Ascent to Spiritual Origins with the “Kabbalah Academy”

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Author’s group tour in Israel with guide Igor Tribelsky

Kabbalah — the secret esoteric teaching — originated in the Galilee. This spiritual tradition explores profound religious and philosophical questions: the essence and purpose of the Creator, the relationship between nature and humanity, and the meaning and purpose of existence itself.

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Day 1 ✧ Arrival

Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport.

Meeting with a representative of the Kabbalah Academy.

Transfer to Eilat. Hotel check-in.

Dinner and overnight stay in Eilat.

Day 2 ✧ Eilat Mountains and Timna Park

Ma‘ale Eilat — the Eilat Mountains. A summit overlooking Sinai, Jordan, the sea, the desert, and the mountains.

A study session and meditation in the nature reserve led by a representative of the Kabbalah Academy. Introduction to the principles of creating a shared spiritual vessel in order to fully experience the journey ahead. Explanation of the meaning of Kabbalistic meditation.

Visit to Timna Park (“The Mines of King Solomon”) with an exploration of the concept of wisdom in the Kabbalistic sense.

Theme of the day: “Kingdom.” Creation as a fully formed and manifested reality, aware of itself and of its Creator. The desire to receive all the goodness prepared by the Creator in all its fullness and diversity.

Further reflection on the theme of “Kingdom” and the spiritual essence of the desert.

Return to Eilat. Dinner and overnight stay in Eilat.

After dinner, optional visits to the Underwater Observatory Marine Park and the Dolphin Reef are available.

Day 3 ✧ Ascent to Jerusalem

Day 3 ✧ Ascent to Jerusalem

Early breakfast. Departure from Eilat.

Beginning of the “Ascent to Jerusalem” through the Arava Desert. Along the way, a representative of the Kabbalah Academy will lead a study session continuing the theme of the desert.

Dead Sea. Time for rest and swimming. An opportunity to experience the concept of “Kingdom” through the body itself.

Masada — a place of spiritual power. Study session and meditation within the fortress grounds.
Theme: “The Point of Resistance, the Point of Decision, and the Acceptance of the Inevitable.”

Arrival in Jerusalem. Stop at the Mount of Joy overlooking the city upon entering Jerusalem.

Study session and meditation.
Theme: “Harmony.” The category of exchange and transmission: prayers rising from below upward, and fulfillment descending from above downward. Harmony consists of six interconnected elements.

Jerusalem — the meeting place of worlds (“Heavenly and Earthly Jerusalem”). A place of holiness, yet also a place of fracture, hatred, and division. Exploration of the divine, religion, and the three religions as three spiritual lines of the klipah.

Dinner and overnight stay in Jerusalem.

Day 4 ✧ Jerusalem — The City of Harmony

The Old City of Jerusalem. Further exploration of the theme of “Harmony”:

— The Temple Mount
— The Western Wall. Mount Moriah — the place where Heaven and Earth are joined. Personal meditation.
— The Hasmonean Tunnel

Panoramic tour of Jerusalem.

Dinner and overnight stay in Jerusalem.

Day 5 ✧ Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem

Continuation of the journey through the “Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem”:

— The walls, rooftops, and underground passages of the Old City
— Zedekiah’s Cave
— Solomon’s Cave

Visit to Hebron:
— The Tomb of Rachel
— Ma’arat HaMachpelah (the Cave of the Patriarchs) — one of the most important places in the Kabbalistic tradition, a site where worlds are believed to touch. Burial place of Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah. The Patriarchs and Matriarchs as manifestations of spiritual forces.

Meeting with a representative of the Kabbalah Academy to summarize and reflect upon the material covered during the journey.

Dinner and overnight stay in Jerusalem.

Day 6 ✧ Entering the Promised Land

Departure from Jerusalem to Galilee. Hotel check-out.

Immersion in the waters of the Jordan River.

Study session and meditation:
“The State of Transition from the Material World to the Spiritual World.”

ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND

— Mount Gerizim (the Mount of Blessings and the Mount of Curses)
— The site of the altar and the later sanctuary, church, and mosque
— The Samaritan Temple

Megiddo Hill (Armageddon) — a place of power where, according to tradition, the final battle between the forces of Good and Evil will take place.

Study session and meditation:
“The Activation of the Struggle Between Good and Evil Within the Human Soul.”

The angel of the right line and the angel of the left line within the human soul and their struggle; the human choice between them. Reconciliation and the creation of the middle line.

Dinner and overnight stay in Galilee.

Day 7 ✧ Sea of Galilee and Safed — Mercy and Understanding

The Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). Study session and meditation.
Theme: “Understanding. Mercy.”

The giving force. A state directed outward, beyond oneself — the desire to bestow. Manifestation of divine mercy. As it is said: “The Creator made the world with the attribute of judgment (justice), but saw that the world could not endure through judgment alone, and therefore added the attribute of mercy.”

Visit to the Tomb of Rabbi Akiva.
Time for swimming and relaxation on the shores of the lake.

Safed (Tzfat) — the city of Kabbalists and mystics, the city of the Ari (Isaac Luria Ashkenazi). Introduction to Lurianic Kabbalah.

Visit to the tombs of the righteous:
— The Ari
— Rabbi Nachman Baal HaNes
— Yonatan ben Uziel

Explanation of the spiritual connection with the souls of the righteous and the meaning of prayer at the grave of a righteous person.

This is described as a state of higher grace filling the human being on every level — emotional, sensory, intellectual, and spiritual.

Optional visit to a spa complex based on thermal mineral springs.

Dinner and overnight stay in Galilee.

Day 8 ✧ Mount Meron — The Light of the Zohar

Sacred Mount Meron. Ascent to the mountain.

The Jewish sages Shammai and Hillel — a disagreement through which truth is revealed, balancing mercy and law.

Study session and meditation at the Idra Rabba Cave — the traditional site associated with the writing of the Book of Zohar, the most important text of Kabbalistic teaching. Introduction to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the spiritual meaning of the Zohar.

Blessing over bread and wine.
Wine — symbolizing the Light of Wisdom.
Bread and its preparation — symbolizing the spiritual work of the human being.

A traditional Kabbalistic meal.

Dinner and overnight stay in Galilee.

Day 9 ✧ Mount Hermon — The Crown of Creation

Tel Kedesh (panoramic viewpoint).
Manara Lookout (panoramic viewpoint).
Nimrod Fortress.
The sacred Mount Hermon.

Study session and meditation. Explanation of the Kabbalistic concept of KETER — the Crown.

Keter represents the design of Creation, that which belongs to the higher level beyond human perception. It is the source that defines the reason and meaning of existence — the aspect of the unknowable Higher Reality that nevertheless relates to humanity and is therefore partially accessible to understanding.

From Keter flows the life-giving energy that sustains the world. Thus, it is understood as the desire of the Higher One for the creation and continued existence of this world.

Exploration of the concept of Keter, discussion of a new spiritual level, and meditation of intention.

Final discussion and concluding Kabbalistic meal.

Day 10 ✧ Departure

Transfer to the airport.

Departure flight.