Israel Diaries: The Spiritual City of Tzfat, Israel
On day 2 of the trip we traveled to the old city of Tzfat, Israel. This city is said to be thousands of years old where historical and religious figures roamed. Now it is known as a city with creativity, art and spiritualism. We first explored the city a bit, we walked on the white stone which everything was built upon and my eye would be drawn to the bright blue accents, giving me the light and breezy feeling that Greece has.
We learned that Tzfat was known for a sector of Judaism called 'Kabbalah' which is basically an abstract interpretation of the Torah which takes into consideration concepts like spirituality, mysticism and meditation. It delves deeper into the meaning behind every passage of the torah, explaining that nothing is black and white and everything we do in the Jewish religion has a bigger meaning to the Universe. This concept I could really relate with being the spiritual person that I am. I am uncertain about religion and what I believe in, but this idea of Kabbalah opened my eyes to a more meaningful way of looking at the Judaism that I felt connected to.
We went to go see an artist in Tzfat named Avraham and he helped us better understand the ideas of Kabbalah and how he transfers those ideas into art. I felt inspired by his art and the concepts he explained of Kabbalah, so I purchased a small version of one of his pieces, it reminds me of the Yin Yang but it uses the letter Hay instead which mean life in Hebrew. It's basically saying that one part of life is our need to give all that we can to others and the other part of life is taking whatever knowledge and wisdom we can get from others, that is the balance just like light and dark. This piece jumped out at me this is truly the way I live my life acknowledging the coexistence of opposing things, thus is life. I'm still interested in learning more ideas of Kabbalah and I've already purchased a book he highly recommended called "Jewish Mediation" by Aryeh Kaplan so who knows how it may impact my life. Although Tzfat was more humble compared to the other adventures that we went on during our 10 day trip, it was certainly one of the most memorable and meaningful places we went. Below is a photo of Avraham's art studio.
We learned that Tzfat was known for a sector of Judaism called 'Kabbalah' which is basically an abstract interpretation of the Torah which takes into consideration concepts like spirituality, mysticism and meditation. It delves deeper into the meaning behind every passage of the torah, explaining that nothing is black and white and everything we do in the Jewish religion has a bigger meaning to the Universe. This concept I could really relate with being the spiritual person that I am. I am uncertain about religion and what I believe in, but this idea of Kabbalah opened my eyes to a more meaningful way of looking at the Judaism that I felt connected to.
We went to go see an artist in Tzfat named Avraham and he helped us better understand the ideas of Kabbalah and how he transfers those ideas into art. I felt inspired by his art and the concepts he explained of Kabbalah, so I purchased a small version of one of his pieces, it reminds me of the Yin Yang but it uses the letter Hay instead which mean life in Hebrew. It's basically saying that one part of life is our need to give all that we can to others and the other part of life is taking whatever knowledge and wisdom we can get from others, that is the balance just like light and dark. This piece jumped out at me this is truly the way I live my life acknowledging the coexistence of opposing things, thus is life. I'm still interested in learning more ideas of Kabbalah and I've already purchased a book he highly recommended called "Jewish Mediation" by Aryeh Kaplan so who knows how it may impact my life. Although Tzfat was more humble compared to the other adventures that we went on during our 10 day trip, it was certainly one of the most memorable and meaningful places we went. Below is a photo of Avraham's art studio.
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