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February 21, 1970 Palestinian terrorist blew up a Swissair plane The term “sefirot” was first introduced by Sefer Yetzirah, the book of formation. It is difficult to know exactly what was intended by the authors of this text, and there is no single word in...
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Sefer Yetzirah- The Book of Formation Sefer Yetzirah- The Book of Formation, is a work of cosmology and cosmogony – cosmology, the structure of the universe, and cosmogony, how the universe came to be. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get...
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Sefer ha-Bahir- The Book of Illumination Sefer ha-Bahir- The Book of Illumination, which can be described as a mystical midrash that has been attributed to Nehunia ben ha-Kana, a rabbi who lived in second century Palestine. What do you want to know? Ask our AI...
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Secrecy, Mystery and Esotericism in Jewish Mysticism There is probably no one word that best captures the worldview of the kabbalists as the word “secret,” or “mystery, or “esotericism.” What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this...
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Mysticism and Secrecy in Rabbinic Literature If we understand the word mysticism to refer to some type of experience of immediacy with the Divine, then it is appropriate to speak of the rabbinic corpus in the way that Max Keddushin did; a kind of “normative...
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Prayer and Worship according to Kabbalah Again as we find in many mystical traditions, so we find in the case of the kabbalists, great emphasis placed on prayer, both the actual ritual of prayer, and speculation as the mystical meaning of prayer. For the...
