Published: September 28, 2026
Originally recorded: January 9, 2022

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Lesson Highlights

• Precepts are energetic instructions to attract what we want to experience
• Each do and don't do is designed to help us distinguish and choose Light over darkness
• Embarrassing someone is treated as a form of killing
• The kabbalists link humiliation to spilled blood
• Stealing disrupts more than possessions
• Restriction and action are two sides of the same work
• Do not do precepts protect us from bringing darkness into our reality
• To do precepts push us to actively chase opportunities to give and share
• We don't need a Temple to do the spiritual work
• Every precept shapes thought, speech, and action

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Lesson Description

Rav Isaac Luria, the Ari reveals that every precept in the Torah is more than a rule, it is a precise instruction for separating Light from darkness, life from death, in the smallest choices we make. Yosef Grundman explains that each action we do and don't do carries a unique energetic quality tied to a specific part of the soul. Kabbalah teaches that each person is here to run after every opportunity to share and give, while restraining anything that would extinguish Light iin ourselves or in others.

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About This Course

Isaac Luria, who came to be known as The Ari (meaning ‘Lion' in Hebrew) because of his prodigious capacity for spiritual study and understanding, was a 16th century kabbalist who delved deeply into the mystical wonders of the Zohar. Commonly considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah, the Ari produced a historic commentary on the Zohar that removed many of its layers of complexity. His teachings created some of the most important kabbalistic ideas and practices used today, including the concept of tikkun, or correction of the soul. Join us for a consciousness-expanding course as we demystify the seminal writings of the Ari and connect with his righteous soul.

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