Quotes from Tamar Frankiel

Yet they are also worlds of dynamism—flowing, surging, holding back—a world of almost constant movement. Here, it is as if God were saying, "I have created opposites, upper and lower, black and white, left and right. Now bring them together. Live in the lower world from the higher perspective of the world of unity.

The greatest affirmation in Judaism is the statement, Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohienu, Adonai Echad—Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is One! Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, chief rabbi of Palestine from 1920 until his death in 1935, wrote that this sentence contains the most powerful thought a person can think. If

This means that it is always possible for a person to return to the Source, to return to God, for there is an ultimate Divine anchor in the soul of each one of us. Think of times when you have awakened to life again, when you had a renewed sense of wonder at the possibilities open to you. This absolute ability to return—in Hebrew teshuva—is built into the structure of the universe itself. This

Tiferet-Splendor is the sefirah of vision, purpose, and capacity for high-level organization in light of that purpose. Its name suggests the beauty and magnificence of the created being who possesses the vision of creation's purpose. This sefirah is also called Truth, because it is the place where human perception can meet Divine revelation.

On the collective level, human passion, rightly directed, can change the world.

Contemplate the wonders of creation, the Divine dimension of their being, not as a dim configuration that is presented to you from a distance, but as the reality in which you live. —RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK

The greatest affirmation in Judaism is the statement, Shema Yisrael Adonai Elohienu, Adonai Echad—Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is One! Rabbi

The world that we can perceive is a mere slice of a multidimensional world beyond our senses and even beyond our mathematics.

No matter what happens while the soul is in a physical incarnation on earth, nothing can harm the soul or disrupt its connection to God. Moreover, our soul is always trying to express its true essence through our lives.

These descriptions allude to time/space dissolution, synesthesia (crossover of types of sensory perception) and altered states of consciousness.

Judaism has always insisted on understanding God in a personal way. It does not mean that every time something bad happens, God is punishing someone. Rather

The ability to be totally immersed in the world of history, politics, and economics, and yet remember God is the way of the most holy masters. Thus Joseph is called in Kabbalah the tzaddik or "righteous one." Tzaddik is a term for a holy person, but in Judaism a person is also required to sanctify the world. It

The female prophet associated with Yesod is Abigail, who eventually became one of King David's wives. She

Should we not be trying to teach instead that no sentient being is alien to us? Further

Our refining is a re-envisioning of not only our current society but also our traditions, remnants of the visions of previous generations.

All our religions, however elevated and creative their visions, are also clouded by residues of ancient wounds.

When we accept as angelic gifts the restraints that are given to us, the result is equanimity.

We—collective humanity—must rethink and reimagine our world and our personal lives along spiritual lines.

Responsibility is the ability to respond, which implies a larger context, a community, a world of other actors and thinkers, and God as a major player too, with intricate processes linking heaven to earth. This

When we are not in touch with the ultimate Source that can give us a picture of our true worth, we will slip and slide into the sea of false knowledge that inundates our information age. What

All of us have the gifts we need to reflect the image of God, each in our own unique way. The very fact that we have arrived here, in human incarnation, tells us that we have the courage to take on the task. Although

The love that is astir in you—raise it to its basic potency and its noblest beauty, extend it to all its dimensions, toward every manifestation of the soul that sustains the universe, whose splendor is dimmed only because of the deficiency of the person viewing it. —RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK

The appearance of Kabbalah in public means that Jewish mysticism has something unique to offer, a power for healing the spirit as we move into a radically new future.

Kabbalah thus enables us to see the depth dimension in all aspects of life, from family relations to politics and technology.