The Zohar said that God, Israel, and Torah are one.
I thought Judaism is strictly monotheistic. When Jesus said, "I and the father is one", he was being a heretic. So how come the Zohar includes even more things as God and is not considered to be committing idolatry?
I thought Torah is just one of God's creations (or even man's creation). And Jews are surely not divine.
So what's the meaning? Are we all part of God? In what cases can we call something "one" with God and not be committing idolatry and in what ways we do it and thereby commit idolatry?
Answer
Please learn chapters 4 and 23 of Likutei Amarim Tanya for deeper understanding. However on the simple level it means that they are connected very strongly with each other -through a Jew learning Torah and doing Mitzvos (which are the Rotzon/will of Hashem Yisborach, which is how Torah is very connected to Him) the Jew becomes connected to Hashem. When a person does something against the Torah he Severs (to a degree) his 'connection'.
It does NOT mean we Daven/pray to the Torah or we Daven to another Jew.
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