A Prayer from The Ari

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Reading or scanning the Prayer from the Ari, Rav Isaac Luria, before studying the Zohar prepares our vessel for the incredible Light we are about to connect with. Our appreciation and awe for the Zohar increase. We connect with the support of the lineage of kabbalists and ask to be open to receive the Light and secrets of the Zohar.

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Ruler of the universe, and Master of all masters, The Father of mercy and forgiveness, we thank You, our God and the God of our fathers, by bowing down and kneeling, that You brought us closer to Your Torah and Your holy work, and You enable us to take part in the secrets of Your holy Torah. How worthy are we that You grant us with such big favor, that is the reason we plead before You, that You will forgive and acquit all our sins, and that they should not bring separation between You and us. And may it be your will before You, our God and the God of our fathers, that You will awaken and prepare our hearts to love and revere You, and may You listen to our utterances, and open our closed heart to the hidden studies of Your Torah, and may our study be pleasant before Your Place of Honor, as the aroma of sweet incense, and may You emanate to us Light from the source of our soul to all of our being. And, may the sparks of your holy servants, through which you revealed Your wisdom to the world, shine. May their merit and the merit of their fathers, and the merit of their Torah, and holiness, support us so we shall not stumble through our study. And by their merit enlighten our eyes in our learning as it stated by King David, The Sweet Singer of Israel: Open my eyes, so that I will see wonders from Your Torah (Tehilim 119:18). Because from His mouth God gives wisdom and understanding. May the utterances of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor before You, God, my Strength and my Redeemer (Tehilim 19:15).