...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Short Fiction in English and Hebrew http://gorgelink.org/vaknin/ http://samvak.tripod... ...f Being Kafka Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart by Sam Vaknin Read the Hebrew original. (In Hebrew, the word "Agala" means ... ...eminine form of calf. A beheaded calf is among the sacrificial offerings enumerated in the Bible). My grandfather, cradling an infant's crib, dep... .... Their eyes dart restively. They sound as though they are listening and nod their heads in places, right and wrong – but they are distant. Minute o... ...st the inexorably rising day. Return On the Bus to Town by Sam Vaknin Read the Hebrew original. I must catch the city-bound bus. I ... ...tion, of course, is the availability of a planter. I find these in offices and other public places. I cherish the risk of being found excreting in t... ...ager exhalation. He has been away for four days and three nights. The fine dust of distant places has settled in his stubble. He wiped his soles on ... ...p with Jezebel (9 points in all). Unusual name - nay, unforgettable. At any rate, with the Bible on her side, she struck me as a safe bet. Besides,...

A second volume of short stories and poetry translated from the Hebrew.

... upon biblical principles and shows thorough insight into the meaning of the Bible. At the same time it shows thorough acquaintance with the position... ...ntences. Also, there is more frequent paragraphing. The quotations from the Bible have been changed to the Revised Standard Version, except in the f... ...me, the first in good Latin, the second in better Greek, the third in purest Hebrew. 4 J... ...ohn 6:29]. But we’ll have to give him credit: this Leipzig professor of the Bible can prove anything he pleases from any passage of Scripture he ple... ...ct that in both of these languages the two words are of the same gender. In Hebrew, however, which has no neuter gender, “this” is referred to “brea... ... language Jesus spoke on that occasion was certainly not Greek, but probably Hebrew. opinion, which is laid down in the decree, Firmiter, 77 only ... ...of distinguishing them. Even so, today, the outward show of vestments, holy places, foods, and all the endless ceremonies doubtless symbolize excell... ...have learned under the Spirit’s guidance. I therefore counsel those in high places in the churches, first of all, to abolish all those vows and relig... ...is no person to be compared with a Christian brother. And the observance of places, times, days, persons, 155 and all other rank superstition, only...

...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The book is seemingly set in an "angry tone" as this was the first time he accused the po...

...ssion. All rights reserved.” “Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by ... ...l rights reserved.” Scripture quotations marked NL T are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission o... ...heaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Scripture taken from the HOL Y BIBLE, NEW INTERNA TIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Internat... ...reck. For the Greeks, he appealed to their belief in an unknown God. For the Hebrews, he reminded them of their heritage. He strove to be “all things ... ...e light of Elendil, our most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” The V alley of Rejection has many ... ...en all other lights go out.” The V alley of Rejection has many of those dark places. And last year all other lights did go out at one point. But the L... ...r; love is not jealous when a friend writes a book and gets to speak at more places than I do; love does not brag and is not arrogant when I know I’ve...

...n of Terah, Noah's descendent, and brother of Nahor and Haran, first appears in the Bible in Genesis 11:27. He may have been born in Ur, in today's ... ...ns - did not make it to Ur until 1300 years after the birth of Abraham. Why do the Bible call it Ur Kasdim? Abraham's family are described as pas... ...URCE: Bruce Feiler, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths and Walking the Bible: A Journey By Land Through the Five Books of Moses. htt... ...of the New Testament, 14 were written by St. Paul. The Bible contains words in Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek. The Bible is the bestselle... ...cember 1913. It was first published as a "word-cross" puzzle in New York of all places - in a Sunday weekly called the "World". Following a ... ...and the Americans (Marlene Dietrich). It was translated to 48 languages, including Hebrew, the language of most holocaust survivors. It made it int... ... celebrated throughout the countries of the former communist bloc and in many other places in Europe and Asia as a kind of Labor Day while in North ... ...sed, for instance, to Semitic languages. "We" and "they" in english are unisex. In Hebrew, for example, "hem" is the male plural and "hen" the fema...

