussaf prayer.

by Deborah Cenker

How the dentist chair became one of the most intense places I encounter God.

by Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt

Exploring the Jewish understanding of prayer.

by Dr. Lisa Aiken, Ph.D.

If we pray with sincerity, there is no such thing as an unanswered prayer.

by Leigh Pennington

Numerology, code, and a deeper meaning of life,

by Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

Sometimes it’s the events that seem so wrong that end up saving us.

by Rachel Carmon

I was berating myself, feeling down and useless. Little did I know that God was listening to my pain.

by Amy Goldman

God is waiting for your call.

by Rabbi Adam Jacobs

Why do human beings undergo a mini-death every night?

by Rebbetzin Chana Heller

Ten steps to a powerful ask.

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

I prayed and learned Torah at home, but there was no way I could replace the communal aspect that only a synagogue supplies.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Henny Machlis’s recipe for treating the ills of the pandemic.

by Yael Zoldan M.A.

They're not pretty. They begin when we put down the facade of competence and acknowledge that we can’t manage, we can’t handle, we can’t fix.

by Sarah Levy

How Rabbi Noah Weinberg's book shook my stagnation and gave me a path to meaningful prayer.

by David Fohrman

What happens when God doesn't answer our prayers?

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Kabbala is the Torah's expression of the way the world works. Removed from its source, it's a lot of rubbish. (First in a series.)

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

How can we get a glimpse of God? Kabbala reveals how the Infinite interacts with humanity.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

A Kabbalistic concept explaining the multiplicity of God's manifestations in the world helps us see how God is truly One.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Ten Sefirot are not "ten" by chance -- their number helps us understand the design of the entire world.

by Akiva Taubenblat

One answer lies in the three key moments that can help make or break a basketball player’s spirit.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Prayer lifts us above a fragmented world, where we turn our focus to only One God, whose many attributes make up one cohesive union.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

God funnels His will through the primary Sefirot of intellect, creating a world where each event and interaction is part of a larger, comprehensible pattern.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Out of the Ten Sefirot, chochmah, wisdom is the trait which allows creating something out of nothing, for it truly comes from "nowhere."

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The second of the Ten Sefirot -- binah – is the womb where raw understanding is developed and processed.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The third of the Ten Sefirot -- daat -- allows flashes of inspiration, once processed, to be brought to fruition.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The fourth of the Ten Sefirot -- chesed -- precedes all others because it is the only one that is unconditional and unmotivated.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The fifth of the Ten Sefirot -- gevurah -- is the second sefira of action and one which brings strict justice into the world.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Chesed-kindness and gevurah-strength work in tandem, defining God's interaction with the world as a right/left pull/push phenomenon.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Creation of raw matter is an act of chesed-kindness. Giving form to creation requires the restraint of gevurah-strength.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The sefirot of "action" engender love and fear on our part, the two "wings" which we need to soar up to the heavens.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

Of the Ten Sefirot, tiferet -- which literally means "beauty" or "glory" -- is the most central as it mediates between chesed ("kindness") and gevurah ("strength").

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The dynamic of interaction between the three sefirot of "action" can be compared to a courtroom where kindness, chesed, is the defender and judgment gevurah/din the prosecutor.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

A mysterious dialogue between Moses and God gives us clues to the "ways of God" -- revelations of a deep mystical knowledge which enriches our understanding of the Torah.

by Rabbi Shimon Leiberman

The sefirot of chesed, gevurah, tiferet -- kindness, strength and beauty -- have an interrelationship that serves as a model for understanding the relationships between the other sefirot.