How a Siberian Prisoner Discovered Hebrew Out of Suffering

A little while after I had started studying with my Kabbalah teacher, Kabbalist Baruch Ashlag (Rabash), a letter reached us from a prisoner who lived under terrible conditions in a prison camp in Siberia. The letter was written in Hebrew, full of very complicated rhymes that I did not understand, and it was by a person who had no prior learning of Hebrew, nor was he connected to Israel or the Jewish people. Rabash told me that probably what had happened was that, out of suffering, the prisoner came to feel Hebrew and the internality of the language. How could it be, that out of great suffering, a person with no seeming connection to Israel or the Jewish people, starts writing in Hebrew? The Kabbalistic explanation is that his suffering led him to a certain kind of connection with the source of the suffering, which is in the depths of creation, which is where he found expression in Hebrew. When a person holds a connection to the deeper layers of creation, then they see that it is indeed possible for a person to discover the Hebrew language in such a way as is exemplified by the prisoner. That is, Hebrew is the base language that exists in the center of the world. It is at the root of all writing, talking, and expression, and it lets us express our innermost feelings. If we reach the depths of creation, then we discover the root of everything—the common root to us all—and in that root, we have a single language and a single force—of love, bestowal, and connection—that created us, and which guides us gradually toward its revelation. — ►Subscribe to the Kabbalahinfo YouTube channel: ►Take the Free KabU Course to Find True Answers About Life: This course is a journey into understanding life and how all its pieces come together. It aims to give you genuine, scientific answers to all the questions you’ve ever had about life, and most importantly, what you can do about it. Also, it aims to give you tools to upgrade how you think about and perceive reality, essential knowledge about your nature and how to restore its purpose, and help you attain self-realization. — Follow : Official Website ► Facebook ► Twitter ► Instagram ► Pinterest ► Tumblr ► #kabbalahinfo