...rceive the Upper World—the Creator—and assume control over our lives. The Bible, The Book of Zohar, The Tree of Life, The Study of the Ten Sefirot, ... ...was the prototype of the teaching method we now call “Kabbalah” (from the Hebrew word, Lekab b bel, to receive). Today, Kabbalah teaches us how to di... ...ove and giving. This force is what Abra- - ham and all the prophets in the Bible call “The Creator.” When Biblical figures speak of the Creator, or t... ...e for humanity prior to the time of the Tower of Babel. This is what the Bible means by, “And the whole earth was of one lan- - guage and of one spe... ...hey would disperse or kill each other off. As the Bible and other ancient Hebrew texts teach us, the Babylonians rejected and scorned Abraham’s of- ... ... desire for the Creator. The word “Israel” is really a combination of two Hebrew words: Yashar (straight) and El (god). The people of Israel are tho... ...p us remember that the drawings describe changes in our emotions, and not places or objects. 48 K abbalah for b eg Inners - p art t wo The Th... .... This is why we sometimes feel like children, especially when touched in places in our personalities where we haven’t matured. These places are no... ...eive delight and pleasure. Therer r fore, upper and lower do not relate to places, but to der r sires that we relate to as higher or lower. In other w...

...and tribulation. “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of G... ...y the Jewish garb from the church, and the Jewish locality, and constituting it for all places and conditions, by making it spiritual, with just so ... ...er prospectus of that which we has in contemplation, and to inform the church who this Hebrew-Christian or converted Jew, Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra actu... ...e no doubt were seven actual churches, as Babylon, and Egypt, and Jerusalem were actual places; and that their encouragements, admonitions, threaten... ... of sin. And to this agreeth the reasoning of the apostle, in the second chapter of the Hebrews, where he takes hold of that very portion of the eigh... ... a Priest during the days of his flesh, while he forgave sins, which the apostle in the Hebrews testifieth that he did not. His being so in the myst... ...nd purpose, to stir up, and even to oblige the priests to shake off the dust from their Bibles, inviting them to a new study and examination, a new a... ... 1 Part I. -144- present to put my thoughts to silence; and for that end opened the Bible, which was the book that lay nearest my hand, and cast... ... Scripture itself. This which I read with my eyes, I said, taking into my hand the holy Bible, is certain, and of faith divine. God himself is he wh...

...the Creator, we will begin to feel pleasure instead of pain, in those precise places of pain and suffer- ing that degrade us. After the revelation of... ...ld of emotions and has no words, we use languages such as the language of the Bible (Pentateuch), the language of legends (Agada the language of leg... ... four languages to describe the Upper World to hu- manity: the language of the Bible (history), the language of the Halacha (Jewish law), the language... ...ndecent acts. It is holy because it talks about holy things. The term “holy” (Hebrew: Kadosh) means separated, unique, distinct. Though you do not s... ...butes, involved in the creation of the world. These are marked accordingly as Hebrew let- ters. Their combinations render a spiritual sensation of an... ...ith the fact that there are a great many languages in the world, and only the Hebrew language is the one that creation leans on? Are all other langu... ...A B B A L A H Q: Upon multiple readings of your books, I noticed that certain places in the text seemed very familiar. When I tried to analyze them, ... ...nk only one thought; close ourselves, isolate ourselves, and live in secluded places. The wisdom of Kabbalah, however, is completely opposite: it de... ...n image, nor any manner of likeness” (Exodus 20:3). This commandment from the Bible is the basis of the Kabbalistic wisdom, for Kabbalists know that...

...erceive the upper world – the Creator – and to gain control over your life. The Bible, The Zohar, The Tree of Life and other authentic spiritual sour... ...ages were created to introduce us to our spiritual reality: the language of the Bible (which includes the Five Books of Moses, the Prophets and the ... ...book Fruits of the Wise: The inner wisdom of Kabbalah is the same as that of the Bible, The Zohar and the legends, with the only difference between t... ... is unique to him, and only he knows about it. The word Kabbalah comes from the Hebrew word lekabbel, to receive. Kabbalah describes the motives of ... ...oken in biblical times. The Zohar tells us that Aramaic is “the reverse side of Hebrew,” the hidden side of Hebrew. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai did not ... ... senses. We do not see Him in his true form; we see only fractured elements. In Hebrew, the origin of the word Olam (world) is “alama” (concealing).... ...nly: Hesed, Gevura, Tifferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod. If instead of Zeir Anpin, one places its six Sefirot, then along with Keter, Hochma, Bina and Malc... .... We shall see how this principle can be further implemented. Initially, Malchut places a Screen above its egoism, which pushes away all the incoming... ... highest spiritual level where selflessness and detachment prevail. The Creator places five filters in front of man, to seal him off from the divine ...

