In Kabbalistic terminology, these three opinions correspond to the mindsets of the three lower worlds

In Kabbalistic terminology, these three opinions correspond to the mindsets of the three lower worlds, Creation, Formation, Action. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19444507950977024

Moses: the world was created ex nihilo.

Moses: the world was created ex nihilo. Plato: the world was formed de novo from a material substrate. Aristotle: the world is eternal. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19443991950921728

Maimonides disagrees with Plato and Aristotle regarding the origin of the world

Maimonides disagrees with Plato and Aristotle regarding the origin of the world. He speaks of the view of Moses in contrast to the other two http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19442681058955265

And so we may say that the Ba'al Shem Tov took the lead from Maimonides.

And so we may say that the Ba'al Shem Tov took the lead from Maimonides. First heal the body and then heal the soul. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19130201631883264

The Ba'al Shem Tov taught to bestow physical kindness on another soul

The Ba'al Shem Tov taught to bestow physical kindness on another soul and then to bestow spiritual kindness on him, to teach him Torah. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19129873511489536

Of course, Maimonides taught that in a rectified world order all people will recognize the truth of the Torah

Of course, Maimonides taught that in a rectified world order all people will recognize the truth of the Torah and abide by its commandments. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19129119249797121

In his interactions with non-Jewish patients he was known for intercultural awareness

In his interactions with non-Jewish patients he was known for intercultural awareness and respect for the patient's autonomy. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19128400035713024

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Today, the 20th of Tevet, marks the passing of Moses Maimonides, named "the great eagle," master of law, philosophy, and medicine. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/19127297525157888

Novel action depends upon novel thinking

Novel action depends upon novel thinking. Novel thinking is the process by which one reveals his individual portion in the Torah. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18248950083489792

Redemption from bondage is redemption from the grips of the past,

Redemption from bondage is redemption from the grips of the past, from causality and determinism. One is free to be novel now! http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18247377332731904

Rectify a wrong by reacting in a similar setting

Rectify a wrong by reacting in a similar setting to that in which the wrong transpired in a new and unusual way. Novelty makes things good. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18246660605874176

Sometimes the soul must enter a situation similar

Sometimes the soul must enter a situation similar to that of a previous lifetime in order to correct. An old setting with a new story. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18244041908953088

Reincarnation = 72 = loving-kindness.

Reincarnation = 72 = loving-kindness. By the Almighty's infinite loving-kindness the soul migrates to achieve its ultimate rectification. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18242683164164096

Great authors may write many novels, without any apparent relation between them.

Great authors may write many novels, without any apparent relation between them. This is like a soul going through many reincarnations. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18238377803382784

So reincarnation is indeed a paradox.

So reincarnation is indeed a paradox. We have been here before but our present life has its inspired beginning and end, completely novel. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18237807440953345

That explains why there are some who don't believe in reincarnation

That explains why there are some who don't believe in reincarnation - in order to retain the novelty and uniqueness of each lifetime. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18237202119008256

Even if you have been here before in a previous lifetime

Even if you have been here before in a previous lifetime, your present life is a novel, new and unusual, with an inspired beginning and end. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18236266017460224

"See... and before Whom you will have to give account."

"See... and before Whom you will have to give account." This final sight directs the unfolding plot of your story. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18230213364154368

"See where you come from and where you're going...."

"See where you come from and where you're going...." Sight is wisdom, insight. These two sights inspire your first and last sentences. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18229341892648960

When writing your novel

When writing your novel begin with an inspired sentence and end with an inspired sentence (which you envision from the start), then fill in. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18228183522349056

Novel means new and unusual

Novel means new and unusual. Each of our lives is a novel. We are the authors of our own novels. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18227480015933440

The beginning is the head and the end is the seal.

The beginning is the head and the end is the seal. Just as "all follows the head" so "all follows the seal." http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18226650227412992

Some authors began with one sentence for the beginning and one for the end

Some authors began with one sentence for the beginning and one for the end followed by an unfolding plot of hundreds of pages in between. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18226209989070848

"All follows the beginning."

"All follows the beginning." Many of the greatest novels developed from just one inspired opening sentence. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18224908634955776

The knowledge accessible to mind alone is limited

The knowledge accessible to mind alone is limited. "The unknowable head" sweetens the severities of the mind, ever expanding its borders. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/18097596241281024

The mind strives for certainty.

The mind strives for certainty. The highest level of crown, above mind, is "the unknowable head." They are meant to complement one another. http://twitter.com/chassidus/status/19136329686196224

When Moses was born light filled the room.

When Moses was born light filled the room. The number that follows Yocheved (42), Miryam (290), Moses (345) is 207 = light! http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/17680017886543872

At Moses' birth he, his mother, and sister were present.

