Category : A Kabbalistic Approach to Spiritual Growth

The seventh and final skill that a teacher must acquire is the ability to use reward and punishment in monitoring his students' progress. The teacher...

Prayer notwithstanding, it is still often necessary to confront certain habits head on and refuse to indulge them any more. The teacher needs to remember...

Two currents of energy influence the conscious level of the human personality. The first is from "above" originating within the Divine soul. It is a...

Every human being is a confederacy of parts as expressed most explicitly in the Hebrew word adam meaning "man," which can be divided into two fragments. The...

The fifth skill of formulating a detailed plan of instruction takes place at the level of the sefirah of netzach ("victory") and of hod ("thanksgiving"). These two sefirot, which represent the two...

After analyzing the student's personality, the educator must use this information to instigate the changes he envisions. His strategy should reflect both careful deliberation and...

Even good attributes, already tempered and working at capacity, require further reinforcement and rectification as expressed by: "Search for peace and pursue it" (Psalms 34:15).  The...

To keep the good, fix the fixable and replace the bad, different methods of treatment are required. The verse in the Book of Psalms: "Turn...

The teacher must be skilled in tailoring his advice to each student based on a concerned and loving vision of what would be attractive versus...

It is not surprising to find that this skill of customizing advice relates to the property of the soul associated with the sefirah of tiferet ("beauty") with a strong...