[Avodah] rivash and kabalah

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

RET:
> In contrast, the mainstream understanding of the Kabbalistic Sefirot
> holds that they have no mind or intelligence; further, they are not
> addressed in prayer and they cannot become a human being. They are
> conduits for interaction, not persons or beings

One Kabbalah teacher cautioned students to read the beginning of the
Moreh N'vuchim in order to avoid seeing any anthropomorphisms as literal.
IOW only when a student realizes these are conceptual and not literal,
may one safely study Kabbalah.

I'm no expert on 10 S'phiros, but in modern terms they simply strike
me as 10 interfaces - Interfaces by which Hashem interacts with the
material world.

Remember, it's a concept not a physicality.

GS
RRW
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