Before the Beginning

Lesson 2 Before the Beginning This study has been authored by Rav Z’ev ben Shimon HaLevi and was extracted from Kabbalah l’Olam. This study contains added commentary written by Jason Bright. Rav HaLevi’s writings are in bold font and Jason Bright’s... More

Lesson 2 Before the Beginning This study has been authored by Rav Z’ev ben Shimon HaLevi and was extracted from Kabbalah l’Olam. This study contains added commentary written by Jason Bright. Rav HaLevi’s writings are in bold font and Jason Bright’s commentary is in regular font for easy reading. This is the second lesson in a series presented by Beit Toledano Mekubalim. HALEVI God the Transcendent is called in Kabbalah Ain. Ain means No-Thing. Ain is beyond Existence, separate from any-thing. Ain is Absolute Nothing. Ain is not above nor below. Neither is Ain still or in motion. There is nowhere where Ain is, for Ain is not. Ain is soundless, but neither is it silence. Nor is Ain a void- and yet out of zero of Ain's nothingness comes the one of Ein Sof. Ein Sof in Hebrew means Endless. As the one to the zero of Ain, Ein Sof is the Absolute All to Ain's Absolute Nothing. God the Transcendent is Ain and God the Immanent is Ein Sof. Both Nothing and All are the same. Beyond the titles of Less