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The #Zohar is the most important work of #Jewishmysticism and one of the central sacred texts of Jewish tradition. It emerged in late 13th-century Spain, most likely authored by the kabbalist Moses de Leon, though it claims to be an ancient text revealed by Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai in the second century. Structured as an esoteric commentary on the Torah , the Zohar weaves a rich tapestry of midrashim, parables and..”

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The Watchers

A watcher is a type of biblical angel. It shows up in both plural & singular forms in the Book of Daniel. This is where reference is made to the holiness of the beings. The Book of Enoch (2nd-1st century BC) refer to both good & bad Watchers, with a mani focus on the rebellious ones.

In Daniel 4:13, 17, & 23, there’s 3 references to the class of “watcher, holy ones.” The term was intro’ed by Nebuchaddnezzar who said he saw ” a watcher, a holy cone come down from Heaven.” He described how in his dream the watcher said that Nebuchdnezzzar will eat grass & be crazy. This punishment is “by the decree of the watchers, the demand by the word of the holy ones…” “that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men.”

The 1st Book of Enoch devotes a lot of attention to the fall of the Watchers. The 2nd Book of Enoch addresses the Watchers who are in the 5th Heaven where the fall took place. The 3rd Book of Enoch gives attention to the unfallen watchers.

In the Book of Enoch, the Watchers are angels sent to Earth to watch over the humans. They soon begin to lust for/after human women, & at the prodding of their leader, Samyaza, defect to illicitly instruct mankind & have kids with them, arriving at Mount Hermon. The offspring of these unions are the Nephilim savage giants who pillage the earth & endanger humanity.

Samyaza & his associates further taught their human “charges” arts & tech such as weaponry, cosmetics, mirrors, sorcery, & other techniques that would otherwise be discovered gradually over time by humans, not foisted upon them all at once.

Eventually, God allows a Great Flood to rid the earth of the Nephilim. But 1st sends the archangel Uriel to warn Noah so as not to completely destroy the human race. The watchers are bound “in the valley of the Earth” until Judgment Day (Jude 1:6). This is where some theories pop up. Like they’re in the Marianus Trench or in the depths of the Grand Canyon or in a mountain base.

The Book of Enoch also lists the leaders of the 200 fallen angels who married & consummated unnatural unions with human women, & who taught forbidden knowledge. Some are listed in the Book of Raziel (Sefer Raziel Hamalakh), the Zohar, & Jubilees. Here’s a short list of them:

• Araqiel: Taught humans the signs of the earth (geomancy). However, in the Sibylline Oracles, Araqiel is referred to not as a fallen angel (or watcher) but as 1 of the 5 angels who lead the souls of humans to judgment.
• Armaros: In I Enoch, taught humanity the resolving of enchantments.
• Azazel: Taught humans to make knives, swords, shields, & how to devise ornaments & cosmetics, metallurgy (specifically in the context of war)
• Gadreel: Taught the art of cosmetics (camouflage), the use of weapons & killing blows (martial arts & weaponry).
• Baraqel: Taught the signs of the stars (astrology)
• Chazaqiel: Taught humans the signs of the clouds (meteorology)
• Kokabiel: In the Book of Raziel, he’s a high-ranking, holy angel. In I Enoch, he’s a fallen watcher, resident of Hell, & commands 365,000 surrogate spirits to do his bidding.
• Penemue: Taught mankind the art of writing with ink & paper, & taught the kids of men the bitter & the sweet & the secrets of wisdom.
• Sariel: Taught mankind about the courses of the moon.
• Samyaza: 1 of the leaders of the fall from Heaven in Vocabulaire de l’Angelolgie.
• Shamsiel: Once a guardian of Eden as stated in the Zohar, served as 1 of the 2 chief aides to the archangel Uriel, when Uriel bore his standard into battle, & is the head of 365 legions of angels & also crowns prayers, accompanying them into the 5th Heaven. In Jubilees, he’s referred to as 1 of the Watchers. He’s a fallen angel who teaches the signs of the sun.
• Yeqon/Jeqon: He was the ringleader who 1st tempted the other Watchers into having adult spicy naked time with humans. His accomplices were: Asbeel, Gadreel, Penemue, & Kasdaye, who were all identified as individual “Satans.”

