Creation

Albert Einstein said “Science without Religion is lame, and Religion without Science is blind.”  The Kabbalists have always seen the two as complementary rather than contradictory.  The cosmology of Kabbalah and of Modern Science can also be seen as complementary perspectives.

In the Kabbalah, the Creation of the Universe is spoken of as a contraction of God’s  Infinite Light.  Nothing can be about ‘what God is’.  That is unknowable.  What is said, is  ‘that He Is’, endlessly.  And the Kabbalah describes in great detail what can be known - what God does - and the tools He uses to… more

The Sages of the Talmud taught that there are 3 partners in the creation of every human being:  A father who gives the ‘white’ parts of the body; a mother who gives the ‘red’ parts; and God - who is present in the union of the two parents - and who gives us our consciousness, our 5 senses and our Soul.  

This whole picture can be seen as just one figure, a Grandfather סבא (associated with Keter) whose ‘head’ contains the Letter Aleph א in yellow.  The white surrounding his head is a halo of Light that represents his unconditional Love.  He embraces all the members… more