...t degree that a human being should reach when pursuing higher knowledge. The Hebrew word for Creator is Boreh, and contains two words: Bo (come) an... ...s for both ancient and modern sciences. The term, “Kabbalist,” comes from the Hebrew word, Kabbalah (“reception”). The original lan- guage of Kabbal... ...e Hebrew word, Kabbalah (“reception”). The original lan- guage of Kabbalah is Hebrew, a language developed es- pecially by and for Kabbalists, to hel... ...ns we have today. One of the most obvious symptoms of the division, which the Bible describes as “The Fall of the Tower of Babel,” was the creation ... ...fortably seated at a table as the smiling waiter brings you a covered plate, places it in front of you, and removes the lid. Hmmm… that deliciously... ...come the life of the whole of Nature. THE TIME IS NOW The Book of Zohar, the “Bible” of Kabbalah, was writ- ten approximately 2,000 years ago. It sta... ... wanting to receive pleasure, the intention to enjoy for self-gratifi- cation places us in opposition to Nature, the Creator. Therefore, by wanting ... ...help us remember that the drawings describe emotional, spiritual states, not places or objects. Before anything is created, it has to be thought out... ... image, nor any manner of likeness” (Exo- dus 20:3). This prohibition from the Bible is also the basis of the Wisdom of Kabbalah. Kabbalists state th...

...Book of Zohar began to become known. Rav Ashlag is known as Baal HaSulam [Hebrew: owner of the Ladder] for his Sulam [Ladder] commentary on The Book... ...spiritual world. This is why Adam’s existence is the point from which the Hebrew count of years begins. According to Nature’s plan, the whole of huma... ...ith Nature, until the first substantial burst of the ego occurred. In the Bible, it is described as the story of the tower of Babel: Nimrod said to ... ...he world, tens of thousands of people gather each year in many different places in the world for conventions of Kabbalah studies. There is hardly a... ... is close to us. Baal HaSulam also translated The Zohar from Aramaic into Hebrew, divided The Zohar into paragraphs and essays, and added interpreta... ... Zohar before ours did not clarify as much as ten percent of the diffcult places in The Zohar. And in the little they did clarify, their words are al... ...citly explains that one does not do one’s share by merely reading in the Bible, the Mishnah, the legends, and the Talmud. Rather, one must engage a... ...e in the past, when in truth, there is no time at all, no motion, and all places are imaginary. There is only one place where everything occurs—the ... ...riptures ever written, beginning with the book, Angel Raziel, through the Bible and to the present day, there has not been a single book that compar...

...................................................... 117 The Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet .............................................................. ................................................ 131 Punctuation Marks in the Hebrew Alphabet (Nekudot) ............................ 134 The Letter Tav .... ...d he is mentioned constantly in the Talmud and in the Midrash, the sacred Hebrew texts of his time. He lived in Sidon and in Meron, and established ... ... it expounded not only the Torah, but also twenty- four other books of the Bible (Pentateuch, Prophets, and Writings). Besides The Book of Zohar itsel... ...ng a screen, he receives the Light of Neshama as well. Therefore, all the places between us and the Creator are established, and the Partzufim that ... ... impure forces, the leg of the letter Kuf, can no longer sow death. Three places emerge from this: (i) where only the properties of the letter Tet r... ...led only thanks to Malchut. In this case, Malchut shines from ZA in three places: 1) Malchut becomes a Kisseh (throne) for a King (ZA). A Kisseh deri...

... can escape from circumstances that the Creator -24- ATTAININGTHEWORLDSBEYOND places before us in a hidden fashion, it will not assist us in solving ... ...ing to suppress. Inordertoincreasethecapacityofourspiritualvessels,the Creator places increasingly greater obstacles in our spiritual path. This stren... ...r,a tinyelementofHim.Thiselement isknownas "the root of the soul." The Creator places the soul into the body so it can elevate the body’s desires when... ...ingthistome?"Punishments,assuch,donotexist, although many are mentioned in the Bible (which includes the Five Books of Moses, the Writings and the Pro... ...ing Kabbalah,sincethereisnostrongermeansofcomingcloserto the spiritual. In the Bible, Egypt symbolizes the supremacy of our egoism(itisthusknownasMitz... ...ch a person shiftsawayfromegoismandtowardsthespiritualworldcan be found in the Bible as the exodus from Egypt. The appearance of vessels of bestowal i... ...omaccomplishingwhatwe have planned. In this situation it is called "satan" (in Hebrew satan is derived from the verb listot, which means to veer) beca... ...ble: the sacrifice of Yitzhak, the sacrifices in the Temple, and so forth. (In Hebrewsacrificesarekorbanot,awordthatisderivedfromthe word karov-—to ad... ...sire to advance toward the Creator; this desire is known as "Israel" (from the Hebrew words yashar, straight, and El, God, meaning "straight to the Go...

