2026 Day of Learning
HOW KABBALAH REIMAGINES GOD AND TORAH

Presented by Dr. Daniel Matt
Kabbalah is both traditional and radical. Although the Jewish mystics were firmly committed to Talmudic teachings and halakhah (Jewish law), they developed new ways to imagine God and Torah. We will delve into some of these, including Shekhinah (the feminine aspect of God), Ein Sof (God as infinity), the Ten Sefirot (aspects of God’s personality), the radical idea that God needs us, and the Zohar’s mystical approach to Torah. Each of these topics will be explored by studying texts from Kabbalah, including passages from the Zohar.

Professor Matt spent 18 years translating this masterpiece of Kabbalah (The Zohar: Pritzker Edition), and he will guide us through some of its most fascinating passages.