Working Draft of Daily Spiritual Guide (17th of Cheshvan) (with a little help from Google Gemini)

 

📅 Kabbalah of Time: Daily Spiritual Guide

Date: November 7/8, 2025 (17th of Cheshvan, 5786) – Shabbat Parashat Vayeira

"Shabbat Shalom! Tonight marks the beginning of the 17th of Cheshvan, 5786. This date is Day 51 of the 364-Day Yearly Cycle. Today is highly significant as it is the traditional date when the Great Flood (Mabul) began in the time of Noah (according to Rabbi Eliezer). Our focus is on the sanctity of Time and the disciplined application of Kindness."

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Part 1: Cycles and Inner Refinement

1. Hayom Yom for the 17th of Cheshvan

Original Text (Yiddish/Hebrew)	English Translation	Link
מ'דארף היטען דעם זמן, מ'דארף מקבל זיין עולה של תורה. יעדער זמן, יעדער טאג וואס גייט אוועק, איז דאס ניט נאר א טאג נאר א ענין אין לעבען, די טעג גייען כמאמר [ירושלמי ברכות פ"א [פרק א'] ה"א [הלכה א']] יום נכנס ויום יוצא שבת נכנס כו' חדש כו' שנה כו'. דער טאטע האט געזאגט בשם רבינו הזקן: אזומערדיגער טאָג און אַוִוינטעֶרדִיגעֶ נאַכט אִיז אַ יאָהר.	Time must be guarded. It is urgent to "accept the yoke of Torah." Every bit of time, every day that passes, is not just a day but a life's concern. Days go by; as the Talmud says (Yerushalmi Berachot 1:1), "A day enters and a day departs, a week enters etc.,... a month etc.,... a year etc.,..." My father quoted the Alter Rebbe: A summer day and a winter night are a year.	chabad.org/dailystudy/hayomyom.asp?tdate=11/8/2025

Inner Work: The holiness of Shabbat is the perfect opportunity to internalize the need to "guard time." Every moment, especially the time dedicated to rest and spiritual pursuits, must be maximized for growth, recognizing that time utilized can equal "a year" of spiritual elevation.

2. Alef-Bet Combination (22-Day Cycle)

Cycle Details	Source Text	Link
Day 7 of Cycle 3 (Zayin with Vav) Combination: Zu (This)	The cycle moves from Heh & Vav into Zayin & Chet. Today is Day 7 (Zayin with Vav). Zayin represents Creation, struggle, and Shabbat ("Zayin" means weapon, but also implies "sustenance"). The combination "Zu" (this) points to the Divine revelation present in the material world, elevated on Shabbat.	kabbalahoftime.com/2013/10/third-set-of-22-days-heh-vav-desert.html

Combination Focus: Zayin with Vav. We focus on elevating the physical struggle (Zayin) of the week by connecting it with the sustaining, transforming flow (Vav) of the Divine. The spiritual focus of Shabbat allows us to point to our existence and declare it "Zu" (This) – a holy reality.

3. Sefirah Combination (Yearly Cycle / Inner Refinement)

• Tonight begins Day 2 of Week 8 (Gevurah shebeChesed)

Sefirah Focus	Source Text (The Seven Shepherds)	Link
Gevurah shebeChesed	Gevurah (Isaac) signifies strength, discipline, and self-control... and the ability to restrain oneself and not to give to another when such giving may cause harm to the receiver, or when the receiver is simply undeserving. Chesed (Abraham) is characterized by kindness and generosity.	kabbalahoftime.com/search?q=Sefirot

Inner Work: We refine Kindness (Chesed) with Discernment (Gevurah). Our goal is to ensure our boundless kindness (like Abraham's) is balanced with the wisdom and discipline (like Isaac's) to apply it appropriately and effectively.

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Part 2: Core Teachings and Cycles

4. Kabbalah of Time Weekly Song / Focus

Theme and Verse (Psalm 121:2)	Source Text / Quality	Link
Humility is Key (Week 8) Humility (Anavah)	The verse from Haazinu referencing the Flood is connected to the quality of Humility, exemplified by Moses (a tikkun for Noah). Humility is key to acquiring Torah, as it involves complete self-nullification before G-d.	kabbalahoftime.com/2013/10/week-8-book-2-humility-is-key.html