The Jewish pseudepigraphon 2nd Book of Enoch (Slavonic Enoch) referred to the Grigori. They’re the same as the Watchers in 1st Enoch. Chapter 18 presents the Grigori as countless soldiers with human appearance.

They’re located in the 5th Heaven. They’re identified as “the Grigori, who with their prince Satanail (Yes, you are reading that correctly) rejects the Lord of light.” One version of 2 Enoch adds that their number was/is 200 myriads (2 million).

Chapter 29, referring to the 2nd day of creation, before the creation of human beings, says that “One from out the order of angels” or “one of the ranks of the archangels” “conceived an impossible thought, to place his throne higher than the clouds above the earth, that he might become equal in rank to the Lord’s power. And the Lord threw him out from the height with his angels, & he was flying in the air continuously above the bottomless.”

The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible makes a distinction between the Grigori & the fallen angels by stating that in the 5th Heaven, Enoch sees “the giants whose brothers were the fallen angels.”

The longer recension of 2 Enoch 18:3 identifies the prisoners of the 2nd Heaven as the angels of Satanail.

First Corinthians 11:10, according to early Church Father Tertullian, refers to the Watchers. He taught that the lust of the Watchers was the reason for St. Paul’s directive to Christian women to wear a head covering. Tertullian referenced the case of a woman who was touched on the neck by an angel “who found her to be a temptation.”

According to Philo of Byblos, Sanchuniathon mentioned “some living beings who had no perception, out of whom intelligent beings came into existence, & they were called Zophasemin (In Hebrew: “Watchers of Heaven”). And they were formed like the shape of an egg.”

In the 1999 movie Dogma, the character Bartleby (played by Ben Affleck) is mentioned to have formerly been a Watcher. In the TV show Supernatural (season 10), the Grigori with 1 Tamiel (under the name “Peter Holloway”) appears as the main enemy of the episode. At 1 point, a picture is shown that is implied to be a painting of a Grigori. In the original Dragon’s Dogma, the dragon is called Grigori.

In the 1998 movie City of Angels (this is 1 of our founders’ favorite movies), Nicolas Cage plays a watcher angel who falls in love with a human woman (played by Meg Ryan).

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#Zohar faisait partie des dizaines d'activistes internationaux placés en garde à vue lorsque les forces navales #Israéliennes ont pris d'assaut la mission humanitaire en eaux internationales. #PALESTINE-ONLINE

⭕Les organisateurs de la #Flottille-Sumud-Mondiale ont annoncé la libération de l'activiste #Zohar, qui avait été détenu par les forces d'occupation #Israéliennes après l'interception de la #Flottille à destination de #Gaza.

The #Zohar instructs us:
"...A person’s real work in this world
is the work of the Blessed Holy One"...
There is #work (as #job) & there is real work (what we are on the #Earth to accomplish: our #vocation therefore). We are here to do the #divine work on Earth in this time & place. https://bit.ly/3SZVL8J

The #Zohar instructs us:
"...A person’s real work in this world
is the work of the Blessed Holy One"...
There is #work (as #job) & there is real work (what we are on the #Earth to accomplish: our #vocation therefore). We are here to do the #divine work on Earth in this time & place. https://bit.ly/3SZVL8J

Miki #Zohar, Kulturminister von #Israel:

»"Judäa und Samaria [das #Westjordanland] gehören uns" […]

"Auch #Gaza gehört uns. Wir lassen sie nur dort bleiben als Gäste, bis zu einem bestimmten Punkt, aber Gaza gehört uns"«

Das ist die Regierung, die die @Bundesregierung weiterhin mit Waffenlieferungen unterstützt, und die sie nicht mit Sanktionen belegen will.

