Ki Tisa 5745

The Alef Kabbalah group (19 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1985 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Ki Tisa. The focus is a theme from the Song of Songs (2:6), 'His left arm is under my head, His right arm embraces me'. The polarity of 'left' and 'right' is discussed in terms of the spiritual service of the individual, with a corresponding response from the Divine. Then a yet higher level is reached, the 'uplifiting of the head' alluded to at the beginning of the Sedra ('when you lift up the head'), the level of Repentance.