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## The Torah

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For kabbalists, ten utterances in Genesis with which God created the world are linked to the ten sefirot—the divine structure of all being.[1] According to the Zohar and the Sefer ha-Yihud, the Torah is synonymous with God.[2] More specifically, in the Sefer ha-Yihud, the letters in the Torah are the forms of God. The kabbalist looks beyond the literal aspects of the text, to find the hidden mystical meaning. The text not only offers traditions and ways of thinking, but it also reveals the reality of God.[1] One of the first Jewish philosophers, Philo of Alexandria (20BCE-40), said that Abraham knew the essential Torah, before it was given, because Abraham was himself a philosopher: he observed the world around him and looked inside himself to discover the laws of nature. While this is not strictly speaking a mystical notion, it does introduce the idea of an inner Torah that underlies the written word. Much later, in the 19th century, the Sfas Emes, a Hasidic rebbe, made the assertion that it was actually Abraham's deeds that became Torah. The Torah is thus seen as an ongoing story played out through the lives of the Nation of Israel.[1] The Torah is an important text because even the most minor traditions of the Kabbalah will acknowledge its aspects of the divine.[2]

## Textual antiquity

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Title page of first edition of the Zohar, Mantua, 1558 (Library of Congress).

Jewish forms of esotericism existed over 2,000 years ago. Ben Sira warns against it, saying: "You shall have no business with secret things".[3] Nonetheless, mystical studies were undertaken and resulted in mystical literature. The first to appear within Judaism was the Apocalyptic literature of the second and first pre-Christian centuries and which contained elements that carried over to later Kabbalah. According to Josephus, such writings were in the possession of the Essenes and were jealously guarded by them against disclosure, for which they claimed a certain antiquity (see Philo, De Vita Contemplativa, iii., and Hippolytus, Refutation of all Heresies, ix. 27).

That books containing secret lore were kept hidden away by (or for) the "enlightened" is stated in 2 Esdras xiv. 45–46, where Pseudo-Ezra is told to publish the twenty-four books of the canon openly that the worthy and the unworthy may alike read, but to keep the seventy other books hidden in order to "deliver them only to such as be wise" (compare Dan. xii. 10); for in them are the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge.

Instructive for the study of the development of Jewish mysticism is the Book of Jubilees written around the time of John Hyrcanus. It refers to mysterious writings of Jared, Cain, and Noah, and presents Abraham as the renewer, and Levi as the permanent guardian, of these ancient writings. It offers a cosmogony based upon the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, connected with Jewish chronology and Messianology, while at the same time insisting upon the heptad (7) as the holy number, rather than upon the decadic (10) system adopted by the later haggadists and observable in the Sefer Yetzirah. The Pythagorean idea of the creative powers of numbers and letters was shared with Sefer Yetzirah and was known in the time of the Mishnah before 200 CE.

Early elements of Jewish mysticism can be found in the non-Biblical texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. Some parts of the Talmud and the Midrash also focus on the esoteric and mystical, particularly Hagigah 12b-14b. Many esoteric texts, among them Hekalot Rabbati, Sefer HaKana, Sefer P'liyah, Midrash Otiyot d'Rabbi Akiva, the Bahir, and the Zohar, claim to be from the Tannaitic era (10-220 CE), but all of these works, with the exception of Hekhalot, were actually composed 800-1,000 years later.

Kabbalists attribute Sefer Yetzirah to the patriarch Abraham, though the text itself offers no claim as to authorship and modern scholars consider it medieval. This book, which is noted for its early use of the word "sefirot", became the object of systematic study by medieval mystics,

## Primary texts

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### Hekhalot literature

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Hekhalot literature (Hekhalot, "Palaces") are not a single text. Rather, they are a genre of writings with shared characteristics. These texts focus primarily either on how to achieve a heavenly ascent through the Hekhalot and what to expect there, or on drawing down angelic spirits to interact and help the adept. There are several larger documents of the hekhalot, such as Hekhalot Rabbati, in which six of the seven palaces of God are described, Hekhalot Zutarti, Shi'ur Qomah and sixth-century 3 Enoch, as well as hundreds of small documents, many little more than fragments.

