T H E L I G H T O F K A B B A L A H Wondrous Wisdom AN INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH By Michael R. Kellogg T H E L I G H T O F K A B B A L A H Wondrous Wisdom AN INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH LAIT MAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS By Michael R. Kellogg Editor: Clair Gerus Proofreading: Chaim Ratz Layout: Baruch Khovov Laitman Kabbalah Publishers Website: www.kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail:
[email protected] WONDROUS WISDOM AN INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL R. KELLOGG. All rights reserved. Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers, 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. ISBN: 0-9732315-8-0 FIRST EDITION: JUNE 2005 Dedication This book is dedicated to every person with a point in the heart AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T S F irst, my sincerest thanks to my group of Kabbalah students and friends in St. Louis, Missouri, who gave up many Sunday afternoons in order to help edit this book. There is simply no way to express my gratitude to these wonderful people: JoAnn Adams, Dee Berman, Marlene Bricker, Maureen Burton, Fran Ebel, Judy Hobart, Sally Hori, Ed Magraw, Pam Magraw, Gina Mason, Jim McClaren, David Monolo, Joyce Reese, and Roger Zemen. To my dear friend, Chaim Ratz, who spent a great deal of time editing and verifying the accuracy of this work’s content according to the strict standards of the Kabbalist group, Bnei Baruch in Tel Aviv, Israel. This book would have been totally impossible without your efforts. To Tony Kosinec and Igal Zahavi, my dear friends in the Toronto Bnei Baruch group, who supported me through the entire effort, and usually several times a day! To my editor, Claire Gerus, I offer my deepest gratitude for her highly professional hard work in editing the book. Thanks to Uri Laitman, who managed the distribution of the book. And a special thanks to my wife, Shari, who was so understanding on those countless nights of late work at the office to complete this work. To my world group, the entire haverim, I thank you all for your wonderful thoughts of encouragement and strong intent. Finally, to my Rav, Kabbalist Michael Laitman, Ph.D. It is impossible to put into words how fortunate I feel to have a teacher so dedicated to the spiritual growth of his students. Our initial personal relationship began, of all pla