Introduction to the Book of Zohar (PDF) - Kabbalah Media Archive

P R E FAC E T O T H E B O O K O F Z O H A R
“The Book of Zohar” always speaks about a practical application
of everything that we study. It only deals with what is attained in man’s
Soul, which exists, acts, rules and facilitates man’s correction, but never
speaks of anything abstract.
Consequently, our approach to “The Zohar” should be purely
practical. We should dispose ourselves so that the light it emanates can
clearly indicate what we need to correct.
The essence and abstract form refer to what is above our correction.
We will attain it as well, but later on, after the Final Correction;
hence “The Book of Zohar” does not speak about it. Neither does it
mention the Worlds of Infinity and Atzilut, where we ascend after the
Final Correction. This is not our current task.
Our mission is to go through 6000 years (levels) of correction;
therefore “The Zohar” speaks only about this process. It describes me
and, through me, the World of Infinity and Atzilut, dealing only with
what concerns me in my matter and form. Nothing at all is said of what
exists without being somehow connected with me.
5. Third definition (limitation):
In each of the Worlds of BYA, there are three aspects:
• Ten Sefirot,
• The Souls, and
• The rest of reality.
The Ten Sefirot constitute the descending pure light in the form of
gradually diminishing emanations. Thus, to the extent of our ability to
communicate with these Ten Sefirot, we perceive the light.
The Souls dressed on these Ten Sefirot exist within the reality that
surrounds them. This way, one element is inside another. There are Souls
of two kinds: Upper and human. At a later stage we will understand the
notion of “the Upper Souls.”
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