5. Keter Shem Tov / Tales of the Baal Shem Tov

Source Text Summary	Link
The Sacrifice of the Poor Man. The Baal Shem Tov teaches that God desires the heart. He tells a story of a poor man whose simple act of using his family's vegetables to lead a rich man's ox to the Temple was seen as preceding the rich man's grand offering. This stresses the value of simple faith and pure intention over external grandeur.	amazon.com/Light-Fire-Baal-Shem-Tov/dp/0826418880

Other topics to cover:

6. Tanach (First Two Chapters of Melachim I)

7. Mishna

8. Daf Yomi 

9. 13 Attribute Combination

10. 41-Day Combination

11. Likutei Moharan

12. Mishna Berurah

13. Zohar

14. Shovavim Cycles

15. Parasha 

Working Draft of Daily Spiritual Guide (16th of Cheshvan) (with a little help from Google Gemini)

📅 Kabbalah of Time: Daily Spiritual Guide

Date: November 6/7, 2025 (16th of Cheshvan, 5786)

"Shalom everyone! Tonight marks the beginning of the 16th of Cheshvan, 5786, which falls on Thursday night, November 6, 2025 and continuing into the day of November 7, 2025. This date is Day 50 of the 364-Day Yearly Cycle, marking the spiritual 'Shavuot of the Chesed Cycle.' We are focusing on maintaining spiritual focus amidst material concerns."

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Part 1: Cycles and Inner Refinement

1. Hayom Yom for the 16th of Cheshvan

Original Hebrew Text (מחשבה)	English Translation	Link
מחשבה היא לבוש ומשרת השכל והמדות. בשעה אשר אין לה שירות בשכל או במדות, גם אז פועלת פעולתה לחשוב ולהרהר, אבל פעולתה לא לבד שאינה תוכנית, אלא היא גם פרועה לשמצה... ומבואר כי סיבת המחשבות זרות או רעות הוא די פוסטקייט פון קאפ, דכאשר השכל עסוק אז יש להמחשבה מה לשרת ואין מקום למחשבות של שטות והבל שאין בהם ממש.	Thought is a garment and servant of the intellect and emotions. Even when it is not serving the intellect or emotions, it continues to function, thinking and meditating. However, this activity is then not only devoid of content, but also open to depravement... It is explained that alien or evil thoughts are caused by "emptiness of the head." For when the mind is occupied, the thought has something to serve, and there is no room for stupid and vain thoughts devoid of substance.	chabad.org/dailystudy/hayomyom.asp?tdate=11/7/2025

Inner Work: The core message is the necessity of constantly occupying the mind with substance (Torah, Mitzvot, G-dly thoughts) to prevent the spiritual garment of thought from being corrupted by vain and empty thoughts.

2. Alef-Bet Combination (22-Day Cycle)

Cycle Details	Source Text	Link
Day 6 of Cycle 3 (Heh & Vav)	Vav is male, and symbolizes the sefirah of Yesod (foundation) as well as all of Zeir Anpin... The shape of the Vav is a straight line, which is associated with male qualities, while female qualities are associated with round, curved shapes, like that of the Heh. Furthermore, the Vav, which literally means a "hook," grammatically is a letter that connects and transforms... The Heh therefore represents the time in the month of Cheshvan that stands for a "rectified" Malchut, when the initial spiritual void we encountered has already been somewhat filled with spirituality.	kabbalahoftime.com/2013/10/third-set-of-22-days-heh-vav-desert.html

Combination Focus: Vav with Heh. The Vav (connection) within the rectified vessel of Heh (Malchut). Our work is to ensure the sustained connection of spiritual light (Vav) within the daily physical world (Heh), actively correcting any spiritual void we sense.

3. Sefirah Combination (Yearly Cycle / Inner Refinement)

Cycle Details	Source Text (The Seven Shepherds)	Link
Tonight begins Day 1 of Week 8 (Chesed shebeChesed [shebeGevurah])	The Jewish People have three patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. On the first night of Sukkot, the Jewish people have the honor of receiving Abraham. This patriarch is characterized by his tremendous kindness and generosity, represented by the sefirah of chesed... Abraham was extremely hospitable, always receiving guests at his home in an exceptional manner.	kabbalahoftime.com/search?q=Sefirot

Focus: Chesed shebeChesed. We are refining the quality of pure, unrestricted Kindness (Chesed) within itself. This means emulating Abraham's hospitality and generosity, ensuring our giving is absolute and unadulterated, and yet also connected to might / judgment.