At Moses' birth he, his mother, and sister were present. Their initials spell "water." He was named Moses for he was drawn from the water. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/17678421509279744

Yocheved and Miryam

Yocheved and Miryam, mother and daughter, were the two Hebrew midwives in Egypt. When Yocheved gave birth to Moses, Miryam was her midwife. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/17677093236121600

All that befalls us is for our ultimate good.

All that befalls us is for our ultimate good. But not always do we see the good. We ask God for "visible and revealed good." http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/17606957028352002

Tevet (411) is the month of Dan (54)

Tevet (411) is the month of Dan (54) likened to a snake (358) linked to the goat (17). Average value (210) = anger, the sense of Tevet. en

12 tribes, 12 months of the year etc

12 tribes, 12 months of the year etc. The 12 define the extension-expansion of the cube (in space-time). 12 = 3 fathers times 4 mothers. http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/14174.html

"This" = 12. 12 lines define a cube.

"This" = 12. 12 lines define a cube. Kabbalah depicts this world as an ever expanding cube, whose 12 lines regulate its rate of expansion. http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/44441.html

There is "this world" and the "world to come."

There is "this world" and the "world to come." Moses began his prophecies with the word "this." His purpose was to rectify this world. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/17173436711313408

For what purpose did the Almighty create evil in the world?

For what purpose did the Almighty create evil in the world? For us to rise above it, not let it affect us, and overcome it. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16987116290441216

The righteous amongst the nations fulfill their purpose in creation.

The righteous amongst the nations fulfill their purpose in creation. They live by the word of God and help perfect the world we live in. http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/43800.html

Whoever fulfills his purpose in creation

Whoever fulfills his purpose in creation, whether Jew or non-Jew, experiences the inherent unity that permeates creation. He feels God. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16958005497044992

Egocentricity vs anarchy

However bad egocentricity is, especially when one makes God prisoner to his egocentric view on reality, moral anarchy, chaos, is worse. http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/12788.html

After the reign of Mashiach, God will reign alone.

After the reign of Mashiach, God will reign alone. There will no longer be any need for a political system to control society. http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/posle-pravleniya-mashiah-bog-budet-tsarstvovat-odin/

When we say that anarchy is bad we mean moral anarchy

When we say that anarchy is bad we mean moral anarchy. If all of us were good, living by Torah, then political anarchy might be good. http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/120577.html

Disbelief is chaos

So we may conclude that disbelief in God and morality (as defined by the Torah) borders on insanity, i.e., living in chaos/anarchy. http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/120538.html

A person without priorities deserves neither reward

A person without priorities deserves neither reward for his good deeds nor punishment for his bad deeds. A fool is not obligated by Torah. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16932733641031680

A sane person is one whose mind orders his desires

A sane person is one whose mind orders his desires, creating a hierarchical pyramid of desires. God is sane, He has top priority desires. http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/zdravomyslyashhij-chelovek-tot-chej-razum-pri/

Native intelligence doesn't judge the essential morality

Native intelligence doesn't judge the essential morality of desires, it just orders them. If you want to be accepted in society don't steal. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16928741875781632

That's why God created the world with words

That's why God created the world with words, so that you'll never know why! Unless your soul resonates on the vibes of His inner desire. http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/119532.html

The same goes for written or spoken words.

The same goes for written or spoken words. If you're not on top of them you take them on face value and have no clue what's behind them. http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/41410.html

But perhaps his ulterior motive for working

But perhaps his ulterior motive for working so hard is to afford a vacation, to take a week off work, and that's why he's smiling. http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/10381.html

When I see someone sweating at his job with a smile

When I see someone sweating at his job with a smile on his face I think that he is by nature a hard worker, that he loves working. http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/10199.html

The Creator desires "a dwelling place below."

The Creator desires "a dwelling place below." "Below" is our ego. God desires that we reveal Him by choosing good within the context of bad. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16813732592099328

Egocentricity is the source of all evil.

Egocentricity is the source of all evil. Connect with all your heart, soul, and might, to good as embodied in the leader of the generation. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16810571882045440

By misusing the free choice given me

By misusing the free choice given me I can pervert all of my innate desires to serve my egocentric will to obtain immediate pleasure. http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/zloupotreblyaya-darovannyim-mne-svobodnyim-vyiborom/

The highest desire is to fulfill my purpose in life

The highest desire is to fulfill my purpose in life, after that, to procreate, after that, to live. http://itzik-roytman.livejournal.com/117753.html

All of my desires derive from 3 basic

All of my desires derive from 3 basic, innate desires given me by my Creator: to live, to procreate, to fulfill my purpose in life. http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/39671.html

The Zohar speaks of 72 bridges.

The Zohar speaks of 72 bridges. 72 = loving-kindness. Fill your desires, mind, and body with thoughts, words, and acts of loving-kindness. http://twitter.com/chassidus/status/17101011361468416

The initials of body, intelligence, desires spell "bridge."

