TZADDIK MAGAZINE – new issue out now!

Streamlined Kabbalah from the holy city of Tsfat!

 

Title: Winter 2013 * 5773

Language: English

Numbers of page: 68, full color!
Published by Tzaddik Publishing

Manufactured in Tsfat, Israel

Official Website: http://www.tzaddikmag.com/

Again, we received this very beautiful magazine covering topics in-depth of Judaism, Devekut, Shabbat, Wealth, Tikkun Olam. We thank the staff of Tzaddik magazine to keep informed the Brazilians about new edition!

The team of Contributors includes: Esther Bashe (writer and photographer), Sharon Marson (educator, poet, author), Rabbi Aron Moss (prolific writer of the topics including Kabbalah, interpersonal relationship), Chaim Safra (Graduated in Political Science), Rivka Sara Akiva (Graduate of Sharei Bina Seminary), R’ Aharon Rubin (Author of Eye to the Infinite, Hypnotherapist and teacher) and other great Sages.

As mentioned in their pages, “Enjoy this issue of Tzaddik magazine and the potential found inside to transform ourselves into higher beings.” –– This is truth; there are selected articles directed to all the ages as well as subjects related to male and female.

The first article is about the master of yichudim “BENAYAHU BEN YEHOYADA, the “Ben Ish Chai”, of blessed memory. A short biography but amazing!

Next is the Yahrtzeits of Tzaddikim, the anniversary of the death of a loved one or tzaddik, the list begun in Adar, Nisan and ends in Iyar.

A Letter Consonant with Love, a life lesson, this is a report personal experiences and fact scientific.

Piercing Heaven’s turbulence (Hitbodedut & Reaching for the top) –– The Rav Ephraim Kenig uses the teachings in Likutey Moharan of the master Kabbalist Rebbe Nachman, leading us to the most important points as to perform meditation (Hitdodedut) so easy and true. A set of prayers, devotion and knowledge to approach Hashem.

Eye to the Infinite –– A bombastic summary of lessons on the psychological side of our mind, and spiritual experiences, the effects of the relationship between God and man.

A page featuring methods of a meditation based from Sefer Botzinah De’Nehorah of Rabbi Baruch of Mezhibuz.

Gateway to Egypt –– by Rabbi Gedaliah Aharon Kenig, zt”l told us about the significance of the Egyptian exile, great revelations!

The work of Giving “Transforming cruelty into compassion” by Rav Elazar Mordechai Kenig, based on Likutey Moharan Tinyana 4.

The Obstructing Shadow by Rav Ephraim Kenig explains details as unlock our way to serve Hashem, you can gain a broader understanding to correct errors, negative characteristics in life.

Two pages dedicated to Rabbi Moshe Cordovero –– read a wonderful message from the Ramak, at the end of exile.

Some pages are presenting articles of Shabbos Kodesh, Shabbos Soup.

Just one thing is missing, the soul –– by Rabbi Moshe Weinberger. A call to the Torah, and our trust in Hashem, our Creator.

This is a magazine for the whole family; you will not only impressed, but also delight in the teachings of the great sages!

Reviewed by Gilson Arruda.

The official theology of the Jewish people

One must be cautioned that when speaking about Kabbalah, it does not refer to the numerous imitations being sold nowadays in the form of little booklets, red strings, and healing waters.

All of these approaches take the name of Kabbalah in vain, for the utmost secrets of the world and the promise of eternal life, protective angels, and supreme devotion cannot be purchased for five cents apiece.
This type of commercialized mysticism is surely more propagated today than authentic Kabbalah and has the dangerous ability to deceive the masses into believing that they have discovered the essence of Kabbalah.

 
Kabbalah is—or at least has been for the last five hundred years—the official theology of the Jewish people. It is the route to gaining a better understanding of the relationship between man and God.

By: Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

---We are not a perfect family, but we are a real family---

What does it mean to identify oneself as a Jew?

As a rabbi, as someone who is, one might say, a Jew by profession, I have given a fair amount of thought to this issue.

 
The most obvious first answer, I believe, is that a person is a Jew by religion.

 
In fact, that is a hard argument to make, as odd as it may seem. There is no basic set of meaningful principles on which all Jews would agree. And there are huge variations in both practice and belief.

 
Are Jews members of a race? This is clearly not the case. Jews come in every color and exhibit every combination of ethnic features.

 
Do Jews belong to a nation? Following the involuntary exile inflicted on us many centuries ago, the notion of Jews as a people living in one place, speaking one language, or even sharing one culture does not fit.

 
Even linguistically, we are splintered. Hebrew is our official language, the language of the land of Israel and of our sacred texts, but many Jews have no knowledge of it at all.

 
What we are is a family. We are the biological or, in the case of converts, the spiritual children of the House of Israel.

 
We are connected to one another, whether or not we agree with one another, whether or not we even like one another. We are not a perfect family, but we are a real family. We are all proud when one of us does well and embarrassed when one of us does badly. And as much as we may argue among ourselves, we are always there to defend or assist one another. 

BY:  Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

This article is taken from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s Official Facebook.

ABOUT: Renowned author, revered spiritual leader, innovator, legendary Talmudic scholar, educator, pioneer; Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is an amalgamation of knowledge, talents, and characteristics. See the books published of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz at Koren Publishers Jerusalem.

-------Being Jewish means we have obligations-------

José Ortega y Gasset, a Spanish philosopher and sociologist, wrote a book titled The Revolt of the Masses in which he says that nobility is best expressed by the French expression noblesse oblige, nobility obligates.

Nobility is not about rights or riches. It’s about obligations. 

 
The higher someone’s noble rank, the more obligations one has. Being Jewish means that we have obligations from the moment we open our eyes to the moment we go to sleep, from the day we are born to the day we are buried. 

 
They never leave us, not for one moment. 

 
There is no time in which we can say, “OK, dear God, now we’ll part ways. We’ll meet again sometime.” 

 
Being a Jew means that God intervenes in our pocketbooks, in our kitchens, in our bedrooms.

 
It doesn’t mean that we’re not allowed to do anything. 

 
We’re allowed to do lots of things—but always with the notion that Somebody is there, and He’s keeping track.

BY:  Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.

This article is taken from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s Official Facebook.

ABOUT: Renowned author, revered spiritual leader, innovator, legendary Talmudic scholar, educator, pioneer; Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is an amalgamation of knowledge, talents, and characteristics. See the books published of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz at Koren Publishers Jerusalem.