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Throughout both versions, I really tried hard to connect with the Zohar and to maintain the intention. Doing so requires a lot of focus, but what I would say is that the feeling I got was more intense when listening (but not understanding) the Hebrew version. I can only describe it as quite a visceral feeling within, similar to a strong and felt awareness of my inner body. It is hard to describe, but it is a somewhat intense feeling that evokes great respect for the beautiful words of the Zohar.
Throughout both versions, I really tried hard to connect wit the Zohar and to maintain the intention. Doing so requires a lot of focus, but what I would say is that the feeling I got was more intense when listening (but not understanding) the Hebrew version. I can only describe it as quite a visceral feeling within, similar to a strong and felt awareness of my inner body. It is hard to describe, but it is a somewhat intense feeling that evokes great respect for the beautiful words of the Zohar.
I liked the Hebrew reading more. Durning the English version I was trying to listen to the words like it was a story and was having a hard time following. Durning the Hebrew reading I was just listening to his voice and I felt something, not sure what it was or how to describe it but I know I felt it.
Listening to and reading The Zohar in English is like perceiving the symphony of the universe as a song with visuals. Listening to the Zohar in Hebrew, the symphony is only sound without an image. However, what matters is the beauty and complexity of the symphony as a sound, and it can be felt just as intensely in both cases. I am referring here to sound, not as something perceived by one of the 5 senses, but rather as a complete symphony of the light of Ein Sof, which is beyond the reality we normally perceive. It’s hard to put into simple words the experience of the Zohar.
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