Die #Bundesregierung ist aktive Beihelferin zu #Kriegsverbrechen, #Vertreibung und #Genozid.

Verbrechen, die nicht von fanatisierten Menschen auf israelischen Straßen "nur" gefordert werden, sondern von den Ministern der israelischen Regierung offen mit glasklaren Worten angekündigt, systematisch geplant, und konsequent umgesetzt.

Ohne dass #FriedrichMerz und seine Regierung etwas Anderes tun als besorgte, folgenlose Platitüden abzusondern, und weiterhin Beihilfe zu den Verbrechen zu leisten, denen sie tatenlos zuschauen.

Englisch:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/culture-minister-says-gaza-belongs-to-israel-palestinians-merely-there-as-guests/

Miki #Zohar, Kulturminister von #Israel:

»"Judäa und Samaria [das #Westjordanland] gehören uns" […]

"Auch #Gaza gehört uns. Wir lassen sie nur dort bleiben als Gäste, bis zu einem bestimmten Punkt, aber Gaza gehört uns"«

Das ist die Regierung, die die @Bundesregierung weiterhin mit Waffenlieferungen unterstützt, und die sie nicht mit Sanktionen belegen will.

Die #Bundesregierung ist aktive Beihelferin zu #Kriegsverbrechen, #Vertreibung und #Genozid.

Verbrechen, die nicht von fanatisierten Menschen auf israelischen Straßen "nur" gefordert werden, sondern von den Ministern der israelischen Regierung offen mit glasklaren Worten angekündigt, systematisch geplant, und konsequent umgesetzt.

Ohne dass #FriedrichMerz und seine Regierung etwas Anderes tun als besorgte, folgenlose Platitüden abzusondern, und weiterhin Beihilfe zu den Verbrechen zu leisten, denen sie tatenlos zuschauen.

Englisch:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/culture-minister-says-gaza-belongs-to-israel-palestinians-merely-there-as-guests/

“It is known that the letters of the Torah have the aspect of inner lights which are revealed according to the order of the emanation of the worlds. And the boundary of the white that encompasses the letters possesses the aspect of the encompassing lights, which are not revealed but are found in a hidden-ness, in the aspect of the encompassing light. From this we may understand that the white boundaries also possess the aspect of letters, but they are hidden letters, higher than the revealed letters.”

Read more: https://kabbalahexperience.com/white-fire/

#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #Torah #Talmud #Midrash #Zohar

@obscurestar

Union support means Zahor wins.

Cuomo is harming himself, and attacking the Democratic Party, and Democratic Party members, leaders, must denounce him.

Any democratic leader not supporting the Democratic Canadate needs both a remonstrance from Dem leadership, and then their own Primary.

#dems #DemocraticParty #mamdani #ny #cuomo #zohar #bernie

@obscurestar

Union support means Zahor wins.

Cuomo is harming himself, and attacking the Democratic Party, and Democratic Party members, leaders, must denounce him.

Any democratic leader not supporting the Democratic Canadate needs both a remonstrance from Dem leadership, and then their own Primary.

#dems #DemocraticParty #mamdani #ny #cuomo #zohar #bernie

Ein Lyd ohne Nakba

Ein neuer #Film, der Dokumentar- und #ScienceFiction-Elemente miteinander verbindet, erzählt von der ethnischen Säuberung der palästinensischen Stadt [Lyd] im Jahr 1948 und stellt sich vor, wie es aussehen würde, wenn der #Krieg nie stattgefunden hätte. Deshalb hat die israelische #Regierung die Vorführung des Films verboten.

Zwei Stunden bevor ich Anfang des Monats an der Premiere von Rami #Younis und Sarah Ema #Friedlands Film „Lyd“ in #Israel teilnehmen sollte, erhielt ich eine Nachricht von den Organisatoren, in der mir mitgeteilt wurde, dass die Veranstaltung abgesagt wurde. Auf Anweisung von Kulturminister Miki #Zohar hatte die Polizei das von Palästinensern geführte Al-Saraya-Theater in #Jaffa gezwungen, die Veranstaltung abzusagen. Als Vorwand diente eine hundert Jahre alte Verordnung aus der britischen Mandatszeit, nach der Theater für jeden gezeigten Film eine vorherige Genehmigung einholen müssen. Für Zohar schien jedoch ein anderer Faktor im Spiel zu sein.

