The Divine Compassion – Selection from the Kabbalistic Zohar’s Genesis, Part 1 of 2

Kabbalah is the ancient mystical school of thought of Judaism. Literally meaning “the received,” Kabbalah is also an esoteric method believed to have been revealed to elect saints and preserved by a certain few since the time of the Garden of Eden. Kabbalah aims to explain the relationship between God – the unchanging and eternal Ein Sof (The Infinite), and God’s creation – the mortal and finite universe. One of the most foundational of the Kabbalistic texts is the Sefer HaZohar, a Kabbalistic commentary on the Torah, which means the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Said Rabbi Hiya: “Adam was seen on different occasions by the patriarchs, to whom he confessed and acknowledged his sin and showed them the place where he had enjoyed the Divine light and glory from on high and also where his descendants, the righteous, and those who obeyed the Good Law, through their good deeds now live the Diviner life in the Garden of the Celestial Eden. Then they praised the Lord and said, ‘How excellent is Thy loving kindness, oh God, as a result of which the children of men put their trust in the shadow of Thy Wing.’”