Jewish Mysticism
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491_9781954029828
If you want to explore Jewish Mysticism, then keep reading...Jewish Mysticism is a powerful expression within the Jewish tradition. Rooted in antiquity and veiled in mystery until quite recently, Jewish Mysticism has burst into the modern world in guises both illuminating and bewildering.Throughout Jewish history, flashes of the light held within sacred texts have sparked the sages inquisitive minds throughout the Diaspora. Rising out of the ashes of the Temples once standing in Jerusalem, the texts and theologies associated with Jewish Mysticism have comforted and ecstatically raise those who have used their knowledge.In this book, well review key texts, including:Sefir ha BehirSefir YetzirahMaaseh Merkavah and the accompanying Heikhalot literatureBut in examining these texts, well also delve into the historical contexts in which they were written and how they served as spiritual responses to the tribulations of the Jewish people, interpreted by those who wrote and disseminated them.Youll discover fascinating things along the way...Youll meet some great sages, chief among them the Father of Lurianic Kabbalah, Isaac Luria, his disciple Moses de Leon, and the great Moses Cordovero, who recognized the need for Messianic hope in the face of oppression.Youll meet the sefirot and be introduced to their mysteries as the emanations of the Divine.Youll learn about key Kabbalistic concepts like tzimtzum, shevirah, and tikkun and what they mean, as a foundation for understanding the operation of the sefirot, set in Etz Chaim (the Tree of Life).Youll see how spiritually powerful texts can be abused through popularization. This always concerned the Kabbalistic sages and is the reason for the traditionally limited transmission of Kabbalah.Youll learn how the Ashkenazi Hassidim came to be the powerful manifestation of Judaism they are today and how they went from being the bad boys of Judaism to part of the ultra-Orthodox Haredi movement.Youll meet the Baal Shem Tov,
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