The Part 2 of this previously archived talk from 2014 with Rabbi Gedaliah Gurfein from Jerusalem begins with examining Judaism's relationship to other religions.

Also explored:

• the Jewish nation as G-d's 'Stop Gap People'
• The Mission of the Jewish Nation is to bring G-d's Light into World
• Noah and Abraham
• Antisemites, those who actually loves Jews the most
• Love and Hatred as the same energy
• When Jews do not fulfill thier mission, anti-semitism rises
• Reb Zusha on his deathbed, 'why weren't you like Moses?'
• The grade school story of assembling the world
• Bashert, Destiny and the Soul with Two Faces
• God speaks Creation into existence
• Adam naming the animals
• Adam is a title for a human being
• All human beings are both male and female
• A baby as an embryo learns the entire torah in their mother's womb - and are shown the Light of Creation that streches from teh beginning of time of one end
• What is True is in our bones
• Ish and Isha male and female, Kabbalist deconstruction
• King Solomon 'he who has found good has found a wife'
• Bashert Decreed by God

Biography:

Gedaliah has been a teacher of Jewish wisdom for over 45 years. His experiences have included a range from traditional yeshivot to Pueblo Indians, Igbo Tribes, China, Netherlands, Mexico and, of course, Israel. Gedaliah has also been involved in the Israeli High-Tech industry since 1995. His classic work - free to the public - is The People's Talmud.

This two Part talk was a previously archived conversation from 2014, the second Unraveling Religion, Judaic Edition with Rabbi Gedaliah Gurfein from Jerusalem, and it surveys:

• Who is Kabbalah meant for?
• What is Torah?
• The word 'kabbalah' means 'receive'
• An examination of the influence of the Ba'al Shem Tov
• A synopsis of Jewish history pre-Ba'al Shem Tov
• There are four rviers out of the Garden of Eden, these four rivers are the way to a secret return to Eden
• These Four Rivers and the rectification of the world
• North, East, South, and West are impoverished and need the Waters of Life to infuse them
• Torah as a Schematic of Creation
• Purpose of darkness and evil
• Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad
• Adam and Eve, pre-sin Choice, itself was 'true' or 'false'
• Post-sin became good or bad (i.e., subjective)
• Snake as a messenger programmed to challenge Adam and Eve (test the mettle to resist the snake)
• Genuine speech is the rebellion agaist the ego
• What was the snakes sudection, 'I can be like G-d?' what does it mean? 'I call the shots'
• the world as it is supposed to be already exists we need time to perefct the world to understand how that is possible
• What is G-d's Kabbbalah? Not the ultimate High Worlds, but the worlds where these is no way to know God and people who are surrounded by evil people but still do acts of kindness, who choose to be kind, that is G-d's Kabbalah

Biography:

Gedaliah has been a teacher of Jewish wisdom for over 45 years. His experiences have included a range from traditional yeshivot to Pueblo Indians, Igbo Tribes, China, Netherlands, Mexico and, of course, Israel. Gedaliah has also been involved in the Israeli High-Tech industry since 1995. His classic work - free to the public - is The People's Talmud.

Pulled from the Archives of Unraveling Religion, Judaic Edition, this January 2010 conversation with Rabbi Gedaliah Gurfein of Jerusalem opens to the importance of Judaism's connection to the land of Israel.

Also discussed is the nature of a human being, being is less important than becoming.

Rabbi Gedaliah shares utilizing the time on our planet might be best served by refining ourselves into sacred vessels.

• Higher than Kabbalah is Prophecy
• In ancient Israel there were school of Prophecy
• One cannot generate Prophecy, one can only make themselves a worthy vessel to receive Prophecy
• Night as the facilitation of Faith
• Day as the facilitation of Wisdom
• Why don't we perceive G-d clearly? Is existence a Cosmic Game of hide and seek?
• G-d make us Partners in Creation
• Star of David, 'Bringing Heaven down to Earth'
• Six days of Creation, Six Directions (i.e., north, east, south, west, up, down)
• In order to move in Space, one needs Time
• The seventh type of time is Shabbas, returning to oneself, time with no direction
• All specifications of our lives are crafted by G-d to give us the the opportunity for its successful completion
• The physical and spiritual mirror one another
• Judaism's rich tradition and history of meditation
• Respecting differences in the World's Religions
• Reincarnation is not explicit taught in Torah, Talmud touches on it
• Torah is very much about the here and now
• Ba'al Shem Tov, Owner of a Good Name
• Highest thing a human being can work toward and leave behind is to be Ba'al Shem Tov, the Owner of a Good Name

Biography:

Gedaliah has been a teacher of Jewish wisdom for over 45 years. His experiences have included a range from traditional yeshivot to Pueblo Indians, Igbo Tribes, China, Netherlands, Mexico and, of course, Israel. Gedaliah has also been involved in the Israeli High-Tech industry since 1995. His classic work - free to the public - is The People's Talmud.