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 Ein Sof
linked to: Golus

Four Worlds
Gilgul (reincarnation)
Names of God
Partzufim
Sefirot
linked to: Kabbalah

Shekhinah
Tikkun (repair)
Tree of Life
Tzimtzum
mystical numerology
cosmologyIncludes Four Worlds: Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, Asiyah
linked to: Kabbalah
developedIn Castile
Catalonia
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 Kabala
linked to: Kabbalah

Kabalah
Kabbala
linked to: Kabbalah

Qabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
hasModernForm academic study of Kabbalah
popularized or contemporary Kabbalah movements
historicalPhase Hasidic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah

Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Isaac Luria

Zoharic Kabbalah
linked to: Zohar

early mystical traditions (Heikhalot and Merkavah)
medieval theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
influenced Christian Kabbalah
Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Haredi Jews

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 Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

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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Judaism hasMysticalTradition Kabbalah
Kabbalah hasAlternativeName Qabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Kabbalah hasAlternativeName Kabala
linked to: Kabbalah
Kabbalah hasAlternativeName Kabbala
linked to: Kabbalah
Kabbalah coreConcept Sefirot
linked to: Kabbalah
Kabbalah historicalPhase medieval theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Kabbalah historicalPhase Hasidic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Kabbalah cosmologyIncludes Four Worlds: Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, Asiyah
linked to: Kabbalah
Safed knownFor Kabbalah
Lecha Dodi associatedMovement Safed Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Tzimtzum religiousTradition Kabbalah
Tzimtzum associatedWith Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Shekhinah religiousTradition Jewish mysticism
linked to: Kabbalah
Shekhinah religiousTradition Kabbalah
Gilgul developedIn Lurianic Kabbalah
subject linked to: Gilgul (reincarnation)
linked to: Kabbalah
Gematria usedIn Kabbalah
Temurah field Kabbalah
Temurah usedIn Jewish mysticism
linked to: Kabbalah
Temurah usedBy Kabbalists
linked to: Kabbalah
Sefer Yetzirah influenced Kabbalah
Etz Chaim hasTradition Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Etz Chaim hasMainSubject Kabbalah
Etz Chaim hasPhilosophicalSchool Lurianic school
linked to: Kabbalah
Etz Chaim hasTheologicalOrientation Theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Shimon bar Yochai fieldOfActivity Kabbalah
Western esotericism influencedBy Jewish Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Jewish studies fieldOfStudy Kabbalah
Sefer HaTemunah influenced Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Isaac Luria movement Kabbalah
Isaac Luria movement Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Isaac Luria tradition Kabbalistic Judaism
linked to: Kabbalah
Isaac Luria influenced modern Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Joseph Gikatilla movement Kabbalah
Joseph Gikatilla tradition Sephardic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Tree of Life (Kabbalah) religiousTradition Kabbalah
subject linked to: Tree of Life
Tree of Life (Kabbalah) relatedConcept Four Worlds in Kabbalah
subject linked to: Tree of Life
linked to: Kabbalah
Notarikon usedIn Kabbalah
Notarikon usedIn Jewish mysticism
linked to: Kabbalah
Notarikon associatedWith Kabbalists
linked to: Kabbalah
Notarikon partOf Kabbalistic hermeneutics
linked to: Kabbalah
Zohar mainSubject Jewish Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Zohar influenced Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Sefer HaBahir genre Kabbalah
Sefer HaBahir influenced Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah
Moses de León fieldOfWork Kabbalah
Moses de León influenced Jewish mysticism
linked to: Kabbalah
Moses de León tradition Spanish Kabbalah
linked to: Kabbalah