Pardes Kabbalah
The Pardes, literally which will , means, in the tradition of Kabbalah, Jewish, a place where the student of Torah may reach a state of bliss. This term is derived from a philosophical and mystical story that finds an explanation in the Pardes Rimonim of . It takes the image of four rabbis ( Elisha ben Abouya , Explanation Kabbalistic
In the terminology of Kabbalah , which considers in particular the mystical meaning of each letter of the word components Torah , the Pardes is composed of four letters inviting each to consider a degree as a reading of the Scriptures as the ' work of the divine.
If the Pardes appears as a physical place (the word itself meaning orchard), where the four wise men come like a little orchard, as the Talmud. Thus, the text does not say that the four sages rose but the Pardes had appeared as if they had arisen. Thus, the interpretation of the Pardes is that it is not a physical but spiritual which can not be penetrated by passing a state of consciousness to a higher one. Here the Rebbe used the Kabbalah as a means to rise.
It is therefore the preserve of Knowledge esoteric of the Torah. The four letters of the word - pe, Reishi, and daleth Samecki - are each the first letter of a Hebrew word that indicates the four levels of study of the Scriptures:
- PESHAT, that is to say, the of the text deals only with the tangible world;
- Remez, that is to say the which is a higher level of study;
- Derashe, that is to say the which is the parable, legend, proverb;
- SOD, that is to say which consists of the standard dealing with esoteric metaphysics and revelation of supernatural realities, secretive and mysterious.
Therefore, the Pardes is a concept to refer to the four possible levels of understanding of the Torah (the Act) and the four branches of the teaching of the Torah (that is to say respectively: Mikra (verses ), the Mishna (legal education), the Talmud (lessons drawn from the Mishnah) and the Kabbalah (esoteric explanation of the Torah)).
These four levels of Torah study correspond to the logic of mysticism of Kabbalah, the four levels of the soul ( Nefesh , Ruach , Neschamah and Hayah ). Thus, the trip to the Torah is a journey in itself, the outside world from the physical to the inner world of spirituality. Enter the world of Torah is a process to enter Pardes is a method of unveiling the message of the Torah. This gives the surest way to lower worlds of the higher worlds. The discovery of Sod (Secret) is therefore nothing but the discovery of his own most intimate but also in the cosmology of the Kabbalah , the correction ( Tikkun ) of creation.
Viewpoint
The esoteric Virya adopts a more specific perspective on the history of so-called "four who entered Paradise (Pardes).
Quote: "This text wants to tell us that before reaching the graduated Sod preparation is necessary. He should know that to enter the Sod all the psychological problems of human nature should be resolved definitively. Can be considered as REMEZE PESHAT and psychotherapy, Derashe being a sort of esoteric psychoanalysis. Akiva could penetrate the Sod of Pardes because he was H'ackam - Sage - he had achieved the 7 degrees of mystical speculation, a number which is also the gematria (numerical value) of SOD (60 6 4 = 70). On the term PARD, H'ayim Vital says: "the meaning of Scripture is literal, analogical and mystical. This one will be forced to reincarnate until it has accomplished all this spot." Thus, Pardes is not only at school but consciousness is the path towards the realization of the Divine Being "(Virya)
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External Links
For details, together with extracts from texts of the tradition of Kabbalah addressing the issue of Pardes, you can visit including Kabbalah Online.
| 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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