Teacher
Avishar Har-Shefi
Specializes in Kabbalistic and Hasidic literature; teaches at Bar-Ilan University and at Yeshivat Siah Yitzchak, and is one of the founders of Beit Midrash Zohar Chai, dedicated to the study of Zohar literature. He also writes and teaches poetry.
Zohar Lessons
Vayera / And He Appeared
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Zohar I 97a · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 97a
Rabbi Hiyya opens with the verse “The blossoms appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove…
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Zohar I 97b · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 97b
After Adam’s sin, everything withdrew from the world and the earth was cursed, as it is written “Cursed is the ground because of you”…
Vayetze / And He Went Out
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Zohar I 163a · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 163a
The Zohar interprets “the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,” “where the birds make their nests,” and “the stork has her home in the…
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Zohar I 163b · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 163b
The Zohar explains “they conceived” and “the flocks conceived before the rods” as the heating of the degrees of judgment that watch over the…
Vayechi / And He Lived
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Zohar I 234a · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 234a
Jacob's blessing to Joseph is the greatest of all. Joseph received two attributes - strength and kindness. All Israel merited through the merit of…
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Zohar I 234b · Bereshit / Genesis
Zohar Bereshit — Folio 234b
Joseph lived one hundred and ten years, and the Holy One compensated him with ten extra years for the ten years he was separated…