Tanakh And Zohar

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Although the Bible can often stand without the Zohar, the Zohar cannot be separated from the Bible itself. Although the Zohar is one of the most famous mystic books from the Jewish tradition itself. Meanwhile, the Zohar Book is one of the Jewish Midrash. The Midrash are the books that describe what is in the Tanakh itself. So that Bible and Zohar go hand in hand. The Zohar is one of the Tanakh's own commentaries. And for one to study and understand more deeply, one cannot fail to study the Tanakh.


And another reason why a Kabbalist needs to study the Tanakh more deeply is because the Zohar teaches that the Torah includes the element of water, and is one of the feminine aspects of the Divine. And according to the Zohar, by studying the Tanakh, one can be spared from judgment. And because of that, midnight is a good time to study Torah. Because the night is also included in the aspect of Malchut. And the Zohar itself teaches, that with the Torah, a 'Tree of Life' in one's spiritual life, it will become balanced and radiant.



So it is impossible, for a true Kabbalist, to only study the Zohar without studying the Tanakh beforehand. Without the Tanakh, the Zohar would never have been written. And one of the purposes of acceptance in the Kabbalah itself, is to accept the Torah. Because the Torah is a gift from the Divine that is given to humans, and to be shared with the entire universe.


Love and Light, Nuriella

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