• Kabbalah, the central system in Jewish mysticism, uses anthropomorphic mythic symbols to metaphorically describe manifestations of God in Judaism. Based...
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  • Ein Sof (redirect from Ein Sof (Kabbalah))
    meaning "infinite", lit. '(There is) no end'), in Kabbalah, is understood as God prior to any self-manifestation in the production of any spiritual realm, probably...
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    Sefirot (redirect from Sephiroth (Kabbalah))
    Tiberian: Săp̄īrōṯ), meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously...
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    אִילָן‎, romanized: ʾilān, lit. 'tree') is a diagram used in Rabbinical Judaism in kabbalah and other mystical traditions derived from it. It is usually...
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  • Lurianic Kabbalah is a school of Kabbalah named after Isaac Luria (1534–1572), the Jewish rabbi who developed it. Lurianic Kabbalah gave a seminal new...
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  • Christian Kabbalah arose during the Renaissance due to Christian scholars' interest in the mysticism of Jewish Kabbalah, which they interpreted according...
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    man's ascent more easily to Divine consciousness (see Dveikus). Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah Hopi mythology § Four Worlds Masseket Azilut Mind–body problem...
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  • This article lists figures in Kabbalah according to historical chronology and schools of thought. In popular reference, Kabbalah has been used to refer to...
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    Year 6000 (section Kabbalah)
    and across the rational Talmud and mystical Kabbalah perspectives, shows the centrality of this idea in traditional Judaism. Rashi draws a parallel between...
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  • Tzimtzum (redirect from Tzimtzum (Kabbalah))
    ṣimṣum "contraction/constriction/condensation") is a term used in the Lurianic Kabbalah to explain Isaac Luria's doctrine that God began the process of...
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  • Gilgul (redirect from Gilgul (Kabbalah))
    task in the physical world, spiritual levels of the bodies of predecessors and so on. The concept relates to the wider processes of history in Kabbalah, involving...
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    especially in Cordovero's view that the truth of Kabbalistic symbols, once grasped, must then be rejected for falsely literal anthropomorphism Kabbalah – A Guide...
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  • In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (Hebrew: קְלִיפּוֹת, romanized: qəlippoṯ, originally Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קְלִיפִּין...
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  • Practical Kabbalah (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה מַעֲשִׂית Kabbalah Ma'asit) in historical Judaism, is a branch of the Jewish mystical tradition that concerns the...
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    Kordovero ‎; 1522–1570) was a central figure in the historical development of Kabbalah, leader of a mystical school in 16th-century Safed, Ottoman Syria. He...
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    Isaac Luria (category Rabbis in Ottoman Galilee)
    He is considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah, his teachings being referred to as Lurianic Kabbalah. While his direct literary contribution to the...
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  • Partzufim (redirect from Imma (Kabbalah))
    personifications Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah Idra Isaac Luria Sephirot Tohu and Tikun Ginsburgh, Rabbi Yitzchak (2006). What you need to know about Kabbalah (1st ed...
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  • concerns misinterpreting anthropomorphism in Kabbalah, introducing corporeal notions in the Divine. Emanations in Kabbalah bridge between the Ein Sof...
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  • The primary texts of Kabbalah were allegedly once part of an ongoing oral tradition. The written texts are obscure and difficult for readers who are unfamiliar...
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    differs from the Jewish form in being a more admittedly syncretic system; however, it shares many concepts with Jewish Kabbalah. A primary concern of Hermetic...
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  •  'nothingness', related to אֵין ʾên, lit. 'not') is an important concept in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy. It is contrasted with the term Yesh (Hebrew:...
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  • Adam Kadmon (category Kabbalah)
    In Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon (אָדָם קַדְמוֹן, ʾāḏām qaḏmōn, "Primordial Man") also called Adam Elyon (אָדָם עֶלִיוֹן, ʾāḏām ʿelyōn, "Most High Man"), or Adam...
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  • Yichudim (category Kabbalah)
    male-female "seclusion". In the esoteric anthropomorphism in Kabbalah, Yichudim denote unifications between male and female Divine aspects in the supernal sephirot...
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    strengthening the foundation of Kabbalah with mystical symbolism. Kabbalah also teaches that "The soul of Moses is reincarnated in every generation." This teaching...
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    Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (category Kabbalah texts)
    of Raziel the angel") is a grimoire of Practical Kabbalah from the Middle Ages written primarily in Hebrew and Aramaic. Liber Razielis Archangeli, its...
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    Zohar (category Kabbalah texts)
    the term "Kabbalah". In terminology, what is called Kabbalah in Tikunei haZohar and Ra'aya Meheimna is simply called razin (clues or hints) in the rest...
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  • and removed from his pulpit due to his published views Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah Apostasy in Judaism Epikoros (Judaism) Gilyonim Jewish philosophy Jewish...
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  • Rectification") are two general stages in Jewish Kabbalah in the order of descending spiritual worlds known as "the Four Worlds". In subsequent creation, they also...
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  • Ohr (redirect from Keilim (Kabbalah))
    hashpoah "influence" השפעה), are sometimes alternatively used in Kabbalah, a term also used in Medieval Jewish philosophy to mean divine influence, while...
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  • Bahir (category Kabbalah texts)
    in late 12th century Provencal works, the Bahir is an early work of the esoteric Jewish mystical tradition that eventually became known as Kabbalah....
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