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Kabbalah
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Excerpted from the website:
- Kabbalah (sometimes spelled Qabala, Cabalah, or Kabalah) is a Hebrew word translated as “reception”. In early centuries of the second millennium (CE), this word was adapted in western-European Jewish communities to connote the ancient Jewish mystical teachings known as “Chohmah Nistarah” (hidden wisdom), “Rozey Torah” (secrets of Torah), or “Sitrey Torah” (concealed aspects of Torah). It is unknown who first associated the term Kabbalah with “Sitrey Torah”, but some believe it was Iba Gabriol ( 1021-1058) or Bahya ben Asher (Isaac the Blind; 1160-1236).
