Kabbalah


 
 

Kabbalah (Hebrew קַבָּלָה "reception", Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah, Kaballah) is an interpretation (exegesis, hermeneutic) key, "soul" of the Torah (Hebrew Bible), or the religious mystical system of Judaism claiming an insight into divine nature.

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Kabbalah is a doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God and the universe. Kabbalah stresses the reasons and understanding of the commandments, and the cause of events described in the Torah. Kabbalah includes the understanding of the spiritual spheres in creation, and the rules and ways by which God administers the existence of the universe. (Some of its adherents may describe Kabbalah as: A unique, universal and secret knowledge of God, the laws of nature and of the universe. Technically speaking it explains laws of "light". All things in the world are different levels, the closer to God the more revealed the Godliness.) According to Jewish tradition, this knowledge has come down as a revelation to elect saints from a remote past, and preserved only by a privileged few. It is considered part of the Jewish Oral Law. It is the traditional mystical explanation of the Torah.

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Introduction
Origin of Jewish mysticism
Mystic doctrines in Talmudic times
Kabbalah of the early Middle Ages
Lurianic Kabbalah in the Middle Ages
Kabbalah of the Sefardim and Mizrahim
Kabbalah of the Maharal
The failure of Sabbatian mysticism
Spread of Kabbalah during the 1700s
The modern world
Primary texts
Theodicy: explanation for the existence of evil
Kabbalistic understanding of God
The human soul in Kabbalah
Foretelling the future
Practical applications
Textual antiquity of esoteric mysticism
Gnosticism and Kabbalah
Criticisms
Debate about Kabbalah in Judaism
Kabbalah in non-Jewish society
See also
Footnotes
References
External links
 
FR: Kabbale


 

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Torah (2) - Commandments (1) - Divine (1) - Esoteric knowledge (1) - Nature (1) - Jew (1) - Oral Law (1) - Universe (1) - Light (1) - Tiberian Hebrew (1) - Exegesis (1) - Hebrew (1) - Standard Hebrew (1) - Mystical (1) - Judaism (1) -
 

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