February 2006

Contents

1. Kabbalistic Insights into Shvat
2. Aquarius: Feminine Spirituality
3. Shabbat Beshalach
4. New Year of the Tree
5. Your Tu b’Shvat Connection.
6. Your Purim Connection.

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From the year 1540 and onward, the basic levels of Kabbalah must be taught publicly to everyone, young and old. Only through Kabbalah will we forever eliminate war, destruction, and man's inhumanity to his fellow man.

- Abraham Azulai in The Mercy of Abraham

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Kabbalistic Insight into Shvat (Aquarius)

By Rabbi Max Weiman of Kabbalah Made Easy
Shvat is January 30 - February 28, 2006
Each month of the Hebrew calendar contains mystical meaning. Shvat teaches us about the wellsprings of wisdom. The word shvat is related to the Hebrew word for a staff or rod. A staff can be used as a symbol of power, or as a cane to lean on. It serves a master. This is an underlying theme of the month. Read More

Aquarius: Feminine Spirituality

By Mindy Ribner of Beit Miriam
Shvat is January 30 - February 28, 2006
This month marks a hidden and mystical time of new beginning and rebirth. The renewal that occcurs in Shvat is not yet manifest on the physical plane, but the process has begun. We may have lived through a cold and challenging winter this year, but spring is coming!! Read More

Shabbat Beshalach

By Student Kabbalah Group
Shabbat Beshalach is February 11, 2006, and the evening preceding.
Shabbat Beshalach is the anniversary of the moment in history when The Shem Ha Mephorash, the 72-Part Name of God, commonly known as the 72 Names of God, was first revealed. Every year on this special Shabbat, the energy that fuels The 72 Names is released again into the cosmos. We connect to this influx of energy by using the tools of the kabbalists. Read More

Tu b'Shvat New Year of the Tree

By Mindy Ribner of Beit Miriam
Tu b'Shvat is February 13, 2006, and the evening preceding.
This month is Tu B'Shvat (The Rosh Hashanah for the Trees) and on the closest Shabbat we read the Torah portion of Beshalach. Because these events occupy at relatively the same time, we know that they are connected to each other and we need to understand their connection and relevance to our lives. It is interesting and important to note that in the month of Shevat we are reading about the Israelites’ departure from Egypt. These Torah portions give us an insight into the spiritual energy and opportunity of this month. Read More

Your Tu b'Shvat Connection

Adapted by Student Kabbalah Group
The Tu b'Shvat Seder occurs the evening of February 12, 2006.
On Tu B'Shvat the Creator showers new Light into the trees and vegetation of our world. Tu B'Shvat is an opportunity for all of us to connect and receive the new powerful Light that will begin permeating our world this Tu B'Shvat. Part of the Tu B’Shvat Connection involves partaking in a sit-down dinner known as the Seder. The Tu B’Shvat Seder was instituted by 16th Century Kabbalists and is modeled after the Pesach (Passover Seder). While it is pleasurable to meet and dine with family and friends, the meal is actually a spiritual procedure. It’s truly a feast for the soul. Seder means "order" in Hebrew. Unlike the rest of the year, when unseen spiritual forces pummel you every which way, you now have the chance, through the spiritual technology of the Seder, to put order into the events of your life. All the steps of the Seder—when charged with the energy of Tu B’Shvat—become highly sophisticated instruments that connect you to the different elevations of the Four Worlds, the source of all energy and the origins of our reality. Read More

Your Purim Connection

Purim is March 14, 2006, and the evening preceding.
During this 24 hour time period known as Purim, you can leave the world where you live 364 days of the year and go to the level where you can convert any darkness in your body, your mind, and in your soul. A way to visualize this process is to consider an expensive but ugly silver necklace a friend gives you. The silver is valuable but it is an unpleasant form. You decide you want to make something nice out of it so what do you do? You melt it down - into an undifferentiated state - and then you create something beautiful out of it. This is what you can do on Purim. Take any negativity that you have, take it all the way back to undifferentiated state, and transform your ugliness into something beautiful. Read More

Events

Tue. 2/28 - 7PM New Moon of Adar (Pisces)

Sales

72 Name Beshalach Sale

Purim Tools must be ordered by Feb. 20th to arrive by Purim