Kabbalah
Kabbalah "reception") - in Hebrew ), sometimes spelled Kabbalah, the tradition is esoteric of Judaism , presented as the "Oral Law and secret" given by YHWH to Moses on Mount Sinai , at the same time as " Written Law and Public "(the Torah ).
The Baal HaSulam ( Yehuda Ashlag ), a leading Kabbalist, gives the following definition: "This wisdom is neither more nor less than the order of roots, descending like a cause and its consequence, according to rules fixed and determined, uniting in the name of a single, exalted goal described by the name "revelation of His Godliness to His creatures in this world". Lahy George defines the Kabbalah as "the internal dimension of the Torah, corresponding the sod (secret knowledge) of the four levels within the Torah (known in pardes ).
According to its adherents, intimate understanding and mastery of the Kabbalah spiritually closer to the man God , giving man a greater insight on the work of creation by God. Besides the prophecies messianniques , Kabbalah can be defined as a set of speculations metaphysical about God, man and the universe , rooted in the traditions esoteric of Judaism. However, this academic definition does not realize the universality of Kabbalah and the richness of the themes it addresses.
In Morals and Dogma, Albert Pike says that Freemasonry is a product of the Kabbalah Etymology The word "Kabbalah" (Hebrew Qabalah) means "reception", it is therefore the wisdom of the receivable, the term is sometimes interpreted as "tradition". The Kabbalist is the one that has received (Qibel) tradition. The word Kabbalah does not mean a dogma , but a current within Judaism and a state of mind. Charles recalls Mopsik spell the difference between Kabbalah and Kabbalah: All religions have a mystical or esoteric aspect-direct access to God without a priest - but the originality of Kabbalah lies in its approach to the genesis of the mystical path and the path of knowledge. Kabbalah is a tool to help understand the world in that it encourages them to change our perception of the world (what we call "reality" despite the subjectivity of our perception). To do this, Kabbalah offers its followers a synthetic diagram: The Tree of Life or Sephiroth , and other key reading many books and a plethora of concepts (degrees of significance, contraction, etc..). It offers answers to key questions about the origin of the universe , the role of man and fate. It is both a work tool on itself and a means to understand other systems of thought. Kabbalah, as a phenomenon, is often understood as the mystique of merkabah ; Scholem and he begins his utterance of Kabbalah in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism by Enoch and his ring, by the mystique that develops around the vision of Ezekiel called "Palace of literature" or hekhalot, "mysticism of the Merkabah." This mystique is as access, a journey upward and inside the very heart of God in the garden of Science Book, sod , fourth term pardes. He combines all that is apocalyptic literature - the Jewish apocalyptic. Historians are divided as to the exact origins of Kabbalah. According to the sources of Kabbalah, it begins with Adam , who is assigned the book of the angel Raziel. Then the Sefer Yetzirah (or Book of Formation), the following work according to the chronology, is traditionally attributed to the patriarch Abraham and reported by the Gaon of Vilna. In fact it was written during the Talmudic period may be between 600 and 800 AD. At that time, one of the greatest students of Kabbalah was Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai in the second century. Several important books are written in this period. The former, in particular the Sefer Bahir (or "Book of clarity"), are released from major rabbinic academies of Languedoc ( Lunel , Posquieres ) by renowned scholars like Rabad of Posquieres (1120 - 1197) and Isaac the Blind (1160 -1235). Kabbalah has boomed after the publication of Sefer Zohar (or "Book of Splendour") by Moses de Leon in 1286 , master book reports, as a compilation of texts in Aramaic , the teaching of Shimon Bar Yohai hitherto transmitted by oral tradition. Kabbalah has grown from the XVI century , with the Rebbe Ytshak Luria , known as the Ari ("The Lion"). It offers in his book Etz Chaim (Tree of Life) a comprehensive explanation of the ten sefirot , and explanations on the Zohar (including Idra Rabba). From this period, many Kabbalists encouraged the study of Kabbalah, as we reported Rabbi Azulai, in his book Orh HaShemesh, "The prohibition laid on learning the Kabbalah was a limited time, until 'in 1490. Since 1540, it is necessary to encourage everyone interested in the book of Zohar, because only by studying the Zohar that humanity will achieve spiritual redemption and the coming of the Messiah, and Therefore, it is forbidden not to study Kabbalah. " And also expressed the Rebbe Yehuda Levi Ashlag , Kabbalist of the early twentieth century : "There is no other way for the general population, to achieve some spiritual uplift and redemption, that learning of Kabbalah. This method is the simplest and most accessible, which is not always the case, according to other parts of the Torah , where only a few individuals can achieve the goal. " Overview
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Literature of the Sages Mishnah Tosefta Baraita Gemara Talmud of Babylon and Jerusalem Minor Treatment Midrash Targum 
Later medieval literature and Responsa codes and compilations of Jewish law exegesis Philosophy Ethics Kabbalah Kabbalistic concepts Sephiroth Pardes Sod Merkabah Angels Kabbalah 
Hermeneutical methods { Gematria Temur notarikon Midrash four senses of Scripture Basic Texts Sefer Ha Zohar Sefer Yetzirah Sefer Habahe Personalities Isaac the Blind Isaac Luria Moses de Leon Moses Cordovero Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Gershom Scholem Miguel de Cervantes. Eliphas Levi Paul Vulliaud Sabbatai Zevi Baruch Ashlag Abraham Abulafia Carlo Suares Marc-Alain Ouaknin Other Hasidism Safed
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