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Part 2: Core Teachings and Cycles

4. Kabbalah of Time Weekly Song / Focus

Theme and Verse (Psalm 121:2)	Source Text	Link
Not to Lose Focus on our Spirituality and Relationship with G-d	In the eighth week of the year... the swift sings of its recognition that all help comes from G-d, Creator of Heaven and Earth (Psalm 121:2). The swift’s verse is closely connected with Cheshvan. As we go deeper into this month... we need Hashem’s help in order to keep us afloat, and not to lose focus on our spiritual objectives.	kabbalahoftime.com/2013/10/week-8-from-book-not-to-lose-focus-on.html

Pirkei Avot Connection: This week's teaching from Pirkei Avot (II:11) warns: "The evil eye, the evil inclination and hatred towards [G-d’s] creations take a person out of this world."

Other topics to cover:

5. Keter Shem Tov / Tales of the Baal Shem Tov

6. Tanach

7. Mishna

8. Daf Yomi 

9. 13 Attribute Combination

10. 41-Day Combination

11. Likutei Moharan

12. Mishna Berurah

13. Zohar

14. Shovavim Cycles

15. Parasha

Years 2047 and 2048

 B”H

As noted in a previous discussion, Avraham was born in the year 1948 and that Hashem commanded Avraham, “Lech Lecha” when he was 75, in the year 2023. In the year 2047, when Avraham was 99, Hashem gave him the Mitzvah of Brit Milah (circumcision), and a year later, in the year 2048, when he was 100, his son Yitzhak was born.

100 represents the fixing each of the 10 attributes within each 10 subdivisions. We as a people have much  to fix, but also much to look forward to.

Midnight Hammer

 B”H

Netanyahu and Trump have both mentioned just how appropriately named was Operatiom Midnight Hammer, which hammered Iran’s nuclear facilities on the night of June 22-23, 2025. On that historic day, I was supposed to be in Israel on vacation with family. My plans were changed last minute given the circumstances, and instead I found myself in Porto, Portugal. To my surprise, June 23, 2025 was also the day of the largest and most important Portuguese festival of the year: “Festa de S. João.” The festival has quite a unique custom, in which everyone hits each other over the head with plastic hammers awaiting the fireworks at midnight. For the Portuguese, Operation Midnight Hammer was also quite appropriately named… and timed.

75,000

B”H

Based on the latest reports from international organizations and health ministries, the estimated minimum number of people killed across the primary theaters of the Israel-Gaza conflict since October 7, 2023, is around 75,000, which appears to be straight out of the Purim story:

“And the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces assembled and protected themselves and had rest from their enemies and slew their foes, seventy-five thousand, but upon the spoil they did not lay their hands.” (Esther 9:16)

וּשְׁאָ֣ר הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים אֲשֶׁר֩ בִּמְדִינ֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ נִקְהֲל֣וּ | וְעָמֹ֣ד עַל־נַפְשָׁ֗ם וְנ֨וֹחַ֙ מֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָרוֹג֙ בְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔ם חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים אָ֑לֶף וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָֽׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם:

Netzach: Rebbe Nachman’s Yahrzeit

 B”H

It’s important to note that the ceasefire is taking effect on the 18th of Tishrei, Chai Tishrei, Rebbe Nachman’s Yahrzeit,

The spiritual guest (Ushpiz) of the Sukkah for today is Moshe Rabbeinu, who led the Jewish people out of Egyptian captivity. The Sefirah connected to Moshe is Netzach, which is also the Sefirah connected to Rebbe Nachman: Nitzachti v’Anatzeach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR1y20sjI5s

היום אם בקולו תשמעו

בעת נעילת שער

כי פנה היום

פתח אליהו ואמר

זה לא הדף

זה היום.

Cycles of 50 Years: A Journey Towards Prophetic World Peace (Updated)

The table below charts the "Cycles of 50 Years (Jubilees)" in Jewish history, highlighting how pivotal events, particularly within the Chassidic movement, align with specific turning points. These cycles reveal a deeper, divinely orchestrated pattern guiding our historical journey. From the rise of new spiritual movements to the shaping of national destinies, each 50-year period marks significant shifts, often concentrating their transformative energy in the years 1, 31-34, and 51-52.

