Kabbalah

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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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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

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Sefer ha-Ot genre Kabbalah
Arba Olamot usedIn Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism
Arba Olamot usedIn Kabbalah
Assiyah belongsToTradition Kabbalah
Seder Hishtalshelut field Kabbalah
Or Ne’erav studiedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Kabbalists
Shiur Komah hasGenre Kabbalah
Shiur Komah isRelatedTo Kabbalah
Sefer Gerushin mainSubject Kabbalah
Ein Sof as the Christian God influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
Johann Reuchlin fieldOfWork Kabbalah
De verbo mirifico influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
De arte cabalistica influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
De harmonia mundi mainSubject Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism
De harmonia mundi usesConcept Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Kabbalistic symbolism
De harmonia mundi influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
Imrei Shefer genre Kabbalah
Imrei Shefer religiousDiscipline Kabbalah
this entity surface form: theoretical Kabbalah
Sephiroth influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
"The Kabbalah Unveiled" subject Kabbalah
subject surface form: The Kabbalah Unveiled
"The Kabbalah Unveiled" religiousTradition Kabbalah
subject surface form: The Kabbalah Unveiled
Eliphas Levi influencedBy Kabbalah
Eliphas Levi fieldOfWork Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Kabbalah studies
Maaseh Bereshit (Work of Creation) category Kabbalah
subject surface form: Maaseh Bereshit
this entity surface form: Jewish mysticism
Cordovero movement Kabbalah
subject surface form: Moshe Cordovero
900 Theses influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
sefirah Malkhut tradition Kabbalah
subject surface form: Malkhut
de León associatedWith Kabbalah
subject surface form: Moses de León
Paolo Riccio fieldOfWork Kabbalah
Paolo Riccio influencedBy Kabbalah
this entity surface form: Jewish Kabbalah
Giovanni fieldOfWork Kabbalah
subject surface form: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Francesco Giorgi fieldOfWork Kabbalah
Francesco Giorgi influencedBy Kabbalah
"The Mystical Qabalah" subject Kabbalah
subject surface form: The Mystical Qabalah
Aleister Crowley influencedBy Kabbalah