Gate of Reincarnations

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Gate of Reincarnations is a foundational Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Chaim Vital based on the teachings of the Arizal, that systematically explains the mystical doctrine of the soul’s reincarnations and spiritual rectification.

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Gate of Reincarnations canonical 2

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instanceOf Jewish mystical text ⓘ
Kabbalistic work ⓘ
addressesTopic how souls complete unfinished rectifications ⓘ
karmic-like consequences in Jewish mystical terms ⓘ
relationship between free will and reincarnation ⓘ
why souls return to this world ⓘ
aimsTo guide spiritual rectification of the soul ⓘ
systematically explain reincarnation ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Safed Kabbalists ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah
author Rabbi Chaim Vital ⓘ
linked to: Hayyim Vital
basedOnTeachingsOf Rabbi Isaac Luria ⓘ
linked to: Isaac Luria

the Arizal ⓘ
linked to: Isaac Luria
cosmologicalContext Lurianic doctrine of tzimtzum and shevirat ha-kelim ⓘ
linked to: Tzimtzum
doctrine gilgul neshamot ⓘ
reincarnation of the soul ⓘ
explainsConcept collective and individual soul roots ⓘ
ibbur (soul impregnation) ⓘ
neshama, ruach, nefesh dynamics ⓘ
processes of soul elevation ⓘ
rectification through mitzvot ⓘ
rectification through reincarnation ⓘ
rectification through suffering ⓘ
reincarnation of biblical figures in later generations ⓘ
root of souls ⓘ
soul levels ⓘ
spiritual consequences of sins and merits ⓘ
focusesOn mystical doctrine of the soul’s reincarnations ⓘ
spiritual rectification ⓘ
tikkun of the soul ⓘ
genre esoteric commentary ⓘ
mystical theology ⓘ
geographicalContext Ottoman Palestine ⓘ
Safed ⓘ
influenced Hasidic teachings on the soul ⓘ
later Kabbalistic literature on reincarnation ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
partOf Lurianic Kabbalah corpus ⓘ
linked to: Lurianic writings
period 16th century ⓘ
religiousSubtradition Kabbalah ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
statusInTradition foundational text on reincarnation in Kabbalah ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah
transmissionForm written compilation of oral teachings ⓘ
usedBy Kabbalists ⓘ
linked to: Kabbalah

students of Jewish mysticism ⓘ
viewedAs authoritative source on gilgul in traditional Kabbalistic circles ⓘ

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Shaar HaGilgulim → titleMeaning → Gate of Reincarnations ⓘ
Shaar HaGilgulim → hasAlternativeName → Gate of Reincarnations ⓘ