Nissan Minhag Explanation

In July of 1991 I started learning Kabbalah. At that time my teacher made two statements to me: 1. Paraphrasing the Sefer Yitzirah, he said “the Hebrew Letters are the building block of creation and HaShem gave them to us so they can be used as a tool to control creation.” 2. Don’t believe a word I (my teacher or anyone else) say. Please, Do try what is recommended to do and see for your self if it helps you in your life. As a trained graduate engineer I had lived my life as if I was from Missouri, which meant if I could see it I would believe it. Since that time I have never believed a word my teacher or any other MeKubal has said, I have tried their recommendations in my life and KNOW that they work for me. What is written below is for your benefit – Please, Read it, try it, and prove it to yourself. By the way, at any step in the process feel free to ask questions! Address any inquiries to yeshshem@hotmail.com.

Kabbalistic Minhag for Nissan

We all know that Kabbalah is a term used to represent the level of Sod – Secrets in the Torah. We know also that Kabbalah means, “to receive” in Hebrew. Many of us believe if not know that HaShem created the worlds in order to share his beneficence with his creations and his beneficence is only “Good”. With the above in mind, the ARI (Rabbi Isaac Luria Z’al) brings two related teachings. One teaching is that control of the Hebrew month is available to us on the Rosh Chodesh of each Hebrew Month. The second teaching is that there is a Keter (seed level) connection between the first days of Nissan and the Rosh Chodeshim of the Hebrew months of the year.

What this means is that there is a direct correspondence between the first days of Nissan and each of the Hebrew months of the year. Therefore Taurus is controlled by our actions on the second day of Nissan; Sivan by the actions we do on the third day of Nissan; and so forth.

I have personally tested this method of control by doing this ritual for a number of years. The Minhag ritual works for me. I suggest you test this for yourself

My Test

What I did was to record which day related to which month and which day I was able to do the action suggested by the Minhag. I was not able to do the actions in all of the days in Nissan. Then during that year at the end of each Hebrew month I reviewed the month and I was able to see a connection between the months that I did the action in Nissan and the months I did not. I suggest you do something similar.