„Der Film zeichnet ein wahnhaftes, verlogenes Bild, in dem israelische #Soldaten angeblich ein brutales #Massaker begangen haben“, sagte der Minister vor der Absage. Seine Aussage folgte dem Druck der rechtsgerichteten Gruppe B'tsalmo, die bereits geplant hatte, gegen die Vorführung im Al-Saraya zu protestieren, Younis als ‚Aufwiegler‘ verleumdete und davor warnte, dass der Film ‚Terroranschläge von israelischen Arabern auslösen könnte‘.

(...)

https://www.trueten.de/archives/13443-Ein-Lyd-ohne-Nakba.html #Gaza #Palästina #Filmtipp #Lydda #Nakba #Lyd #Lod #לוד #اللد @palestine

Ein Lyd ohne Nakba

Ein neuer #Film, der Dokumentar- und #ScienceFiction-Elemente miteinander verbindet, erzählt von der ethnischen Säuberung der palästinensischen Stadt [Lyd] im Jahr 1948 und stellt sich vor, wie es aussehen würde, wenn der #Krieg nie stattgefunden hätte. Deshalb hat die israelische #Regierung die Vorführung des Films verboten.

Zwei Stunden bevor ich Anfang des Monats an der Premiere von Rami #Younis und Sarah Ema #Friedlands Film „Lyd“ in #Israel teilnehmen sollte, erhielt ich eine Nachricht von den Organisatoren, in der mir mitgeteilt wurde, dass die Veranstaltung abgesagt wurde. Auf Anweisung von Kulturminister Miki #Zohar hatte die Polizei das von Palästinensern geführte Al-Saraya-Theater in #Jaffa gezwungen, die Veranstaltung abzusagen. Als Vorwand diente eine hundert Jahre alte Verordnung aus der britischen Mandatszeit, nach der Theater für jeden gezeigten Film eine vorherige Genehmigung einholen müssen. Für Zohar schien jedoch ein anderer Faktor im Spiel zu sein.

„Der Film zeichnet ein wahnhaftes, verlogenes Bild, in dem israelische #Soldaten angeblich ein brutales #Massaker begangen haben“, sagte der Minister vor der Absage. Seine Aussage folgte dem Druck der rechtsgerichteten Gruppe B'tsalmo, die bereits geplant hatte, gegen die Vorführung im Al-Saraya zu protestieren, Younis als ‚Aufwiegler‘ verleumdete und davor warnte, dass der Film ‚Terroranschläge von israelischen Arabern auslösen könnte‘.

(...)

https://www.trueten.de/archives/13443-Ein-Lyd-ohne-Nakba.html #Gaza #Palästina #Filmtipp #Lydda #Nakba #Lyd #Lod #לוד #اللد @palestine

A little paint job #qabalah #treeoflife #sephiroth #zohar

@baruch I periodically dive in with my rudimentary Aramaic skills and enjoy what I find there. But since I'm not consistent in my attentions she usually runs away. And that's alright. I hope she doesn't think I'm harassing her. I mean well.

#zohar #jewish #mysticism

@baruch I periodically dive in with my rudimentary Aramaic skills and enjoy what I find there. But since I'm not consistent in my attentions she usually runs away. And that's alright. I hope she doesn't think I'm harassing her. I mean well.

#zohar #jewish #mysticism

Nobody makes me want to learn #Zohar more than this teacher, whom I love, Melila Hellner Eshed.

