Shabbat Lech Lecha
לך לך
Lech Lecha = "Go For Yourself"
Zohar: Avram - Soul; Sarai - Body
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Consciousness Builder:
Thinking For . . .
Many years ago a wise man wrote: “show me a smooth operation,and I'll show you a cover-up. Real boats rock!”
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How true! How true!
Today, so many want so much to just go smoothly, without ripples. Today, so many just want things to be simply black and white, without infinite shades of gray in between. Today, so many just want to be told what to believe, and not have to figure out things for oneself! So many today are lazy. So many today are sheep. And we all know where sheep end up. Not everyone is a vegetarian!
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We are taught to be courageous like the leopard, and strong like the lion! Yet, today, who has the courage to think? Who today has the strength to stand up to the numbing crowd and say the terrible truth: I think for myself! I draw my own conclusions!
Rock the boat. Feel the real waves of real life. Walk the wondrous path of exploration and discovery that takes one out of intellectual darkness and into sublime truth. Take the chance!
Be the lion! Roar! Just don't be a pussycat. The roar of the pussycat is not a roar, at all.
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- Do you think the overall impact is correct regarding your community?
- Are the Animal Al iterations Accurate, in your opinion?
- Is the Desire for a Smooth Life Beneficial to a Person?
- Is it beneficial to embrace the Spiritual Change that Comes From Life's Rocking Boat?
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Story Section:
Why the Rabbi Went to Prison
Mordechai Lipskier
Rabbi Nachum of Chernobyl often traveled to collect money for a fund for pidyan shvuyim (redeeming Jewish prisoners). While traveling through the city of Zhitomir on one occasion, local authorities imprisoned him for his “criminal” work.
One day an elderly woman wrapped in a shawl appeared near his cell and began to speak: “Hashem tested Abraham by instructing him: ‘Go forth (lech lecha) from your land, and from your birthplace, and from your father's house,’ promising that this would ultimately benefit him. But what kind of benefit can come from leaving everything one has? I don't understand.”
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Rabbi Nachum, who realized that this woman wasn't an ordinary person, remained silent.
She continued, answering her own question: “Abraham excelled at helping travelers with lodging, food and drink. But because he had never experienced the distress of leaving the comforts of home, or the turmoil of spending endless days on the road, he couldn't identify with the people he helped. Hashem wanted Abraham to gain a deeper appreciation for his work.”
Rabbi Nachum understood (as he later related to Rabbi Zev Volf, the maggid of Zhitomir) that the elderly woman intended to provide Rabbi Nachum insight into his own situation.
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Clearly, Hashem had arranged for him to be in prison so that he could better appreciate the value of the work he did raising funds to redeem prisoners.
“And, the woman in the shawl” Rabbi Nachum added, “was none other than Sarah, wife of Abraham.”
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Questions
- Can one be effective doing work that they have not personally experienced?
- Was the woman, in the story, actually a messenger from HaShem?
- Would you have been willing to remain quiet while in the debths of an unfair prison sentence?
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Shabbat Lech Lecha is usually translated as "Go for Yourself". A more literal translation is Go! You Go!. In the first verse, as we analyzed last year, we discover from the 4 instructions of what to leave - Our country - Our people - Our country - and relocate that these instructions apply to both the spiritual level through the soul code named Avram and the body code named Sarai.
In Judaism the Children of Israel have developed 3 adages that, in my opinion, relate to these specific instructions. Here they are:
Change your Name = Change your Health
Change your location = Change your Destiny
Change your environment - friends = Change your values.
All of these change recommendations relate to 1 thing --- An
Individual
not a group.
The message of this parasha is clearly ---
Change yourself.
The method to achieve this is constant evaluation related to these three adages as they relate to your life at this moment.
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This is part of the process of Constant Teshuvah.
The high holidays for the year 5779 are over yet the period of Teshuvah - Returning to HaShem is NOT Over for 5779. It continues each and every day during the year.
This process is called Tikune HaNefesh - Correcting the soul. Please do this nightly accounting of your daily actions.
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For Parasha - Lech Lecha - Genesis - Chapter 12 Verse 2:
וְאֶעֶשְׂךָ, לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל, וַאֲבָרֶכְךָ, וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶךָ; וֶהְיֵה, בְּרָכָה.
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For earlier verses in this Parasha see
this link
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ranslation:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Transliteration:
Weesehcha Legoi Gadol, wabarechecha waahgadlah Shemecha, Wehayai Bracha.
Numbers from the Verse.
8 words: - connects to the Sefirah of Binah
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Number of Letters:
36 letters. 36 connects to the Tzadikim - Righteous people. It also relates to two levels of life since it is 2 x 18 and 18 is a number relating to life.
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Shiluv - First Letters:
This is my intuitive connection. You need to do this for yourself as well
ולגוושוב
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Regular Gematria:
359 is the regular gematria. 359 is the gematria of the Hebrew word Satan as well as the Hebrew word Mashiach when the Colel is added.
