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Hardoon's topic--tonight and every Thursday, to packed classes--is how to align oneself with "the Light," the never-ending mystical emanation of the Unknowable God, Ein Sof. That he addresses this publicly at all is remarkable, since Kabbalah was a tightly guarded secret for centuries. The extent of change in that status, however, is revealed in a boast: "Someone came to me and asked, 'Is it true that Madonna studies Kabbalah?'" Hardoon says. He allows a Billy Crystal-esque pause. "Oh, you heard about that?" Laughter...
...every aspect of our mundane existence. It is every human's duty, through good works, prayer and mystical contemplation, to raise the sparks back up to the Godhead and repair the world. In the 18th century, the reformer Ba'al Shem Tov's populist twist on this once secret tradition--that every humble act can be a celebration of God's immanent presence--became the heart of his own ecstatic orthodoxy, Hasidism...
...have discovered the meaning of guyness. You're intrigued, I am sure. Lord knows I was. But before I tell you the secret, a little background would be helpful. It was Friday last, the first real day of winter, whether the calendar agreed or not. Outside, a cold combination of sleet and snow was falling with little pings to the ground. There was something beautiful about it all, but in another, more real sense, it was cold and wet--so I decided to stay inside. I wandered into the Mather House library to check out the magazines and there...
...there nothing here? Is there no one who can transcend Harvard's Luddite-like insistence on living in the pre-"X-Files" age? How can an entire community refuse to acknowledge what the rest of the country knows: that ghosts, like almond-eyed aliens with impossibly long fingers and secret government agencies that deal solely with them, do exist...
Will the Kremlin End the Crisis? Although details are under wraps, Russia has apparently cooked up a deal that will resolve the current Iraq standoff. What's the big secret? Full Story...