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The Martian (DVD)
Sean Bean, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Matt Damon, …
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Matt Damon stars in this sci-fi thriller directed by Ridley Scott.
During a mission to Mars, a crew of NASA astronauts are caught in a
storm that leaves Mark Watney (Damon) missing and presumed dead. As
the rest of the crew return to Earth, Watney awakens to find
himself surrounded by the desolate landscape of the red planet.
With no way to communicate the news of his survival back to Earth,
Watney must figure out a way to prolong his life expectancy until
the next NASA mission visits the planet in approximately four
years. The all-star cast includes Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels,
Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
"Sefer ha-Zohar" (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever
since it emerged in medieval Spain over seven hundred years ago.
Written in lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds
the dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of mystical
literature, comprising over twenty sections. The bulk of the
"Zohar" consists of mystical interpretation of the Torah, from
Genesis through Deuteronomy.
This eighth volume of "The Zohar: Pritzker Edition" consists of
commentary on the end of Leviticus and the beginning of Numbers.
Its most remarkable section is "Idra Rabba"--a dramatic narrative,
in which Rabbi Shim'on and his Companions gather to explore the
deepest secrets of God's nature. There is a sense of emergency
here, because due to human misconduct, the world is vulnerable to
divine wrath. The mystical heroes seek to restore the balance in
the upper worlds--aiming to stimulate a radiant flow from God's
aspect of Compassion, which can soothe the irascible divine aspect
and thereby save the world. The quest is perilous, and through its
intensity three of the Companions tragically perish.
Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Radiance) has amazed readers ever since
it emerged in medieval Spain over seven hundred years ago. Written
in lyrical Aramaic, this masterpiece of Kabbalah exceeds the
dimensions of a normal book; it is virtually a body of mystical
literature, comprising over twenty discrete sections. The bulk of
the Zohar consists of a mystical interpretation of the Torah, from
Genesis through Deuteronomy. This seventh volume of The Zohar:
Pritzker Edition consists of commentary on more than half the book
of Leviticus. How does the Zohar deal with a biblical text devoted
largely to animal sacrifices, cereal offerings, and priestly
ritual? Here these ancient laws and procedures are spiritualized,
transformed into symbols of God's inner life, now that both the
Desert Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem no longer exist. For
example, the ascent offering, which was totally consumed on the
altar, is known in Hebrew as olah (literally, "that which
ascends"). In the Zohar, this symbolizes Shekhinah, last of the ten
sefirot (divine potencies), who ascends to unite with Her beloved,
the blessed Holy One. The biblical narrative describes how two of
Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, offered alien fire before YHVH and
were immediately consumed in a divine blaze. Rabbinic tradition
suggested various reasons why they were killed: they lacked the
proper priestly garments, or had not washed their hands and feet,
or were drunk, or were not married. For the Zohar, marriage enables
one to imitate the divine union of male and female energies, and to
stimulate that union above. By not marrying, Nadab and Abihu
remained incomplete and unfulfilled. According to a related Zoharic
passage, their ritual act failed because in their contemplation of
the divine qualities they did not include Shekhinah. Without Her,
God is incomplete.
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