...es, ‘eleven curtains,’ adding letters, meaning adding the Ayin (the added Hebrew letter) to the twelve, and subtracting from the count. It subtracts... ...ward. This means the Lights come in vessels of bestowal, in the 1 In Hebrew, citrus is Hadar, from the word Hidur (adornment). Rabbi Yehuda A... ..., which is Hochma (Wisdom), meaning open Providence. Atik comes from the (Hebrew) word VaYe’atek (Detachment), meaning the departure of the Light. I... ...is like a person looking in the mirror to see if he is dirty. And all the places that the mirror shows are dirty, he goes and washes and cleans, sin... ... also see this in corporeal possessions (discerned by their separation in places, meaning in two bodies, whereas in spiritual matters everything is ... ...srael” and what is “The Nations of the World.” It is explained in several places that Israel means “Internality,” called “The Anterior Kelim (Vessel... ...same letters in Hebrew, and when there are no punctuation marks, as in the Bible, they look the same. 158 Shamati Klipot (Shells), by which two disce...

...ht. The correction is called an “ascent.” There is an ascent from each of the places of the worlds of Beria, Yetzira, and Assiya. The AHP that rise ... ... the spiritual world. We call these books, “Holy Books,” or “Torah,” from the Hebrew word Ohr (light) Ohr (light) Ohr and Hora’a (instruction), meani... ...ing as logical or scientific that provides a fuller picture of our world, and places all the sciences and other “wisdoms” in their place. There is n... ...then on our left. Each step provides us with further knowledge and faith. (In Hebrew, the word, Raglaim, means legs, but it also comes from the same... ...ons are bad is regarded as “evil” because he or she condemns the creator. (In Hebrew, the words “evil”—Rasha— and “condemn”—Marshia—come from the sam... ...erforming Mitzvot (plural for Mitzva) gives no spiritual attainment, but only places one in a degree of “spiritual still.” Only one’s aim—its power ... ... guages and many forms of expression. There is the language of tales that the Bible uses and the language of rules that the Talmud uses. There is al...

...hich extend from them, or of their conducts, which is the language of the Bible, or by secular teachings or by people, which is the language of Kabb... ...UTh Four languages are used in the wisdom of truth: 1. The language of the Bible, its names, and appellations. 2. The language of laws. This language ... ... The language of laws. This language is very close to the language of the Bible. 3. The language of legends, which is very far from the Bible, since ... ... laws. The third was the language of legends. Although it is found in many places in the Bible, too, it is only as an auxiliary language because its ... ... on the literal, where you can be assisted by one place for all the other places. The style of interpreting according to external teachings is a wast... ..., as our sages have explained it to us. I have already written in several places that there is not a single word of our sages, not even in the proph... ...l a h f o r T h e s T u d e n T caught in that Hell cry as dogs ‘Hav, Hav (Hebrew: Give, Give),’” meaning “give us the wealth of this world, give us ... ...ur he was seeing to the west, before his eyes. 7 T ranslator’s note: In Hebrew, Pardess means grove, but in Kabbalah, this word is an acronym for P... ...on), Drush (interpretations), and Sod (secret). 8 T ranslator’s note: In Hebrew, Halak means both ‘smooth’ and ‘part.’ 2 1 8 K a...

...witch, attended with any degree of detail, is that of the witch of Endor in the Bible, who among other things, professed the power of calling up the... ... we can derive our ideas on the subject of witchcraft, unquestionably is in the Bible. The Egyptians and Chaldeans were early distinguished for thei... ...on the happy state of matrimony. Thus it is still a prevalent belief in certain places that a bride in removing her bridal robe and chaplet at the c... ...hod of using it is this: the person who breaks it, walking very slowly over the places where he suspects mines or springs may be, the effluvia exhal... .... God won‘t let them come here;‖ and she was at once cured, and sat reading the Bible and other good books for a long time. But when she left the st... ...ts further satisfied him that Miss Godwin‘s demons understood Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, but none of the Indian languages, This tragedy also bega...

...rson can experience. This is why we tend to abide by the values that society places before us. Thus, if we succeed in changing the values of the en... ...ns they need to fill their empty half.” 12 It follows that the desire to enjoy places us in an evi- dently impossible situation. On the one hand, our ... ...d education, all of which would make our lives better and happier. One of the places that best dem- onstrates that belief is Spaceship Earth, an attr... ...a human being was 5767 years 156 FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY ago (according to the Hebrew calendar and to the date of writing these lines in 2006). Altho... ...umanity made its first contact with the spiri- tual world, and this is why the Hebrew calendar begins on this day. According to Nature’s plan, humani... ... inclusive force and called it “God,” which, in Gimatria (a method of us- ing Hebrew letters as numbers), is equal to “the Nature.” Israel’s Role ... ... image, nor any manner of likeness” (Exo- dus 20:3). This prohibition from the Bible is also the 204 FROM CHAOS TO HARMONY basis of the Wisdom of Ka...

