Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Academy Global Course 2025/26 [2026-04-05]

This episode of the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Academy Global Course 2025/26 marks the beginning of a new series focused on the 'Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah,' a foundational text by Baal HaSulam. The lesson explores the core structure of reality through the lens of Kabbalistic cosmology, emphasizing that creation began with the Creator's intention to bestow pleasure upon created beings. The central theme is the development of the 'will to receive'—the fundamental desire in all creation—through four distinct spiritual phases (Chochma, Bina, Tiferet, Malchut), each representing a stage of increasing independence and separation from the Creator. The process is described as a cascading descent of light, where the light gradually departs from the vessel (desire), allowing the vessel to develop its own identity and yearning. This mechanism enables the possibility of free choice and spiritual growth. The lecture also introduces the symbolic language of Kabbalah, including the four letters of the divine name Havaya (Yud-K-Vav-K), which correspond to these four phases. The host stresses that this is not philosophy or metaphor but a precise spiritual science, and that understanding these concepts is essential for spiritual advancement. The lesson concludes with a call to continue studying the material, asking questions, and preparing for deeper internal work in future sessions. The episode underscores that the ultimate goal of Kabbalah is not intellectual knowledge but the revelation of the Creator through the correction of one's intention. The 'point in the heart'—a spiritual spark—emerges only after the full descent of the desire to receive, and it is this point that enables a person to return to the Creator through conscious, intentional bestowal. The host emphasizes that spiritual development is a process of ascending from below, retracing the same path of descent through the four worlds, but now with awareness and corrected intention. The lesson is framed as a foundational step in a long journey, requiring patience, repetition, and openness to new spiritual concepts that do not map directly onto physical or psychological experiences.