Here, we detail each cycle, noting its defining events and the Chassidic leadership that steered these periods of profound change:

1. Chassidic Movement	1	1666	Shabtai Tzvi disgrace, not long after Chimelnicky massacres.	Fellowship of Hidden Tzadikim
Turning Point	33	1698	Birth of the Ba'al Shem Tov	Fellowship of Hidden Tzadikim
2. Chassidic and Lithuanian Systems	52/ 2	1717  (1720)	Birth of Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk, brother of Reb Zushya of Anipoli (Birth of the Vilna Gaon)	Ba’al Shem Tov  (1716-1760)
Turning Point	31-34	1746- 1749	Birth of the Alter Rebbe (Elul 1745) and Rav Chayim of Volozhin	Ba’al Shem Tov  (1716-1760)
3. Second Generation Chassidic Movement	51/1	1766	Birth of Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz, the “Yid haKodesh”	Magid of Mezeritch (1761 – 1772), Leadership Divided
Turning Point	31-33	1796-1798	Birth of the Ruzhiner Rebbe; Publication of the Tanya;Yud Tet Kislev	Alter Rebbe (1798-1812)
4. Jewish  Emancipation	52/2	1815	Congress of Vienna. The Jewish question is raised explicitly for the first time in an international conference.	Mitteler Rebbe (1813-1827)
Turning Point	33-34	1848-1849	Revolutions in Europe give Jews complete civil rights in many countries.	Tzemach Tzedek (1827 – 1866)
5. Zionism	51/1	1866	Birth of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook (Elul 1865)	Rebbe Maharash (1866 – 1882[1])
Turning Point	31-34	1896-1899	Publication of "The Jewish State." WZO and Jewish Colonial Trust established	Rebbe Rashab (1893 - 1920)
6. Israel’s Independence	52/2	1917	World War I; Balfour Declaration. Beginning of British Mandate	Rebbe Rayatz (1920 – 1950)
Turning Point	32-34	1947- 1949	War of Independence, Declaration of State, shortly after the Holocaust	The Rebbe (1950 – 1994)
7. Modern Israel	52/2	1967	Six Day War, Yom Yerushalayim	The Rebbe (1950 – 1994)
Turning Point	31-34	1996- 1999	Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister after surprise victory. Three years later, he is defeated by a wide margin.	Brotherhood of Chassidim

8. World Recognition	52/2	2017	United States recognizes   Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.	Brotherhood of Chassidim
Turning Point	31-34	2046-2049	????	????

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[1] The Rebbe Maharash passed away at the young age of 48, when the Rebbe Rashab was only 21 years old. The Rebb

Connecting the Cycles to the End of Days: A Vision of Universal Peace

This meticulous charting of history's rhythm, with its recurring patterns and pivotal turning points, compels us to consider the ultimate destination of this grand journey. The "Cycles of 50 Years" are not merely a record of the past; they are a roadmap pointing towards a future envisioned by our prophets – the End of Days, characterized by universal peace, spiritual unity, and global justice.

The prophetic writings of Isaiah and Micah, among others, paint a vivid picture of a world utterly transformed. They speak of a time when:

• Universal Peace Prevails: "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore" (Micah 4:3). This is a radical redirection of human effort, from destruction to creation, from conflict to cooperation. Even the natural world reflects this harmony: "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat" (Isaiah 11:6).

  
  

• Spiritual Unity Flourishes: "For from Zion will go forth the Torah, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:3). All nations will ultimately recognize the one God and turn to Jerusalem as the global center of spiritual wisdom and guidance, leading to a unified moral consciousness across humanity.

  
  

• Global Justice is Established: A leader of profound wisdom and righteousness will rule, ensuring fairness and eradicating oppression, so that "righteousness will be the sash around his loins, and faithfulness the belt around his waist" (Isaiah 11:5).

  
  

When we examine the progression of our "Cycles of 50 Years," we can see glimpses of this prophetic vision unfolding. The establishment of Israel (Cycle 6) and the subsequent recognition of Jerusalem by the United States (Cycle 8's first event) are not merely political acts, but deep spiritual milestones. They represent a gradual, yet persistent, movement towards a time when the world will acknowledge the spiritual significance of Zion and the divine plan for humanity.

The question mark in the final turning point of Cycle 8 (2046-2049) is therefore not an absence, but an invitation. It beckons us to consider what monumental event could complete this trajectory. Could it be the ultimate, global World Recognition of Jerusalem, not just as a political capital, but as the spiritual heart of humanity? Such an event would align perfectly with the prophetic vision, potentially ushering in an era where the world truly begins to "beat their swords into plowshares."

Each cycle, with its trials and triumphs, its birth of leaders and its moments of revelation, pushes us closer to this ultimate redemption. The patterns of history reveal a divine hand, guiding us towards a future of unparalleled peace and unity, where the wisdom of Zion illuminates all corners of the earth.