### Sefer Yetzirah

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Main article: Sefer Yetzirah

Sefer Yetzirah (סֵפֶר יְצִירָה) ("Book of Creation"), also known as Hilkhot Yetzira ("Laws of Creation"), is a primary source of Kabbalistic teaching. The first commentaries on this small book were written in the 10th century, a book by the title is mentioned in the Talmud, and its linguistic organization of the Hebrew alphabet could be from as early as the 2nd century. Its historical origins remain obscure, although Kabbalists believe that it was authored by Abraham and edited by Rabbi Akiva. It exists today in a number of editions, up to 2,500 words long (about the size of a pamphlet). It organizes the cosmos into "32 paths of wisdom", comprising "10 sefirot" (numbers, not the Sefirot of later Kabbalah) and "22 letters" of the Hebrew alphabet. It uses this structure to organize cosmic phenomena ranging from the seasons of the calendar to the emotions of the intellect, and is essentially an index of cosmic correspondences.[4]

### Bahir

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Bahir (בהיר) ("Illumination"), also known as Midrash of Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKana \- a book of special interest to students of Kabbalah because it serves as a kind of epitome that surveys the essential concepts of the subsequent literature of Kabbalah. It is about 12,000 words (about the size of a magazine). Despite its name "Illumination", it is notoriously cryptic and difficult to understand (but not impossible). Much of it is written in parables, one after the other. The Bahir opens with a quote attributed to Nehunya ben HaKana, a Talmudic sage of the 1st century, and the rest of the book is an unfolding discussion about the quote. Jewish tradition considers the whole book to be written in the spirit of Nehunya (or even literally written by him). It was first mentioned in Provence in 1176. Historians suspect Isaac the Blind wrote the book at this time, probably incorporating some pre-existing traditions.[5]

### Sefer Raziel HaMalakh

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Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (ספר רזיאל המלאך, "Book of Raziel the Angel") is a collection of esoteric writings, probably compiled and edited by the same hand, but originally not the work of one author.

Leopold Zunz ("G. V." 2d ed., p. 176) distinguishes three main parts: (1) the Book Ha-Malbush; (2) the Great Raziel; (3) the Book of Secrets, or the Book of Noah. These three parts are still distinguishable—2b–7a, 7b–33b, 34a and b. After these follow two shorter parts entitled "Creation" and "Shi'ur Ḳomah," and after 41a come formulas for amulets and incantations.[6]

### Sefer haḤesheq

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Sefer haḤesheq (Hebrew: ספר החשק "Book of Delight"), a kabbalistic treatise dealing with the Divine names and their efficacy in mystical practices. Passed down by Abraham Abulafia, the information distinguishes between the various methods of kabbalistic transmission to later generations. Abulafia opposes the method he received to the Talmudic and theosophical Sefirotic methods.

> In order to understand my intention regarding [the meaning of] Qolot [voices] I shall hand down to you the known Qabbalot, some of them having been received from mouth to mouth from the sages of [our] generation, and others that I have received from the books named Sifrei Qabbalah composed by the ancient sages, the Kabbalists, blessed be their memory, concerning the wondrous topics; and other [traditions) bestowed on me by God, blessed be He, which came to me from ThY in the form of the Daughter of the Voice, [Bat Qol],these being the higher Qabbalot.[7]

### Zohar

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Main article: Zohar

Zohar (זהר) ("Splendor") – the most important text of Kabbalah, which mainstream Judaism believes has achieved canonical status as part of the Oral Torah. Although kabbalists attribute it to Simeon ben Yohai, modern academics have speculated that its origin may be the medieval era, c. 1285 CE, and was at least largely composed by Moses de Leon. De Leon himself denied this claim, as recorded by Issac of Acco's investigation, recorded in Sefer Yuchasin.[8] It is a mystical commentary on the Torah, written in an artificial[9] mixture of the Babylonian Aramaic dialects[10][11][12][13] in Targum Onkelos[11][12][13] and the Talmud.[10][11][12][13]

### Pardes Rimonim

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Main article: Pardes Rimonim

Pardes Rimonim (in Hebrew: פרדס רימונים) (Garden of Pomegranates) – the magnum opus of Moshe Cordovero (1522–1570), published in the 16th century. It is the main source of Cordoverian Kabbalah, a comprehensive interpretation of the Zohar and a friendly rival of the Lurianic interpretation.

