Kaballah for Beginners

Shalom Aleichem Chevra, so happy you're here! What if your soul is actually a princess who's been kidnapped — and the only way to rescue her is by rearranging the very letters she's made of? In this shiur we dive into some foundational Kabbalah concepts that will genuinely change the way you see yourself and this world. We explore how the soul descends from the highest spiritual world — Kesser, the world of pure will beyond all letters — all the way down into Malchus, the world of speech, letters, and action. And here's the wild part: the actions we take are literally rearranging letter combinations. The Hebrew letters for pleasure, Oneg (Aleph-Nun-Gimmel), and affliction, Nega (Nun-Gimmel-Ayin), are the exact same letters — just scrambled. When we're off mission, the princess gets taken. When we find our way back, the letters realign. We also unpack the Yud — the tiny point from which every letter in the Hebrew alphabet is drawn — as the place where all genetic and spiritual information lives. If you can trace your letters back to the Yud, you can write something entirely new. That's the journey of going to the Tzaddik, who lives in Kesser and is 100% locked into the will of th