Small Gematria:
35 is the small gematria, 35 is the gematria of the Hebrew word for "boundary".
Normal gematria
Normal gematria is when the position of a letter within the order of the Alef Bet is recognized: 6+12+3+6+6+21+6+2 = 62. 62 is the shoresh - root for the Hebrew word for understanding.It is also the gematria of the Hebrew words that translate as harlot and fornicate. 62 is the gematria of the acronym word Agila which stands for "You are the Power through the endless ages Adonai". Also 35 is the gematria of the word Benai that translates as sons and or children. There are many other words with this gematria as well.
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Shiluv - Final Letters
This is my intuitive connection. You need to do this for yourself as well.
ךילךהךהה
Regular Gematria
Regular gematria is 115. 115 is the gematria of the Hebrew word for strength.
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Final Letter Gematria
1555 is The final letter gematria. 155 = 1552 + 3. 1552 is the gematria of Arich Anpin - Large Face. This is a partzuf for Keter. 3 relates to the Tree of Life columns. Thus 1555 is the partzufim on the Right Left and Central .
Small Gematria:
25 is the small gematria. 25 is the gematria of Yehi which translates as "let there be".
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Normal gematria:
Normal gematria is when the position of a letter within the order of the Alef Bet is recognized: 11+10+12+11+5+11+5+5 = 70. 70 connects to the 70 Nations. There are many Hebrew words with a gematria of 70. Among them is the phrase that translates as "Adam and Chavah". Other words are "secret and wine".
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Please email
yeshshem@hotmail.com
with your own meanings to these letters as acronyms. Your meanings will be added to the parasha page along with the attribution unless you request that there not be an attribution posted.
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It is important that the above is not misinterpreted. There is only one God and He/She/It is the God of the Children of Israel. Always feel and show respect - fear, awe for God whose Name is
יהוה
Included in this name are all of the attributes that a human being perceives as belonging to HaShem, including Elohim - Shadai - myriads of other Names.
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In this section we offer a few Kabbalistic tools and links to more on their Explanations:
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What is in your Name?
The kabbalah teaches that everything is in your Name?
The answers to all of life's questions are in your Name . . especially
- Why was i born? What am i here to do?
- Where will i find my soul mate?
- When i change my name does it mean i have changed?
To learn what one can learn from one's Name one needs to know what is my name.
Your Name does not include your family name although things about all members of a family can be learned from your family Name.
Each person has 7 Names. Things related to these Names have great potential to help your spiritual growth. What are these Names? They are your name as a child of your mother and father as a son and daughter of both sets of grandparents.
Here is a link that has two additional links within it to help explain how ton utilize your name as a tool.
It is strongly recommended to learn what your names tell you about yourself
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Shiluv:
Yeshshem teaches about a spiritual tool named Shiluv - intertwining Hebrew Letters.This tool represents HaShem's mercy, yet only if you know how to utilize it.
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The DNA Tool:
There is still an opportunity to change the DNA of the year until Tevet according to the Kabbalists. From Tevet until Tishrai it is more difficult yet still possible.
Yes it is more difficult than doing this on Yom Kippur yet it still can be done. To do this requires us to continue our Teshuvah
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Teshuvah reminder and metaphor for many aspects
of our mistakes:
The Torah teaches that we are responsible for the deaths in the city of Chicago. We
did not pull the triggers yet we also did not reveal sufficient Light so that people who
pulled the triggers would know their responsibility to not pull the triggers.
Please add this to your list of items to do Teshuvah!
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Wednesday October 17th at 7 PM
- Questions and Answer
Thursday October 18th at 4:30 PM
- Deep Zohar of Parasha Lech Lecha
Thursday October 18th at 7 PM
- Zohar Noach
Friday October 19th at 7AM
- Psalm Study
Motzie Shabbat October 20th at 6 PM
- Havdalah
Motzei Shabbat October 20th at 7 PM -
Zohar Class - Vaera
All classes can be heard live on our conference call system at
605 475 6333 using pincode 911904#
Please Note NEW Number
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The 72 Names come from 3 verses - Exodus Chapter 14 Verses 19 - 21. The Zohar tells how to form these 3 verses into 2 sets of 3 letter sequences. These Names are utilized as meditative tools and Kavenah when saying the Shema Israel Prayer.
If you can not find your Name send an email to yeshshem@hotmail.com requesting your Personal Name and Chart.
As we enter the new year and Month of Nissan we recognize that there are many ways to allocate these Names.
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Hebrew Astrology
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan was on the 9th and 10th of October. Our connection was on the evening of October 9th during our 7PM class.
Here is a link to the recording.
Rachel Imenu Hilulah is on October 20th.
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Sidereal Hebrew Astrology
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The Moon begins the week in Kislev - Sagittarius. This will tend to influence people toward an expanding essence.
Aspects:
There are no major aspects during the week. This leaves a vacumn where the previous influences continue.
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