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The Broken Whole: From Sparks to Communion

The question of division has followed humanity from the beginning. Some saw it as punishment, others as fracture, others as exile. Still, within different traditions, runs a deeper recognition: the soul belongs to a greater root, a body or tree from which it cannot be separated. Encounters that seem accidental are in fact echoes of ancient unity. The memory of what was broken still circulates, and philosophy, mysticism and myth have given it different names. Plato spoke of a lost whole, Luria of shattered vessels, Paul of the body of Christ. Three languages for one truth.

Three books of Sabbath readings (Seder tikkunei shabbat)

These book of Sabbath readings include liturgical poetry, psalms, passages from the Mishnah, and rules for the Sabbath influenced by the Kabbalah.

1. Scribe and illustrator: Aaron Wolf Herlingen (ca. 1700 – ca. 1760), 1738. The manuscript was copied and illustrated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, a prominent 18th-century Jewish calligrapher and illustrator. During this period Central Europe experienced a renaissance in the art of calligraphy and illustration of Hebrew books. Herlingen was a scribe at the Royal Library of Vienna, and also copied and illustrated manuscripts for wealthy Jews. The splendour of this manuscript is evident not only in its beautiful script and illuminations, but also in its special binding of gold filigree.

2. 1717. Handwritten on parchment; ink, gouache, and gold powder.

It is humanities job, The Ari explains, to uncover                                                                                                                                                                                           sparks of divine light clothed in the physicality of our world, in our everyday lives, to entice them them from their shell. Through uplifting the mundane  to a state of holiness; we thereby reveal the already present holiness clothed within it.

[Explaining Tikkun Olam] “The Ari provided the example of eating. You might eat just to fill an empty stomach. But you could also eat in order to derive energy from the nutrients of your food, and then channel that energy into fulfilling your divine mission in life.    [uplifting the food]

the cover is so pretty

and metal

Tikkun keriah lekhol lailah vayom ('Supplications for day and night'). Amsterdam: David de Castro Tartas, 1666.

Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi - Tikkun

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