The initials of body, intelligence, desires spell "bridge." They are the bridge between you, nothing, and the outside world. http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/iniczialy-slov-telo-um-zhelaniya-sostavlyayut/

You can know that you're nothing and at the same time feel

You can know that you're nothing and at the same time feel all the layers of something that cover you, desires, intelligence, body. http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/mozhno-znat-chto-tyi-nichto-i-v-to-zhe-vremya-chuvstvovat/

If you choose to be nothing then God enters your life

If you choose to be nothing then God enters your life. http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/esli-vyi-vyibiraete-byit-nichto-togda-bog-vhodit-v-vashu-zhizn/

God gives us free choice

God gives us free choice, to choose to be something or to choose to be nothing. http://community.livejournal.com/galeinai_ru/7777.html

God created something from nothing

God created something from nothing, He created us to fell that we are something when in fact we are nothing. Something covers nothing. http://kabbalah-live.livejournal.com/37998.html

Who am I? Not my body, not my intelligence, not my desires

Who am I? Not my body, not my intelligence, not my desires, they were all given me. So who am I? I'm nothing, one with the Almighty. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16801041668382720

Can you imagine a world without you in the center

Can you imagine a world without you in the center or without you at all? Try to. The truth is that if you're not there I'll miss you. http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/mozhete-li-vy-predstavit-sebe-mir-bez-sebya-v/

After he'll get off his donkey he'll mount a horse

After he'll get off his donkey he'll mount a horse to fight the wars of Israel. Then he'll get on a zebra to tame humanity - all with words. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16549156843683840

What does it mean that the Mashiach will ride a donkey? That his words will inspire us to accept upon ourselves the yoke of heaven with joy. http://kabbala4all.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/chto-oznachaet-chto-mashiax-budet-exat-verxom/

Horses, donkeys, and zebras all belong to the genus Equus

Horses, donkeys, and zebras all belong to the genus Equus. They correspond to 3 types of words: warriors/drivers, yoke-bearers, untamed. http://kabbalah-live.ru/twitter/loshadi-oslyi-i-zebryi-vse-oni-prinadlezhat-k-rodu-equus/

All exiles are called Egypt.

All exiles are called Egypt. In each exile we learn how to express ourselves better, we acquire horses. When enough we are redeemed. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16535209080004608

Horses come from Egypt.

Horses come from Egypt. We were in Egyptian exile in order to gather words, but are forbidden to return to Egypt for more words. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16534301059325952

A king is not allowed to possess too many horses

A king is not allowed to possess too many horses, just as many words as he needs to lead his people justly, no superfluous words. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16533432976809984

To fall off a horse is to misunderstand the meaning of words

To fall off a horse is to misunderstand the meaning of words. To get kicked is to feel intimidated by certain words before you mount them. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16531289368698880

To fall off a horse is to misunderstand the meaning of words

To fall off a horse is to misunderstand the meaning of words. To get kicked is to feel intimidated by certain words before you mount them. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16531289368698880

Letters and words are likened to horses

Letters and words are likened to horses, you have to know how to ride them. It can sometimes be dangerous; you might fall or get kicked. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16529664969281536

To understand the meaning embedded in words you have to be above the words

To understand the meaning embedded in words you have to be above the words, you must sense the meaning before you begin to read the words. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16515996734980096

In general, a vessel's opening (mouth) is at its top

In general, a vessel's opening (mouth) is at its top. To get to the vessel's content you have to be above it. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16514986587193344

God created the world ex nihilo with speech

God created the world ex nihilo with speech - "And God said 'Let there be light," etc. Communication is creation. Learn to communicate. http://kabbala4u.ru/twitter/bog-sozdal-mir-iz-nichego-rechyu/

The 4 levels of Torah wisdom

The 4 levels of Torah wisdom, the "front" of Divine wisdom, are the literal reading, the allusion, the allegory, and the secret. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16406348522590208

The 4 levels of wisdom included in the wisdom of the Torah

The 4 levels of wisdom included in the wisdom of the Torah correspond to the 4 letters of God's essential Name, Havayah. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16405137627025408

The prime factors of 365 are 5 and 73. 365 = 5 times wisdom (73). The wisdom of the back, science, is 1 and of the front, Torah, is 4. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/16404284295880704

To succeed in life we must learn to juggle

To succeed in life we must learn to juggle, we must learn to perceive how objects continuously move from being held in our hands to midair. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/14021938997370880

Trust is more than just believing in the existence of God

Trust is more than just believing in the existence of God. Trust means that God is real in my life. I make Him real by doing what He says. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/13887546266230784

Love (13), joy (353) and trust (75) = truth (441, 21 squared)

Love (13), joy (353) and trust (75) = truth (441, 21 squared). We must add to love and joy trust in God to achieve truth. http://twitter.com/RabbiGinsburgh/status/13886638765645824