5th Set

  • VAYAKHEI

    In this parsha the elements of the Mishkan are defined including the Incense Alter which the Zohar describes as a connection between us and Hashem. The column of smoke rises to make this relationship, here reflecting the colors of the Sehpirot which extend upwards to release the unpronounceable name of God and when acknowledged the chariots of…

  • KI TISSA

    The Zohar responds to the making of the idol of the golden calf that it was forced on Aaron (here in orange the color associated with him in Kabbalah). Idol worshipping people who went along with the Hebrews who left Egypt despite experiencing the revelation at Mount Sinai they did not accept Hashem’s wonders and…

  • TETZAVEH

    The Zohar comments on the line in this week’s parsha: “Take you to you.” It says that Moses who was metaphorically the sun united with, it says, the larger moon as all the aspects of the letter “vav” were addressed. Vav is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and it translates as “hook.” It connects…

  • TERUMAH

    This parsha Terumah talks about all the implements in the Mishkan.  One is the table made of acacia wood and covered with gold that is to be the offering of bread.  The Zohar speaks of this table having a supernal version and that from both of these comes the food for all and that this…

  • MISHPATIM

    The Zohar refers to Moses being the only prophet to speak “mouth to mouth” with The Holy One. They talk about this communication being through the Sh’ma and the sephirot here inside the representational “mouth” of Hashem with the colors of the four worlds Kabbalah says we live in simultaneously. The Zohar also says that…

  • YITRO

    The Zohar speaks to this most important parsha of the giving of the Ten Utterances – the Ten Commandments.  It’s said that the first items created were the Hebrew letters.  Once the earth and heavens were made, the “hands” of Hashem would engrave two sapphire tablets from two drops of dew and the letters of…

  • BESHALACH

    The Zohar in this parsha tells of the Hebrew people heading toward freedom but coming to the raging waters of the Yam Suph. They are guarded by the pillar of smoke in the day and fire in the night and in each of these is one of the patriarchs.  On the right is Abraham associated…

  • BO

    The Zohar speaks to Hashem bringing Moses into the innermost hidden rooms of Pharaoh revealing to a frightened Moses, the secrets of the great crocodile from which on deeper levels the spiritual travels.  The waters surrounding the large crocodile is written as the serene river of the highest realm of Keter, the crown, in Kabbalah’s…

  • VA’ERA

    The Zohar speaks to the exceptional connections the patriarchs had with Hashem and on the levels of the higher worlds their beings were open to receiving spiritual guidance. And Moses being the most evolved of all the patriarchs with eyes closed radiating cosmic energy was able to experience what the Zohar describes as the three…

  • SHEMOT

    The Zohar speaks of Moses as a caring shepherd who would seek out and carry a lost lamb, but on this afternoon he was moved to take the flock into a desert area and above him there appeared birds near a cave and in this cave was what we all know as the burning bush,…