Kabbalah of Time: Daily Spiritual Guide
Date: November 8/9, 2025 (18th of Cheshvan, 5786) – Motza'ei Shabbat
Focus: Chai (Life) and Tiferet shebeChesed shebeGevurah (Harmony in Kindness within Discipline). Day 52 of the 364-Day Yearly Cycle.
Part 1: Cycles and Inner Refinement
1. Hayom Yom for the 18th of Cheshvan
| Original Text (Hebrew/Yiddish) | English Translation/Emendation | Link |
| בתו"א [בתורה אור] פרשת חיי שרה סד"ה [סוף דיבור המתחיל] להבין משארז"ל [מה שאמרו רבותינו זכרונם לברכה] יפה שעה יש טה"ד [טעות הדפוס]. וכך צ"ל [צריך להיות]: "ויהי'[ה] בבחינת ביטול [אבל עכשיו.. היינו בחינת איסר ועמ"ש [ועיין מה שכתוב] לקמן בפירוש אוסרי לגפן] שהוא בחינת חפץ וכתיב הודו.. תוך כ"ע [כל עלמין], אבל תכלית הכוונה | (At this point there appears in the Hebrew text emendations of Torah Or on this week's sedra, meaningful only in Hebrew.) The corrected text discusses: "Vay'hih [And it will be] in the aspect of Bittul (Self-Nullification)... which is the aspect of Chefetz (Desire)... but this is the ultimate intention (tahclit hakavanah)." |
2. Alef-Bet Combination (22-Day Cycle)
Cycle: Day 8 (Chet) of Cycle 3 (Heh and Vav).
Combination: Chet with Heh (The letters $8^{th}$ and $5^{th}$).
| Combination Details | Source Text | Link |
| Chet (ח) with Heh (ה) | Chet represents tremendous power and Chaim (Life), overcoming sin. Heh is a rectified Malchut (vessel), connected to fertility and children, as seen in the change of Sarai to Sarah. The combination infuses the rectified vessel (Heh) with the vitality above nature (Chet). |
Verse for Today (Psalm 34:8): חֹנֶ֚ה מַלְאַךְ־יְהֹוָ֓ה סָ֘בִ֚יב לִֽ֜ירֵאָ֗יו וַֽיְחַלְּצֵֽם / An angel of the Lord is stationed around those who fear Him, and He saved them.
3. Sefirah Combination (Yearly Cycle / Inner Refinement)
Tonight begins Day 3 of Week 8 (Tiferet shebeChesed shebeGevurah)
| Sefirah Focus | Context |
| Tiferet shebeChesed shebeGevurah (Harmony in Kindness within Discipline) | Tiferet (Jacob) is the balance between Chesed (Abraham) and Gevurah (Isaac). Tiferet is known as Rachamim (Mercy), which is leniency in the context of judgment (Din). Gevurah (Isaac) requires restraint and not giving to the undeserving. This triple combination applies Jacob's harmony to Abraham's kindness, moderated by Isaac's discipline. |
Part 2: Core Teachings and Practices
4. Kabbalah of Time Weekly Focus (Book 3)
| Theme and Verse (Song of the Sea) | Core Concepts | Link |
| Affirming Life (Week 8) Methuselah | The verses reference the Flood and miraculous punishment. The Haftarah mentions "crooked paths" (arachot akakalot), which are linked to the verb lekalkel (to ruin). Talmud Sotah, Daf 8, discusses the bitter waters test and Divine retribution (middah kneged middah). Methuselah (who affirmed life and maintained righteousness above nature) is contrasted with Methushael. The journey to the desert of Zin (where food provisions ended) teaches us to pray for spiritual sustenance that comes "above nature." The key lesson is to simply affirm life at all times: "Choose life!" |
5. Keter Shem Tov / Jewish Spiritual Practices
| Source Text Summary |
| The Service of the Heart: The Baal Shem Tov teaches that the smallest service done willingly and joyfully, with purity of heart (like the poor man's sacrificial vegetables), is precious to G-d, who desires the heart's intention over material grandeur. |
| Prayer Preparation: To pray with expanded consciousness and without foreign thoughts, one must exert oneself before prayer by reciting Psalms or Torah study. This purifies the mind and ensures prayer ascends with the greatest concentration (Kavvanah). It is also good to use a fixed place and time, and prepare the location with candles or pleasant spices. |
Other topics to cover:
6. Tanach (Chapters 3 and 4 of Melachim I)
7. Mishna
8. Talmud
9. 13 Attribute Combination
10. 41-Day Combination
11. Likutei Moharan
12. Mishna Berurah
13. Zohar
14. Shovavim Cycles
15. Parasha
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