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    1) The document discusses Rabbi Isaac Luria, known as the Ari, an influential Kabbalist who lived in the 16th century. 2) It provides biographical details of the Ari and describes how he elevated himself spiritually through purification and sharing spiritual secrets. 3) The Ari's main student, Rav Chaim Vital, underwent a spiritual transformation guided by the Ari in order to receive his Kabbalistic teachings.

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    1) The document discusses Rabbi Isaac Luria, known as the Ari, an influential Kabbalist who lived in the 16th century. 2) It provides biographical details of the Ari and describes how he elevated himself spiritually through purification and sharing spiritual secrets. 3) The Ari's main student, Rav Chaim Vital, underwent a spiritual transformation guided by the Ari in order to receive his Kabbalistic teachings.

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    THE DEATH

    ANNIVERSARY OF RAV
    ISSAC LURIA
    From Days of Power by Rav P. S. BERG

    (THE ARI)

    Facts about the ARI:


    1. The Ari was born in Jerusalem and as a child moved with his mother
    to Egypt to live with his uncle. He lived in Egypt for 13 years.
    2. The Ari, died on Hei B’AV (fifth day of Av) in 1574.
    3. The Ari died at age 38.
    4. The Ari was raised in a wealthy home, but his behavior did not reflect
    his wealth. The Ari elevated beyond body consciousness by
    performing his spiritual work until he merited the completion of his
    life’s purpose.
    5. The years that the Ari spent in Egypt were dedicated to the process
    of purifying his life, converting his desire to receive, and completing
    his life process, which was sharing the secrets of Kabbalah.
    6. The Ari spent most of his time alone along the shores of the Nile, he
    attained levels of Spiritual enlightenment and understanding that led

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    him to Tsefat to teach Rav Chaim Vital the secrets of Kabbalah and
    by doing so passing this wisdom on to future generations.
    7. The Ari Made the light more accessible to us. He had surrounding
    light a unique soul, he was not limited to time or space or incarnation.
    8. The Ari was an incarnation of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai’s soul. That
    is how he was able to continue his work.
    9. Every time we cite a tzadik, we merit that his soul attaches to ours.
    By means of reading his writings, we all connect with The Ari and
    merit his help and guidance.
    The Ari could look at ones soul and read his Tikun.
    By connecting to the stories of the Ari we can get:

    -The gift of direction if we connect to his soul and get his assistance
    to understand ones purpose in this world ….
    - The only way we can get answers. What is the purpose of my life?
    We can merit true direction only if our desire above all desires….is
    that we are here to accomplish what we came to do. We won't
    achieve it if we don't appreciate the soul of the Ari we must awaken
    this appreciation for our soul to make the connection with the Ari
    tonight.

    - He had the ability to make the light available as it is now to all of us


    tonight we will learn how to truly have access to this wisdom by
    connecting our soul to the souls of the Righteous.

    The kabbalah Center Siddur (prayer Book) is the way to connect to


    the Ari and bring him close to us. There is a meditation in the prayer
    book given to us by the Ari that helps us connect to The Ari’s ability to
    rise above the Limitations of Time:

    (Hashem melech, hashem malach, Hashem yimloch le’olam va’ed)


    (He ruled, He rules, and He will rule forever)

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    In the book Days of Power Rav Berg writes about the special
    relationship The Ari had with his only student Rav Chaim Vital. The
    description and process in which the Ari guided him to his destiny is
    so beautiful we go back in time as well and connect in a stronger way
    when reading it. This is what Rav Berg wrote from the Kitvei H’Ari
    (The Ari’s Writings) from Rav Chaim Vital words:
     Rav Chaim wrote that on Rosh Chodesh Adar about how Rav
    Isaac Luria (The Ari) changed him, the process in which he
    had to change and reach an even higher elevated level for the
    Ari to pass to him the secrets of the Kabbalah.
    Rav Chaim Vital said:
     The Ari revealed to him that in order to connect with the seed of
    our souls, we must perform spiritual work and it all depends on
    our actions.
     When faced with choosing between our own personal benefit
    and that of others, how much we are willing to sacrifice for
    someone else we rise above our limitations and overcome our
    body consciousness.
     This was the condition (consciousness of sharing) that the Ari
    reached, but the Ari saw the process that Rav Chaim Vitals’
    previous incarnations and had to go through a process of
    correction.
     The Ari reveals that Rav Chaim Vital‘s previous incarnations, he
    was an intellectual only for the sake of his soul.
     The Ari explains that a spiritual person is someone who has
    come in his tikkun process to the level of Ruach and has
    completely disconnected from the level of Nefesh and the
    desire to receive for the self alone.
     The Ari took Rav Chain on a trip touring the grave site of the
    righteous and united Rav Chaim Vital soul to another righteous
    soul (Rav Yanai) who passed away 1,500 years earlier…. This
    righteous soul told Rav Chaim that he has an aspect of slander,
    and his soul is hindered by it. So Rav Chaim had to correct his
    character in the area of Evil speech and increase his degree of
    humility.

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     The Ari told Rav Chaim Vital that his soul is of the same root of
    Moses, like all the righteous souls.
     Only Rav Shimon Bar Yochai, The Ari, and Rav Chaim Vital
    were able to understand Moses and able to connect to his
    mighty soul. That is why The Ari dictated his wisdom to Rav
    Chaim Vital alone. Only he was able to go to the depths of his
    mind and pass on things exactly as he heard them.
     Rav Chaim Vital also tells us about the time he travelled with
    The Ari to the “Idra Rabba” and how Rav Chaim chose to sit in
    the southern gap not knowing exactly why! Then The Ari could
    identify the energetic imprint that was left there, he later
    revealed to him that it was Rav Abba’s seat. It showed Rav
    Chaim Vital that his soul was reaching higher levels of
    consciousness and he connected to Rav Abba’s soul.
     Rav Chaim Vital walk to the Idra Rabba gave him the
    understanding for his own life’s purpose.
     Rav Chaim Vital had the merit to be the student of The Ari.
     Rav Chaim Vita said: “without even knowing it” only by
    connecting to the source of spiritual energy: the Light of the
    creator and the souls of the Righteous has brought us the
    wisdom of Kabbalah to the world.
     The tool for a successful connection is our soul, all we need is
    physical action that connect us with our soul’s source and raise
    our consciousness. Our souls never forgets and Reading the
    Zohar (or scanning) we can connect to the information
    concealed in the depth of our soul.
     That’s how we can connect with our soul, reveal and know what
    our personal mission is, and access information that has
    existed in the depth of our vast soul for hundreds and
    thousands of years.

    May we all be Worthy to have the merit to connect to The Ari. May the Ari
    assist us in our growth + transformation.

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