Ashkenazic Kabbalists

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Ashkenazic Kabbalists are Jewish mystics from Central and Eastern European (Ashkenazi) communities who developed and transmitted esoteric teachings, particularly within the Lurianic Kabbalistic tradition.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hasidei Ashkenaz 2
Ashkenazic Kabbalists canonical 1
European Kabbalists 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of Jewish mystics
religious community
aim mystical union with the divine
spiritual repair of creation
communityType esoteric circle
study fellowship
coreText Etz Chaim
Lurianic writings
Sefer HaBahir
Sefer Yetzirah
Zohar
cosmologicalView dynamic relationship between divine and world
emanationist cosmology
ethnoCulturalContext Ashkenazi Jews
fieldOfStudy Jewish mysticism
geographicRegion Central Europe
Eastern Europe
historicalPeriod early modern period
modern period
influencedMovement Eastern European pietism
Hasidism
Mitnagdic Kabbalah
interpretiveMethod allegorical reading of scripture
numerological interpretation (gematria)
symbolic exegesis
languageTradition Aramaic
Hebrew
Yiddish
mainDoctrinalInfluence Safed Kabbalah
surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
practice ascetic disciplines
esoteric interpretation of Torah
kavanot in prayer
meditative techniques
use of divine names
religiousDiscipline Kabbalah
religiousLawOrientation halakhic observance
religiousTradition Judaism
ritualFocus Jewish festivals
Sabbath observance
prayer
socialSetting rabbinic elite
yeshiva culture
theologicalConcept gilgul neshamot
sefirot
shevirat ha-kelim
tikkun olam
transmissionMode commentaries on classic kabbalistic texts
manuscript circulation
oral teaching

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Etz Chaim hasReligiousCommunity Ashkenazic Kabbalists
Bahir associatedWith Ashkenazic Kabbalists
this entity surface form: Hasidei Ashkenaz
Israel Sarug influenced Ashkenazic Kabbalists
this entity surface form: European Kabbalists
yeshivot of Worms associatedWith Ashkenazic Kabbalists
this entity surface form: Hasidei Ashkenaz