Decoding the Universe - Part 10
"Divine Personalities"
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded at the Intown Jewish Academy on January 13, 2019)
Human beings have different personalities. The Talmud sums it up thus: "Just as two faces are not alike, so are two personalities not alike."
Truth be told, each of us individually possesses multiple personalities. We have moments of kindness and moments of severity, moments of ambition and moments of humility.
Seeing as we human beings have been created in the Divine image, the Kabbalists expose G-d's "multiple personalities." Each is intimated by one of the many names of G-d found in Scripture. The name "Havaya" evokes a different personality than the name "Elokim," and the name "Keil" is very different than the name "Shakai."
In this magnificent session of Kabbalah & Coffee we look at Divine Personalities and decode the Biblical names of G-d. In the process we encounter the magnificent mystical doctrine of Tzimtzum, and discover just how we got to be who we are.
