In a section of the Holy Zohar called Tiqqunim, YHVH manifests as a Hebrew Goddess. While She is empowered and completed through Her loving connection to the divine masculine, it is She who stands center-stage in the text's mystical and religious vision.

Not since the ancient Israelites, who worshipped the Hebrew Goddess Asherah in the First Temple period, has the Hebrew Goddess so dominated the Jewish religious mind.

In ancient times, currents of supremacism, militarism, patriarchy and intolerance sought to destroy worship of the Hebrew Goddess. In our time, those forces are again in power. I believe returning to the Hebrew Goddess is an avenue of resistance.

In this course, we will focus on depictions of the Shekhinah in Tiqqunei Hazohar, alongside an exploration of Asherah worship during the First Temple period. We will build on previous courses at The Torah Studio but will study all new sources. I hope we will find personal spiritual inspiration and insight into how we can overcome the current reality of galut (exile) and horban (destruction).