This five-part series is sponsored l’ilui nishmat Ruth Kassin bat Tzofia—לעילוי נשמת רות בת צופיה—in honor of her yahrzeit on the 16th of Av. May her neshamah have an aliyah.
ABOUT THE SERIES
The Healing Waters of the Arizal
What can the teachings of the Arizal offer a person living through concealment, fragmentation, and spiritual disconnection?
In this five-part series, Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld approaches the Arizal’s teachings not simply as an abstract system of Kabbalah, but as a form of spiritual medicine. These teachings offer a new language for understanding God, creation, and the inner experience of being human.
THE ARIZAL | PART 1 | 1:04
On the Banks of the Nile: Revealing Presence in Absence
Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld introduces the Arizal’s teachings as a form of spiritual medicine for moments of concealment and disconnection. Through the Arizal’s descent into Mitzrayim and his revelations on the banks of the Nile, this episode explores how apparent absence can itself become the place where a deeper presence is revealed.
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IN THIS EPISODE
• The therapeutic significance of the Arizal’s teachings
• Kabbalah as spiritual medicine rather than abstract knowledge
• Mitzrayim and the Nile as symbols of constriction and concealment
• Yitzchak and the aspect of holy laughter
• The discovery of presence within apparent absence
TOPICS
Arizal · Mitzrayim · Tzimtzum · Yitzchak · Concealment · Redemption
THE ARIZAL | PART 2 | 1:10
A River Flows From Eden: The Unfolding Light of the Tree of Life
This episode explores how the teachings of the Arizal unfolded through Rabbi Chaim Vital, Mahari Sarug, and the generations that followed. Like a river dividing into many streams, the different paths of Kabbalah reveal distinct dimensions of one underlying light and offer a way to discover unity within fragmentation.
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IN THIS EPISODE
• Learning the Arizal with vulnerability and personal urgency
• The Eitz Chaim as a sefer mussar and guide for inner transformation
• Rabbi Chaim Vital and Mahari Sarug as transmitters of the Arizal’s teachings
• The many paths of Kabbalah as rivers flowing from a single source
TOPICS
Eitz Chaim · Rabbi Chaim Vital · Mahari Sarug · Four Rivers · Sod · Unity
THE ARIZAL | PART 3 | 49:56
The Air of Tzfas — Binah and the Laughter of Yitzchak
Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld explores Binah as the meeting point between unity and fragmentation, and as the place where severity can be sweetened at its source. Through Tzfas, Yitzchak, and holy laughter, this episode reveals how darkness and constriction can become the birthplace of freedom, joy, and return.
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IN THIS EPISODE
• Binah as the bridge between unity and fragmentation
• Binah as both the source and sweetening of dinim
• The fifty gates of Binah and the structure of the Eitz Chaim
• Tzfas, Yitzchak, gevurah, and the hidden laughter of redemption
TOPICS
Binah · Tzfas · Yitzchak · Gevurah · Dinim · Laughter · Teshuvah
THE ARIZAL | PART 4 | 59:18
Revelation of Concealment: Tzimtzum Both Real and Unreal
This episode enters the mystery of tzimtzum: the apparent concealment of Divine light that makes finite existence possible. By exploring whether tzimtzum is a true withdrawal or the hiding of a presence that never departed, Rabbi Joey reveals a new way of encountering the places where Hashem seems absent.
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IN THIS EPISODE
• Binah as the bridge between unity and fragmentation
• Binah as both the source and sweetening of dinim
• The fifty gates of Binah and the structure of the Eitz Chaim
• Tzfas, Yitzchak, gevurah, and the hidden laughter of redemption
TOPICS
Binah · Tzfas · Yitzchak · Gevurah · Dinim · Laughter · Teshuvah
THE ARIZAL | PART 5 | 59:18
The Kav- The Finite Expression of Infinite Hope
Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld explores the Kav, the measured ray of infinite light that enters the empty space created through tzimtzum. The Kav becomes the root of hope: the faith that even within limitation, distance, and concealment, the light of the Infinite can still enter and reveal a connection that was never lost.
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IN THIS EPISODE
• The reentry of Divine light into the chalal
• The Kav as a measured expression of the immeasurable Ohr Ein Sof
• Torah and mitzvos as expressions of the Kav within finite existence
• Kav, kivui, emunah, and the spiritual refusal to despair
TOPICS
The Kav · Ohr Ein Sof · Torah · Kivui · Hope · Emunah · Redemption