# *Seder Limmud* for Jodi and Shaiya (JLC 2025) # Links Link to this document: https://a-d-a-m.faith/Shared/2025+Jodi+Katzeff/Seder+Limmud ([PDF version](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hiDs8J5mVsRL4zPYPePFLg15H5Y-q_Ra/view?usp=sharing)) [Google doc with Links to background Readings and Resources](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ExmH0mR8fZtoCn6Ld7kHq_OAnpiVltbNoUuxtnqOsHo/edit?usp=sharing) # Table of Contents - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25|First Meeting 6/8/25]] - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25#Daniel Matt in the Essential Kabbalah:|Daniel Matt in the Essential Kabbalah:]] - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25#Gershom Scholem in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism|Gershom Scholem in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism]] - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25#Chart for Hazkarat Hashem|Chart for Hazkarat Hashem]] - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25#Kavanah for Hazkara (Intention for the Vocalization)|Kavanah for Hazkara (Intention for the Vocalization)]] - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25#Elements of Hazkarat Hashem|Elements of Hazkarat Hashem]] - [[#First Meeting 6/8/25#The Experience of Entering the Divine Name|The Experience of Entering the Divine Name]] - [[#Meeting 18/9/25: The Zohar on the Holidays of Tishrei|Meeting 18/9/25: The Zohar on the Holidays of Tishrei]] .- [[#Meeting 21.10.25|Meeting 21.10.25]] - [[#Meeting 21.10.25#Speakers in Ecstasy - The Biblical *Mitnabim*|Speakers in Ecstasy - The Biblical *Mitnabim*]] - [[#Speakers in Ecstasy - The Biblical *Mitnabim*#Anchor Bible Commentary on the Prophetic Speakers in Ecstasy|Anchor Bible Commentary on the Prophetic Speakers in Ecstasy]] - [[#Meeting 21.10.25#Vowels and Motions of the Hazkarah|Vowels and Motions of the Hazkarah]] - [[#Meeting 21.10.25#The meaning of the Letters Alef, Heh, Vav and Yod - אהו"י|The meaning of the Letters Alef, Heh, Vav and Yod - אהו"י]] ## First Meeting 6/8/25 We decided to begin with the Torah of Rabbi Avraham Abulafia (there are links to background readings on Abulafia in the Google doc above). ![[Your God is Within You]] We started off by talking about Abulafia's place in Jewish history and in Kabbalistic tradition: ### Daniel Matt in the Essential Kabbalah: ![[Daniel Matt on Abulafia in the Introduction to the Essential Kabbalah]] ### Gershom Scholem in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism ![[Selections from Gershom Scholem Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism on Avraham Abulafia]] We then turned to some resources on Abulafia: [[Entering the Divine Name]]. Below are some of the particular sources that we saw: Abulafia's meditation on the divine name: ### Chart for Hazkarat Hashem ![[אלף עם יהו-ה סידור חדש- משותף.png]] We read Abulafia's presentation of the Kavanah or Intention for the Hazkarah: ### Kavanah for Hazkara (Intention for the Vocalization) ![[In the hour you desire - Hebrew and English]] ![[Commentary on kavanah for hazkarah]] And we began to explore the elements of the Hazkarah: ### Elements of Hazkarat Hashem ![[2 Basic Elements]] ![[Elements of Hazkarah]] We also (I think!) read some of Abulafia's description of what it's like to enter the space of the divine name: ### The Experience of Entering the Divine Name ![[21 Abulafia Anointing Oil Text in Hebrew-English Table]] ![[Anointing Oil Commentary]] [[Seder Limmud#Table of Contents|Back to Table of Contents]] ## Meeting 18/9/25: The Zohar on the Holidays of Tishrei [Zohar on the Holidays of Tishrei](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mvF2QeQ3Qe46GzDxeOiV1PNlr6KSgzbW/view?usp=sharing) ## Meeting 21.10.25 We could also go on to explore the kind of Judaism that Abulafia's approach fosters by considering some of its biblical heroes: ### Speakers in Ecstasy - The Biblical *Mitnabim* ![[Samuel 10 Robert Alter]] #### Anchor Bible Commentary on the Prophetic Speakers in Ecstasy ![[Samuel 10 Anchor Bible Commentary]] And then we might get deeper into how the practice works: ### Vowels and Motions of the Hazkarah ![[Vowels and Motions]] And then, we might get deeper into the meaning of the letters: ### The meaning of the Letters Alef, Heh, Vav and Yod - אהו"י ![[34 אותיות אהוי עברית אנגלית]] ![[34 אותיות אהוי - זה זכרי לעולם]]