Sifra de Dargin Dinhirin / ספר דרגין דנהירין

A scholarly work of Kabbalah by Rabbi Yosef Moshe Cohen, author of Idika Kadisha. It presents original insights and explanations of the foundations of the spiritual worlds and their order of unfolding, grounding profound concepts in Kabbalah and the sayings of the Sages.

The book explores topics including tzimtzum (the divine contraction), the upper structure of “seven within seven” through the cycles of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, and the three supernal partzufim. It also offers an in-depth discussion of divine knowledge and human free will in the language of the early Kabbalists, as well as the work of prayer and its mystical intentions as reflected in the soul—among many other subjects.

This volume also includes Sheva’in Appin LaOrayta, a collection of ten discourses explaining challenging topics from the Talmud, Midrash, and the teachings of the Arizal through the approach of Dargin Deharin. It also contains the shorter work Sifra Dargin Kadmai, which explores the mystery of the first Sabbatical cycle and deciphers a passage from a rare Zohar manuscript not included in printed editions.

The book features enthusiastic approbations and explicit words of blessing from Rabbi Ohad Turgeman and Rabbi Ben Abuchatzeira.