| It’s no secret – we love music. Music is the | | | | touch us so deeply? Kabbalah explains that whether |
| universal language which establishes a common bond | | | | we are aware of it or not, all of the musical sounds |
| among all people. It evokes passionate emotions in the | | | | we make are but a cry of our soul. There is a soul |
| heart and rekindles vibrant memories of the mind. We | | | | within each of us, and our souls yearn to understand |
| are calmed by it, excited by it, comforted by it and we | | | | the Creator, to come closer to Him and feel Him. This |
| feel an inner need to share these emotions with | | | | is why music speaks to us in ways that touch us |
| others. The peace that music brings is evident when | | | | deeply and why music has played a pivotal role in |
| we speak of being "in tune" or of needing harmony | | | | society throughout the ages. |
| and rhythm to feel complete and alive. | | | | It turns out that music also plays a major role in the |
| Music today is more accessible and personal than | | | | study of Kabbalah: There is an important link between |
| ever. Apple’s advent of the iPod has spawned a | | | | listening to Kabbalistic music and acquiring spiritual |
| worldwide phenomenon. Billions have been sold and | | | | sensations. Since music speaks to the person in a |
| companies like Microsoft and others are jumping on | | | | language of feelings and emotions, by listening to music |
| the bandwagon. We love it because it allows us to | | | | created by Kabbalists, one begins to sense what the |
| personalize what we choose to listen to. To many of | | | | Kabbalists felt when composing it. |
| us, our playlists are sacred and they somehow define | | | | The spiritual sensations that a Kabbalist feels can be |
| who we are. | | | | expressed through prose, poetry, songs, or melodies |
| The famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven once | | | | because all of these are ways of recording one's inner |
| said, “Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the | | | | sensations. However, out of all these "languages," or all |
| higher world of knowledge which comprehends | | | | the ways of delivering information from person to |
| mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.” | | | | person, the language of music is the most immediate, |
| This thought touches a cord within anyone who has | | | | the most accessible, and the most direct, requiring no |
| been moved in unexplainable ways by song. | | | | explanations. |
| But what stands behind all this? Why does music | | | | |