Fundamentals of Kabbalah and Chassidut - Ma'aseh Bereishit - The Workings of Creation - Part 9

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This class completes our series on the Introduction to Ma'aseh Bereishit. We continued our discussions from the Talmudic tractate of Chagigah which discusses the idea that there are seven heavens and the distance between each heaven. These highly symbolic teachings are open to various interpretations and we discuss many of them. We also discuss how the seven heavens symbolize different methods of Jewish meditation.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to the Final Series on Ma'aseh Bereishit
01:30 The Scriptural Debate: Two vs. Seven Heavens
03:44 The Physical Atmosphere: Vilon and Rakia
05:58 The Spiritual Abodes: Shechakim and Zevul
08:14 Higher Realms: Maon and Machon
11:53 Aravot: The Seventh Heaven and the Throne of Glory
13:58 The Paradox of God Dwelling in Light and Darkness
15:47 Divine Warnings Against Probing Beyond Human Comprehension
18:14 Transition: Interpreting Heavens as Seven Levels of Meditation
19:40 The Meditational Foundation: The Earth (Eretz)
20:45 Creating a Divine Space via the Six Continual Mitzvot
22:20 Level 1: Meditation on the Constant Renewal of Creation
22:45 Level 2: Meditation on the 22 Hebrew Letters
23:44 Level 3: Moving from Letters to Meditating on Words
24:40 Level 4: Chochmat Hatziruf and the Permutation of Words
25:05 Level 5: Sod HaChashmal—The Paradox of Silence and Speech
25:35 Level 6: Yediat HaShem and Knowing the Names of God
26:57 Level 7: The Final Ascent into Ma'aseh Merkavah
27:54 Nebuchadnezzar’s Ego vs. the Vastness of the Cosmos
29:54 Calculating Immensity: The 500-Year Journey and "Light Years"
31:35 Modern Astronomy and the Revelation of Ancient Sages
32:20 Concluding Reflections: Living by the Entire Torah