Kabbalah

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Jewish mystical tradition esoteric religious tradition mysticism

Kabbalah is a Jewish mystical tradition that explores the hidden, spiritual dimensions of God, the universe, and the Torah through symbolic and esoteric teachings.

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Observed surface forms (22)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jewish mysticism	13
Lurianic Kabbalah	8
Jewish Kabbalah	6
Kabbalists	3
Four Worlds in Kabbalah	1
Four Worlds: Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, Asiyah	1
Hasidic Kabbalah	1
Kabala	1
Kabbala	1
Kabbalah and Criticism	1
Kabbalistic Judaism	1
Kabbalistic hermeneutics	1
Kabbalistic literature	1
Lurianic school	1
Qabbalah	1
Safed Kabbalah	1
Sefirot	1
Sephardic Kabbalah	1
Spanish Kabbalah	1
Theosophical Kabbalah	1
medieval theosophical Kabbalah	1
modern Kabbalah	1

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish mystical tradition ⓘ esoteric religious tradition ⓘ mysticism ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Abraham Abulafia ⓘ Isaac Luria ⓘ Joseph Gikatilla ⓘ Moses de León ⓘ Moshe Cordovero ⓘ Nachmanides (Ramban) ⓘ Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) ⓘ
coreConcept	Golus ⓘ surface form: Ein Sof Four Worlds ⓘ Gilgul (reincarnation) ⓘ Names of God ⓘ Partzufim ⓘ Kabbalah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sefirot Shekhinah ⓘ Tikkun (repair) ⓘ Tree of Life ⓘ Tzimtzum ⓘ mystical numerology ⓘ
cosmologyIncludes	Kabbalah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Four Worlds: Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, Asiyah
developedIn	Castile ⓘ Catalonia ⓘ Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ⓘ surface form: Provence Safed ⓘ medieval Jewish communities ⓘ
ethicalEmphasis	intention (kavanah) in religious practice ⓘ repair of the world (tikkun olam) ⓘ sanctification of everyday life ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Hebrew word "qabbalah" meaning "receiving" or "tradition" ⓘ
focusesOn	hidden dimensions of the Torah ⓘ mystical interpretation of God ⓘ relationship between God and creation ⓘ soul and spiritual worlds ⓘ structure of the universe ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Kabala Kabalah ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Kabbala Kabbalah ⓘ surface form: Qabbalah
hasModernForm	academic study of Kabbalah ⓘ popularized or contemporary Kabbalah movements ⓘ
historicalPhase	Kabbalah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Kabbalah Isaac Luria ⓘ surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah Zohar ⓘ surface form: Zoharic Kabbalah early mystical traditions (Heikhalot and Merkavah) ⓘ Kabbalah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: medieval theosophical Kabbalah
influenced	Christian Kabbalah ⓘ Haredi Jews ⓘ surface form: Hasidic Judaism Hermetic Qabalah ⓘ Jewish ethics ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Western esotericism ⓘ
majorText	Bahir ⓘ Etz Chaim ⓘ Sefer HaBahir ⓘ Sefer HaTemunah ⓘ Sefer Yetzirah ⓘ Zohar ⓘ
practicedBy	Hasidic masters ⓘ Jewish mystics ⓘ some rabbis ⓘ
relatedDiscipline	Hasidism ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Merkavah mysticism ⓘ Musar movement ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf	Judaism ⓘ
scripturalBasis	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Prophets ⓘ Torah ⓘ Writings ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
teaches	cosmic exile and restoration ⓘ emanation of divine attributes ⓘ hidden structure of reality ⓘ mystical union with God ⓘ spiritual meaning of commandments ⓘ
traditionallyRestrictedTo	mature, learned Jews ⓘ
usesMethod	Gematria ⓘ Notarikon ⓘ Temurah ⓘ allegorical reading of scripture ⓘ esoteric exegesis ⓘ symbolic interpretation ⓘ
viewOnGod	God as Ein Sof beyond comprehension ⓘ God manifest through Sefirot ⓘ
viewOnHumanity	human role in cosmic repair (tikkun) ⓘ
viewOnSoul	soul having multiple levels ⓘ
viewOnTorah	Torah as multi-layered text ⓘ Torah containing hidden mystical codes ⓘ

Referenced by (86)

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

Safed → knownFor → Kabbalah ⓘ

Abraham Abulafia → mainInterest → Kabbalah ⓘ

Souls on Fire → mainSubject → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism

Zohar → mainSubject → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah

Abraham Abulafia → movement → Kabbalah ⓘ

Isaac Luria → movement → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah

Joseph Gikatilla → movement → Kabbalah ⓘ

Moshe Cordovero → movement → Kabbalah ⓘ

Nachmanides (Ramban) → movement → Kabbalah ⓘ

subject surface form: Nachmanides

Harold Bloom → notableWork → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabbalah and Criticism

Notarikon → partOf → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabbalistic hermeneutics

Tree of Life → relatedConcept → Kabbalah ⓘ

subject surface form: Tree of Life (Kabbalah)

this entity surface form: Four Worlds in Kabbalah

Christian Kabbalah → relatedTo → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah

Tikkun Olam → relatedTo → Kabbalah ⓘ

reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) → relatedTo → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism

Four Worlds → relatesTo → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism

Sefer HaTemunah → religiousSubtradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

Shekhinah → religiousTradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism

Shekhinah → religiousTradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

Tree of Life → religiousTradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

subject surface form: Tree of Life (Kabbalah)

Tzimtzum → religiousTradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

Bahir → studiedBy → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabbalists

Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue → tradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

Isaac Luria → tradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabbalistic Judaism

Joseph Gikatilla → tradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sephardic Kabbalah

Moses de León → tradition → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Kabbalah

Temurah → usedBy → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kabbalists

Aleph → usedIn → Kabbalah ⓘ

Four Worlds → usedIn → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah

Gematria → usedIn → Kabbalah ⓘ

Notarikon → usedIn → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism

Temurah → usedIn → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism

Christian Kabbalah → usesConceptsFrom → Kabbalah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah