Fundamentals of Kabbalah and Chassidut - Ma'aseh Bereishit - The Workings of Creation - Part 7

Please Join Our Live Classes @ https://thetrugmans.com/events-ohr-chadash/ More @ https://thetrugmans.com In this class, part of our ongoing series on Ma'aseh Bereishit, we focus our attention on the Talmudic tractate Chagigah and it's discussion of the "pillars" on which the Earth rests. We come to understand the pillars as spiritual, moral and ethical foundations and principles on which Torah and life itself rests upon. Examples are brought from throughout Jewish history of different attempts to formulate basic paradigms and principles upon which Judaism stands. Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction and Review of Rabbi Yosi’s Teaching 03:40 – The Foundations: What the Earth Stands On 06:30 – The Symbolic Meaning of Pillars, Water, and Mountains 08:15 – Reaching the Source: The Arms of God 10:30 – Distilling the Torah: The Three Pillars of the World 13:30 – Biblical Perspectives: The 12 Tribes and the Seven Pillars 15:30 – The Central Role of the Tzaddik 17:30 – The Existential Purpose of Ma'aseh Bereishit 20:15 – Love Your Neighbor: The Foundational Principle of the Torah 24:45 – Summarizing Faith: The Prophets' Distillation of the Mitzvot 30:15 – Habakkuk and the Principle of Faith