The first chapters of Bereishit explore both creation and its purpose, blueprint and execution. Why was the world created? And for what? What was the chasm from which the first light emerged? And the water separating earth from heavens? What hidden secrets connect Man with sun, moon and stars?

As the year begins, these four meetings will allow us to encounter texts from the Zohar and Hasidut that plumb the depths of the world’s beginnings.