### Etz Hayim and the Eight Gates

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Main article: Etz Chaim (book)

Etz Hayim (in Hebrew: עץ חיים) ("Tree [of] Life") is a text of the teachings of Isaac Luria collected by his disciple Chaim Vital. It is the primary interpretation and synthesis of Lurianic Kabbalah. It was first published in Safed in the 16th century. It consists of the primary introduction to the remainder of the Lurianic system.[14][15] The Shemona She'arim (eight gates): is the full Lurianic system as arranged by Shmuel Vital, the son of Haim Vital. Eitz Hayim is the only work published within Hayim Vital's lifetime, the rest of his writings were buried with him in an unedited form. Supposedly Shmuel Vital had a dream that he was to exhume his father's grave and remove certain writings leaving the others buried.[16][17] Shmuel Vital went on then to redact and publish the works as the Eight Gates which are then, at times subdivided into other works:[18][19]

1. Shaar HaHakdamot – Gate of Introduction: Otztrot Haim, Eitz Haim, Arbah Meot Shekel Kesef, Mavoa Shaarim, Adam Yashar
2. Shaar Mamri RaShB"Y – Gate Words of R.Simeon bar Yochai
3. Shaar Mamri RaZ"L – Gate Words of Our Sages
4. Shaar HaMitzvot – Gate of Mitzvot commandments
5. Shaar HaPasukim – Gate of Verses: Likutei Torah, Sepher HaLikutim
6. Shaar HaKavanot – Gate of Kavanot (intentions): Shaar HaKavvanot, Pri Eitz Haim, Olat Tamid
7. Shaar Ruach HaKodesh – Gate of Prophetic Spirit
8. Shaar HaGilgulim – Gate of Gilgul reincarnations

Sephardi and Mizrahi Kabbalists endeavor to study all eight gates. Etz Hayim is published standard in a single volume three part arrangement, the initial two parts published by Haim Vital, with a third part, Nahar Shalom by Rabbi Shalom Sharabi, being now considered the third part. Ashkenazi Kabbalists often tend to focus only on Eitz Haim, with explanations of the RaMHaL (Rabbi Moshe Haim Luzzato).[20] However this is not always the case. There are Yeshivot such as Shaar Shmayim that deal with the works of Haim Vital in their entirety.[21]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c EHYEH: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2003.
2. ^ a b Kabbalah: New Perspectives, Moshe Idel, Yale University Press, 1988.
3. ^ Sirach iii. 22; compare Talmud Hagigah, 13a; Midrash Genesis Rabbah, viii.
4. ^ The Sefer Yetzirah, the Book of Creation: in Theory and Practice, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1997.
5. ^ The Bahir, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Aronson, 1995.
6. ^ "RAZIEL, BOOK OF - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
7. ^ Quoted by Idel, 1993, p. 111. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
8. ^ Divrei Hayammim, by Isaac of Acco, Sefer Yuchassin by Rabbi Avraham Zaccuto 16th Century.
9. ^ Johann Maier: Die Kabbalah. Einführung – Klassische Texte – Erläuterungen. Verlag C.H. Beck, München 1995, ISBN 3-406-39659-3, p. 13f.
10. ^ a b Scholem in Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1929
11. ^ a b c Scholem in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
12. ^ a b c Rapoport-Albert, Ada, and Theodore Kwasman. "Late Aramaic: The Literary and Linguistic Context of the Zohar." Aramaic Studies 4, no. 1 (2006): 14 https://www.academia.edu/26915310/Rapoport_Albert_Ada_and_Theodore_Kwasman_Late_Aramaic_The_Literary_and_Linguistic_Context_of_the_Zohar_Aramaic_Studies_4_no_1_2006_5_19
13. ^ a b c Fassberg in Handbook of Jewish Languages
14. ^ See introduction to Eitz Haim by Rabbi Haim Vital.
15. ^ See also Beit Lehem Yehuda by Rabbi Yehuda Patiya and his introduction to Eitz Haim.
16. ^ See introduction to Shaar Kavvanot
17. ^ See introduction by Rabb Hayim David Azulai to Otzrot Haim for another instance of previously unpublished books having been removed from Haim Vital's grave. As well the audio tape series by Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok on Shaarei Kedusha makes reference to a final exhumation and removal of yet unpublished works by the Jerusalem Kabbalists in the 1970s.
18. ^ Even HaShoam P. 211
19. ^ Introduction to Shemoneh Shaarim by Shmuel Vital
20. ^ Audio series on Otzrot Haim by Rabbi Ariel BarTzadok
21. ^ "Shaar Hashamaim". Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2008-03-23.

## See also

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* Bahir
* Semiphoras and Schemhamphorash

## References

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### Online bibliographies and study guides

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* Don Karr's Bibliographic Surveys
* A Guide to English Language Resources for the Student of Traditional Rabbinic Kabbalah

### Online rabbinic Kabbalah texts

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* Who Should Learn the Hidden Torah? Rambam (pdf)(Maimonides) Guide for the Perplexed
* English and Aramaic Zohar Online (searchable) – Kabbalah Centre
* Kabbalah Digital Library (Responsa-like searchable) Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine – Bnei Baruch
* Seforim/Hebrew books

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