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Three decades of publishing.
Siddurim, machzorim, holiday books, meditation guides, and standalone teachings — print-on-demand worldwide. Click any cover to order or read more.
King David Kabbalah teaches the wisdom of the Arizal (Rabbi Isaac Luria) and the Zohar (the central text of Kabbalah) alongside Talmud, Jewish law, and Sefer Yetzirah (the Book of Formation) — with a teacher, in plain language, live from Jerusalem.
"The Zohar reads the same weekly Torah portion that the Talmud studies. The Arizal prayed the same daily service that Jewish law codifies. The kabbalists never split them. We are not going to split them either." — Rabbi Yaakov Avraham Shepherd
Every teaching, every "course," every essay — free to read. No login. No paywall. Organized by theme so you can start anywhere and follow the thread.
For 800 years, you weren't allowed to study Kabbalah before age 40, marriage, and a foundation in Torah. The Rosh Yeshiva opens the question that decides whether you should be here at all.
Six brief chapters, six centuries of commentary. Where the book comes from, what each chapter actually teaches, and why the Arizal returned to it again and again.
An ancient practice misunderstood by both critics and practitioners. The sources, the structure, when it's appropriate — and when a Rabbi will refuse to perform one.
Every Jewish man wears them. Almost no one is taught what they are. Eight strings, five knots, and a map of the soul most people walk past every morning.
Not the new-age version. The real one — from the Zohar, the Arizal, and Sha'ar HaGilgulim (the Gate of Reincarnations). Why souls return, how the system works, and what it means for the life you're living now.
Why the day is structured the way it is. What the service of the high priest corresponds to. The mystical intentions (kavanot) the Arizal taught for each prayer of the day.
Siddurim, machzorim, holiday books, meditation guides, and standalone teachings — print-on-demand worldwide. Click any cover to order or read more.
One live class every Tuesday from the yeshiva in Jerusalem, in English. Three movements: a passage from the Talmud opened with kabbalistic commentary, one paragraph of Sefer Yetzirah (the Book of Formation, one of the oldest works of Kabbalah) taught slowly, and live Q&A from students around the world.
"I teach the way I was taught — text, source, structure, breath. The plain meaning and the inner, Talmud and Zohar, never split. The kabbalists before us learned both. So do we."
Ninety minutes with the Rosh Yeshiva on the prerequisites, the dangers, and the question every honest seeker has to answer first — without it, nothing else here will land.
"The Key for Learning Kabbalah" is a multi-part course taught by Rabbi Shepherd — no charge, no upsell. Watch on your own pace.
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"I read every article on this site before I booked the call. By the time I sat across from him on Zoom, half my question had already answered itself. The other half he answered in twenty minutes."
"Tuesday night is the highlight of my week. My family joins. We learn Talmud and Sefer Yetzirah with the Rosh Yeshiva from Jerusalem — there is nothing else like it online."
"I came in skeptical — another rabbi selling secrets. He's not. He hands you sources, makes you read them, and then teaches you what they actually say."
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