Gilgul (reincarnation)

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Kabbalistic doctrine concept in Jewish mysticism

Gilgul (reincarnation) is a central Kabbalistic doctrine describing the transmigration of souls through multiple lifetimes for spiritual rectification and completion of divine commandments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gilgul (reincarnation of souls)	1
Gilgul (reincarnation) canonical	1
Gilgul neshamot	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gilgul (reincarnation)
Context triple: [Kabbalah, coreConcept, Gilgul (reincarnation)]

A. Kabbalah
Kabbalah is a Jewish mystical tradition that explores the hidden, spiritual dimensions of God, the universe, and the Torah through symbolic and esoteric teachings.
B. Malchuyot
Malchuyot is the section of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that focuses on proclaiming God’s kingship and sovereignty over the world.
C. Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
D. Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
E. Am Segula
Am Segula is a Hebrew term referring to the Jewish people as a "treasured" or "chosen" nation with a special covenantal relationship to God.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gilgul (reincarnation)
Target entity description: Gilgul (reincarnation) is a central Kabbalistic doctrine describing the transmigration of souls through multiple lifetimes for spiritual rectification and completion of divine commandments.

A. Kabbalah
Kabbalah is a Jewish mystical tradition that explores the hidden, spiritual dimensions of God, the universe, and the Torah through symbolic and esoteric teachings.
B. Malchuyot
Malchuyot is the section of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy that focuses on proclaiming God’s kingship and sovereignty over the world.
C. Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
D. Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
E. Am Segula
Am Segula is a Hebrew term referring to the Jewish people as a "treasured" or "chosen" nation with a special covenantal relationship to God.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kabbalistic doctrine ⓘ concept in Jewish mysticism ⓘ
aimsAt	completion of divine commandments ⓘ spiritual rectification ⓘ
appliesTo	Jewish souls ⓘ righteous among the nations (in some views) ⓘ
associatedConcept	nefesh ⓘ neshama ⓘ ruach ⓘ soul purification ⓘ soul rectification ⓘ tikkun ⓘ tikkun ha-nefesh ⓘ tikkun ha-olam ⓘ linked to: Tikkun Olam
contrastedWith	one-life eschatology ⓘ
cosmologicalContext	Kabbalistic view of creation GENERATED ⓘ doctrine of shevirat ha-kelim ⓘ doctrine of tikkun ⓘ
describes	reincarnation across multiple lifetimes ⓘ transmigration of souls ⓘ
developedIn	Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ linked to: Kabbalah
eschatologicalContext	World to Come GENERATED ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ
etymology	from Hebrew root meaning "to roll" or "to cycle" ⓘ
expoundedBy	Hayyim Vital ⓘ Isaac Luria GENERATED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Gilgul neshamot ⓘ linked to: Gilgul (reincarnation) reincarnation in Kabbalah ⓘ transmigration of souls ⓘ
hasDoctrinalStatus	central in Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ non-universal in classical rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	systematized by Isaac Luria ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Hebrew ⓘ
mayInvolve	return in human form GENERATED ⓘ return in non-human form (in some Kabbalistic sources) ⓘ
moralFunction	consequence of sins ⓘ mechanism of divine justice ⓘ opportunity for repentance ⓘ
primaryText	Etz Chaim ⓘ Shaar HaGilgulim ⓘ Zohar ⓘ
relatedPractice	kavanot in prayer GENERATED ⓘ mitzvah observance for tikkun ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
subtradition	Kabbalah GENERATED ⓘ
teleology	completion of a soul’s mission ⓘ fulfillment of mitzvot GENERATED ⓘ repair of past spiritual failures ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kabbalah → coreConcept → Gilgul (reincarnation) ⓘ

Gilgul → hasAlternativeName → Gilgul neshamot ⓘ

subject linked to: Gilgul (reincarnation)

linked to: Gilgul (reincarnation)

Isaac Luria → coreConcept → Gilgul (reincarnation of souls) ⓘ

subject linked to: the Ari