cabbalah


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Noun1.cabbalah - an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
2.Cabbalah - an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
theosophy - a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
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The Talmud says--or is it the Cabbalah?--that a man is jealous of everyone in the whole world who exceeds him in achievement except in two instances.
In this way Schubert has enriched Anabaptist scholarship with a component from religious history, presenting Bader as a "creative recipient" of ideas about the Cabbalah. Bader's ideas have generally been presented as the product of a more or less deranged mind; Schubert, in contrast, points to a productive combination of Anabaptist and Jewish beliefs.
The Christian Cabbalah movement in Renaissance England and its influence on William Shakespeare.
Anthony Richardson started wearing the red Cabbalah band around his wrist after his mum's partner took him to see a Jewish spiritual healer.