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Greetings, fellow students. I have followed my strong interest in Kabbalah (first sparked by encountering Stan Tenen lectures whilst spending time with a Gnostic brother) down a path that has led me to seek the most authentic and properly contextualized form of this often-hybridized wisdom stream. That and some parallel interests in certain other streams of Jewish study led me to officially begin pursuing conversion last year. I figured it was best not to put the cart before the horse — if I’m going to study an ancient culture’s deepest inner mysteries, I should probably do so as an actual member of that culture, and familiarize myself with the outer forms and observances first. Well, conversion obviously requires that I learn at least some Hebrew. And what I really want is to be fluent enough to read primary sources, in both Hebrew and Aramaic. So when this course advertised itself as a particularly good way to learn Hebrew, I leapt at the chance to do both at once. Presumably, being a year into my conversion process is an adequate head start on the outer observances and cultural affinity, and there’s no reason not to relish the depth of the tradition throughout the learning journey. See y’all inside!
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