About this episode

This episode explores the spiritual significance of oil and its historical context in the Middle East, revealing deeper resources within ourselves.

Oil plays a pivotal role in today’s battles in the Persian Gulf—between the United States, Israel, and Iran. It is not merely a resource; it is the lifeblood of the modern world. Whoever controls its flow, especially through the Strait of Hormuz, touches every corner of the globe. It fuels economies, and in many ways, it fuels this very conflict. But the story does not end there. As we explored last week, the deeper dimension—the Kabbalah of Oil —reveals that beneath the visible battles lies a hidden one. A spiritual struggle, ancient and ongoing, that oil itself comes to embody. What appears as geopolitics is, at its core, a contest over deeper forces shaping our world. The story begins with Abraham and his children, Yishmael, Isaac, Esau and Jacob -- who were all born and bred in this Middle East region. It should therefore not come as a surprise that a disproportionate concentration of oil is hidden under the ground of this region -- reflecting the vast potential contained therein. The response to last week's discussion was powerful, and it calls for us to go further. In this second part of The Kabbalah of Oil , we will dig deeper into the spiritual root of oil; why it is so…

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Topics covered

• Kabbalah
• oil
• spiritual resources
• geopolitics
• Middle East history
• personal growth

Keywords

• Kabbalah of Oil
• spiritual struggle
• geopolitics
• oil resources
• Middle East
• Rabbi Simon Jacobson
• personal development

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Places: United States, Israel, Iran, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz

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