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    "author": "Attributed to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; compiled by Moses de León",
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      "title": "Volume I — Bereshith (Genesis I)",
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      "subtitle": "Creation, the patriarchal narratives through Noah",
      "blurb": "The opening Zohar. Mystical exposition of the seven days of creation, the celestial and terrestrial worlds, the soul's descent, Adam and Eden, Cain and Abel, and the generations from Adam to Noah."
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      "subtitle": "The patriarchs — Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph",
      "blurb": "Continuation of Genesis through the patriarchal cycle and into the opening of Exodus. The covenant, the binding of Isaac, Jacob's ladder, and Joseph in Egypt are read through the sefirotic framework."
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      "subtitle": "The Exodus, Sinai, and the Tabernacle",
      "blurb": "The bondage in Egypt, the burning bush, the ten plagues, the crossing of the Sea, the Sinai revelation of Torah, and the construction of the Tabernacle as cosmic microcosm. Includes the Tikkunei Zohar threads."
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      "title": "Volume IV — Vayikra → Bemidbar (Leviticus → Numbers)",
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      "subtitle": "Sacrifice, priesthood, and the journey through the wilderness",
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      "subtitle": "Moses's final discourses; the Shema",
      "blurb": "Moses's farewell teaching read as final transmission. Includes deep meditation on the Shema, the unity of YHVH and Elohim, the song of Ha'azinu, and Moses's ascent on Nebo — the threshold-passage between this world and the world to come."
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