Responsa -- Answers to Pertinent Questions:

Zohar Understanding

Q:  Is it beneficial to scan or read the Zohar without understanding, or is understanding the meaning of the Zohar necessary?


A: The commentaries on the Zohar explain that the main point in the learning of the Zohar is to study and to understand, so as to be freed from the exile through mercy. In our era, the Zohar can be understood only through the Chassidic explanations.

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