She even has a new book out but oy is it expensive at $66 on Amazon. But you can listen to this YouTube video for free!

https://youtu.be/JwPgmHu4Joo?si=TqShu3FjCIYVycff

#jewish #learning #mysticism

Nobody makes me want to learn #Zohar more than this teacher, whom I love, Melila Hellner Eshed.

She even has a new book out but oy is it expensive at $66 on Amazon. But you can listen to this YouTube video for free!

https://youtu.be/JwPgmHu4Joo?si=TqShu3FjCIYVycff

#jewish #learning #mysticism

I love this teacher - Melila Hellner-Eshed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwPgmHu4Joo

#jewish #zohar #mysticism #academic #love

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"Mondmission Artemis I: Die ersten „Mond-Astronautinnen“ kehren zurück nach Köln"

"Strahlenbelastung ist eine der zentralen ungelösten medizinischen Herausforderungen der astronautischen Raumfahrt. .. Pressemitteilung des ..DLR."

https://www.raumfahrer.net/mondmission-artemis-i-die-ersten-mond-astronautinnen-kehren-zurueck-nach-koeln/

#Artemis1 #DLR #Helga #ISA #Köln #LockheedMartin #LunarTwins #MARE #MATROSHKA #Mondflug #NASA #SternRad #Strahlenbelastung #Strahlenschutz #Strahlung #Zohar

9.3.2023

"Mondmission Artemis I: Die ersten „Mond-Astronautinnen“ kehren zurück nach Köln"

"Strahlenbelastung ist eine der zentralen ungelösten medizinischen Herausforderungen der astronautischen Raumfahrt. .. Pressemitteilung des ..DLR."

https://www.raumfahrer.net/mondmission-artemis-i-die-ersten-mond-astronautinnen-kehren-zurueck-nach-koeln/

#Artemis1 #DLR #Helga #ISA #Köln #LockheedMartin #LunarTwins #MARE #MATROSHKA #Mondflug #NASA #SternRad #Strahlenbelastung #Strahlenschutz #Strahlung #Zohar

9.3.2023

Livestream study of the Zohar with Dr Justin Sledge and Zevi Slavin. English language - no Hebrew or Aramaic needed.
https://www.youtube.com/live/nXzvGFEaReo
#Zohar #Kabbalah #mysticism #occultism #esoterica

Livestream study of the Zohar with Dr Justin Sledge and Zevi Slavin. English language - no Hebrew or Aramaic needed.
https://www.youtube.com/live/nXzvGFEaReo
#Zohar #Kabbalah #mysticism #occultism #esoterica

Chassidus by Reb Yosef Rosenfeld -

The Laughter of Isaac is:
#Zohar: reserved for the future

R' Tzadok: absurdity

Baal Shem Tov: sweetening harshness

R. Nachman: beyond understanding

Sfas Emes: redemptive

Gra: disclosure of secrets

R. YI Chaver: the same as R. Akiva

Rashbi: laughing at death

Izhbitz: Impossible

@mazeldon
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Mystical idea: According to Lurianic Kabbalah, in the very beginning, all that there was, was God. There was no room for a universe with matter and beings. So God engaged in Tzimtzum צִמצוּם, a divine constriction of God’s self. What does this mean?

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2022/07/07/what-is-tzimtzum/

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@mazeldon
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I've been listening to an audiobook about the #Zohar by Mari Silva:
https://www.audible.com/pd/Zohar-Audiobook/B0934ZMGCT

I can't seem to find any information online about this author, besides the fact that they've written a lot of other books on "spiritual" topics. I'm not sure why, but there's something strange about it. Usually authors put something about themselves in the book.

The Zohar is the central work of Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) But it wasn't written all at once, or by just one person. It developed over time. Let's take a look at the layers, and see how they were added :-)

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/layers-in-the-zohar/

@mazeldon
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#MARE / #Helga und #Zohar: "#DLR schickt weibliche Messpuppen zur #NASA-Mission #ARTEMIS1": https://www.raumfahrer.net/dlr-schickt-weibliche-messpuppen-zur-nasa-mission-artemis-1/ (Bild: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0))