...he Lord will gather all the children of Israel from all the nations, lands, and places, whither he cast them in the time of his fury, of his wrath, a... ...emarked when he speaketh of Babylon. In the thirteenth chapter, for example, he places as its title, The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah saw: and th... ...h, in order that they may serve him. By these metaphorical stars torn from their places in heaven by the tail of the dragon, I understand nothing els... ...hat he would send him “from the rock of the wilderness,” (see margin of English bible,) that is, they say, from Moab, or from the stony Arabia, where... ...f thou refusest not to take a little bodily labour, open the Concordance of the Bible, and turn up the word Rod, and after having examined one by one... ...ait a little. The m ost sincere interpreters, and those most intelligent in the Hebrew tongue, ingenuously confess against Jerome, that the word sepu... ...ondeth to the original, except sometimes in a very wide and improper sense. The Hebrew word, they say, correspondeth perfectly to the Latin word requ... ... to evaporate and be confounded with others,) go thy ways now and read the Holy Bible, read especially the prophets; and I dare take upon me to asse... ...ought to be read according to the testimony of that modern, most learned in the Hebrew tongue, Signior Matei.) “How fair is thy love, my sister, my ...

...ility to sense a hidden part of reality. The word Kabbalah stems from the Hebrew word lekabel (to receive), and it expresses man’s aspiration for hi... ...e better, and only for the better. That is why they say that the Jews (the Hebrews) lead the world. Indeed, a Hebrew- Jew (from the Hebrew word 'ever'... ...l language, to read the books of Kabbalah, and that applies to the Torah (Bible) as well. In legends and in the Torah and most of all in the Song of... ... emotions. (By the way, it is easier for those whose mother tongue is not Hebrew, because they do not connect directly between the Hebrew words and ... ...e of the branches, he creates a new connection. An ordinary reader of the Bible, or the Gmara, simply cannot free himself from the familiar meaning ... ...isdom of Kabbalah. Baal HaSulam, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, interpreted all the places in the writings of the ARI that needed to be stripped of terms of ti... ...ual vessel, its power will be equal to the power of all the people at all places and all times. That is the pyramid! But the higher the object, the ... ..., on a daily basis. To be precise, a misunderstanding of the words of the Bible! The laws of the Creator are all purposeful, aimed at the target. Th... ...loser to us all. That is why we are starting to teach Kabbalah in so many places, and we are happy with every one who comes to study. After all, the...

...bjective in the universe. That method focuses on the development of man?s ability to sense a hidden part of reality. The word Kabbalah stems from the Hebrew word lekabel (to receive), and it expresses man?s aspiration for higher knowledge, to feel and see the broad and real picture of the universe. Kabbalists tell us about practical methods that are based on their own pers...

...VIII’s first act as ―pope‖ orders and then funds the first printed English Bible. 17. Ottmar Mergenthaler Does It Again Inventors strived from the... ...nne Lily Tomlin (1939–) Did Water Monkeys Swim Before We Spoke? In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or ... ... we speak, we can:  Describe past events  Forecast events  Recall places and actions far removed  Abstract, generalize, and synthesize. ... ... than two hundred million years ago.) Whence Cometh Our Language? The Bible makes no mention of from whence came such a wondrous gift. Believ... ...de it available for others to imitate. He instructed his pupils to select places and then form mental images in them. That way the order of the pl... ...oting the shape and furnishing of each room to equip his imagination with places to warehouse his memory.‖ The accuracy of our ancient forbearers... ...me or motivation for creativity. Phoenicians, Egyptians, Assyrians, and Hebrews intermingled along the Mediterranean‘s eastern shores for the four... ...neage prevail to this day. Phoenicians were much more powerful than the Hebrews during the reign of King Hiram (1000–947 BC), the monarch who sold... ...igns caused ambiguities, so the Greeks converted vowel-related signs from Hebrew and other Semitic systems to create the vowels that made the Greek ...

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every liv...

...axton’s print shop helps standardize The Treasure of Our Tongue, and Henry VIII’s first act as ?pope? orders and then funds the first printed English Bible. -- 17. Ottmar Mergenthaler Does It Again-Inventors strived from the early 1800s to mechanize Gutenberg’s process—unsuccessfully until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. --...