Category : Education

This sixth skill of setting pace and priorities is related to the sefirah of yesod ("foundation"), which Kabbalah describes as a channel connecting the heavens with the earth, the...

In the Book of Psalms, King David teaches that, "The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God." From this verse–as well as other sayings...

The two linguistic components of wisdom (choch-mah), which we analyzed above, appear together in the oft-quoted passage from the Book of Habakkuk describing the coming of the...

A Kabbalistic Approach to Spiritual Growth In the previous chapter, we discussed the skill of getting to know the student's inner and outer realities. This...

A Kabbalistic Approach to Spiritual Growth The sages explain that whenever the Torah requires us to "enter" something new–whether it be a new land or...

As we are looking at education through the lens of Kabbalah, we must begin by defining education in Kabbalistic terms. Kabbalah considers Hebrew the language...

I n the previous chapter, we learned through the story of the Tzemach Tzedek on how we must relate to every imperfection we see outside ourselves...

  Another metaphor which parallels the relationship of initiation/inspiration and integration is that of planting a tree and then nurturing it to fruition. This fits...

A Kabbalistic Approach to Spiritual Growth The task of "pursuing peace" is, in some ways, the most essential of all the educator's analytical tasks. Therefore,...

A Kabbalistic Approach to Spiritual Growth The property of the soul which serves as an antidote for the problems of the ego that block effective...