Halacha and Kabbalah (part 2)

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How did gedolim of the time and afterwards address the revelations of the AriZal?

Can Divine Revelation impact halacha?

Saying the bracha of הנותן ליעף כח (which is not mentioned in the Gemara but is brought by the kabbalists).

Other examples of the Zohar and the AriZal's impact on halacha: standing or sitting while putting on Tefillin shel Yad.

The approach of the Aruch HaShulchan to conflicts between the Zohar and standard halacha.

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Delivered at the OU Israel Center, June 5th, 2019, 2 Sivan 5779 Sponsored in loving memory of Menachem ben Yaakov Tzvi whose Yahrtzeit is 4 Sivan