Kabbalah
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A Small Look into Jewish Mysticism
Brandon R. Williams
Judaism
Dr. Elder
Often Kabbalah is defined as a body of mystical teachings of rabbinical origin, often based on an esoteric interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures. Many when thinking about Jewish mysticism they think of the involvement of magic and ceremonies, but when looking deeper and finding the truth we find many more definitions than the broad textual definitional above. To even understand the slightest aspect of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism we must scratch the surface of the tradition by taking a broad look at the texts of Kabbalah, the oral tradition, the mystery of understanding God, the aspects of good and evil and how we as humans relate to God. All of these aspects can be found within the mysterious tradition of the Jewish culture. As times have past though, the traditions within Judaism have been taken and forced into other religious thought and modern theory. The most common of these is Modern Kabbalism of the Kabbalah Centre. The Kabbalah Centre has incorporated Jewish Kabbalah with modern logical theory. But, Jewish Mysticism is more in depth than many can understand. To truly understand Kabbalah, Kabbalists spend a lifetime to understand the hidden meanings buried within the Torah. I strive to understand the basic concepts of Kabbalah and how the Jewish culture utilizes the Kabbalistic texts and the mystery of the Torah.
Kabbalah became a reference to doctrines of esoteric knowledge concerning God, God's creation of the universe and the laws of nature, and the path by which adult religious Jews can learn these secrets. Originally, however, the term Kabbalah was used in Talmudic texts, among the Geonim ...