{"product_id":"the-sefirot-ten-emanations-of-divine-power","title":"The Sefirot: Ten Emanations of Divine Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish mystical tradition teaches that in order to create the many planes of being that culminated in our world, God brought into being ten sefirot, or vessels. These sefirot consecutively filtered (and continue to filter) Gods spiritual light, so that universes separate from Him were able to emerge. It is the belief of Kabbalists that every person, object, and process in the world works through the energies of the sefirot, and every Jewish practice and holiday is a conductor that allows these energies to flow. Furthermore, because people contain analogues of the sefirot within themselves, they can intuit the spiritual truth of the upper worlds. Consequently, mans actions  acts of goodness and of religious meaning, such as keeping the Sabbath  can influence the heavenly sefirot and draw down their positive energy. This analogy, between the sefirot and ones personal manner of relating to God in a profound and deeplyfelt way, is a theme discussed at length in the Breslov chasidic literature; particularly so in Likkutei Halachot, an eight volume collection of essays by Rabbi Nosson of Nemirov, an esteemed student of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. This work parallels the sixteenthcentury collection of Jewish law known as the Shulchan Aruch. But whereas that work, the foundation of modern halachic practice, is a practical manual, Likkutei Halachot uses the halachah as a takeoff point for brilliant expositions of Breslov chasidism. It is Likkutei Halachot that forms the basis of Y. David Shulmans The Sefirot: Ten Emanations of Divine Power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jason Aronson, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Shulman, David Y. \/ hardcover","offer_id":47842029469941,"sku":"SONG1568219296","price":75.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91S6XZq9AqL.jpg?v=1773770138","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-sefirot-ten-emanations-of-divine-power","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}