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Where to start?
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
--- Quote from: Hindu Zionist on December 23, 2008, 11:57:15 PM ---thank you everyone for helping me out.
It will take me 2-3 weeks before i am able to comment anything
One question, i found Zohar very very interesting, can i start reading from this?
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You wont understand it, the language is cryptic, it uses words that you can understand only with a guide who recieves the tradition correctly.
✡ Hindu Zionist ॐ:
--- Quote from: muman613 on December 24, 2008, 12:05:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: Hindu Zionist on December 23, 2008, 11:57:15 PM ---thank you everyone for helping me out.
It will take me 2-3 weeks before i am able to comment anything
One question, i found Zohar very very interesting, can i start reading from this?
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Please don't. It is our mystical text which only should be studied once you have a firm understanding of Tanakh. This text would not be recommended by any Jew. Do not study the Zohar!
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So does it mean i have to read the Tanakh first and then read the Zohar? or is it that a non-jew is not supposed to learn about it?
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
--- Quote from: Hindu Zionist on December 24, 2008, 03:55:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: muman613 on December 24, 2008, 12:05:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: Hindu Zionist on December 23, 2008, 11:57:15 PM ---thank you everyone for helping me out.
It will take me 2-3 weeks before i am able to comment anything
One question, i found Zohar very very interesting, can i start reading from this?
--- End quote ---
Please don't. It is our mystical text which only should be studied once you have a firm understanding of Tanakh. This text would not be recommended by any Jew. Do not study the Zohar!
--- End quote ---
So does it mean i have to read the Tanakh first and then read the Zohar? or is it that a non-jew is not supposed to learn about it?
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You wont understand properly (and neither would a regular Jew).
Lisa:
I think the best thing would be to start out with the first two books I recommended.
q_q_:
--- Quote from: Hindu Zionist on December 24, 2008, 03:55:03 AM ---<snip>
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So does it mean i have to read the Tanakh first and then read the Zohar? or is it that a non-jew is not supposed to learn about it?
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a non-jew is not supposed to learn about the zohar.
basics about judaism are fine.. The books Lisa mentioned.
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