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Erotic Symbolism in Kabbalah The kabbalistic tradition, along with other mystical cultures, puts great emphasis on the sexual, in its effort to both describe the nature of God, and also to describe the nature of the mystic in his relationship to God. What do...
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Mysticism and Mystical Experience There has been much scholarly discussion regarding these terms, and in fact there is no real consensus as to what mysticism means, but there have been two dominant schools of thought regarding the nature of mysticism. What do...
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Moses de Leon Moses de Leon was a kabbalist from Castile who was born in 1240 and died around 1304. He is best known for his involvement with the Sefer ha-Zohar, “The Book of Splendor.” What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this...
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Isaac Luria- The ARI Isaac Luria, better known as the Ari or the Ari ha-Kadosh “The Holy Lion,” an acronym that refers to his name, Rabbi Isaac, was a mojor figure on the scene in Safed in the 16th century. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get...
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Evil in Kabbalah The kabbalists, like others, have struggled with the question of evil, and how we are to understand both moral and natural evils in the world. At some point there begins to develop a rather unique approach to this old problem, and the...
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Hasidei Ashkenaz Hasidei Ashkenaz refers to a group of pietists who were active in the Rhineland in the 12th and the 13th centuries. Tracing their lineage back to a family that had emigrated from Palestine to southern Italy in the 9th century and then were...
