Category : What is Kabbalah?

Reincarnation Many books have been written explaining the teachings of the Ari on the subject of gilgulim (or gilgul neshamot), "reincarnation." These books explain when and how reincarnation takes...

Kabbalah as "Correspondence" Although the Hebrew root k-b-l (pronounced: kabel; spelled: kuf-beit-lamed) appears fifteen times in the Bible, its appearance in the Five Books of Moses is limited to two...

What is the Origin of Kabbalah and Chassidut? From the time of its revelation at Mt. Sinai, the concealed dimension of the Torah–Kabbalah–was known only...

Kabbalah is the mystical tradition of the Jewish people. It dates as far back as Abraham (almost four thousand years), although it has gone through...

Practical Kabbalah, Kabbalah Ma'asit, uses the knowledge of Kabbalah in order to directly influence natural states and actual events. Sometimes this involves summoning spiritual forces and commanding them...

There are two basic types of Kabbalah: Kabbalah iyunit, "contemplative Kabbalah," seeks to explain the nature of God and the nature of existence via intellectual and...

The Book of Genesis relates that, following the death of Sarah, Abraham remarried and fathered more children:   To the sons of the concubines that...

As explained in the previous chapter, there are holy sparks of truth in foreign cultures that can and should be returned to their source in...

In every generation there are true tzadikim "righteous ones," that possess ruach hakodesh, "Divine Inspiration." Surely, the devoted study of Kabbalah helps make them worthy to receive this gift....

The Hebrew word Kabbalah has become the standard term used for referring to the vast array of mystical thought and practice revealed and handed down as part...