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Published:
January 27, 2025

Kabbalah For Dummies

Overview

A trustworthy, easy-to-read guide to an integral part of Judaism

Kabbalah For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your factual and objective guide to understanding Kabbalah—a spiritual practice, also known as the “received tradition,” that's connected to Judaism. This easy-to-follow resource walks you through how to connect to and better understand the Kabbalistic way of life, through explaining what Kabbalah is and isn't and detailing the Kabbalistic approach to the Torah, the Talmud, the Mishnah, and more Jewish texts. You'll also discover how to practice common rituals, worship, and pray as a practitioner of Kabbalah with this informative resource.

  • Understand the foundations of Kabbalah (including core ideas)
  • Know what Kabbalistic practice and study entails
  • Discover key Kabbalah resources

Perfect for practicing Kabbalists who want to brush up on the basics and for the Kabbalah-curious—Kabbalah For Dummies, 2nd Edition is a must-read resource for anyone who wants to understand the fundamentals of one of the world's great spiritual practices.

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About The Author

Arthur Kurzweil teaches Talmud and Kabbalah across the United States. Arthur is the author of several books, including The Torah For Dummies, On the Road with Rabbi Steinsaltz and The Persistence of Memory. He received the Distinguished Humanitarian Award from the Melton Center For Jewish Studies at The Ohio State University for his contributions to Jewish education.

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Understanding Kabbalah starts with studying the fundamental essences, or sefirot, and the core written works central to Kabbalah traditionalists. Discover some common blessings and prayers you can impart daily and the major holy days in Kaballah.The sefirot: Ten fundamental essences of KabbalahA fundamental notion in Kabbalah is the belief that the world is created and sustained by ten channels (sefirot) of divine plenty.

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When practicing Kabbalah, every moment of the day is a chance to impart a blessing. These common blessings are ways of saying thanks all day long: Upon waking up in the morning: "I am grateful to you Living and eternal God, for You have returned my soul within me with compassion. Abundant is your faithfulness.
Understanding Kabbalah starts with studying the fundamental essences, or sefirot, and the core written works central to Kabbalah traditionalists. Discover some common blessings and prayers you can impart daily and the major holy days in Kaballah.The sefirot: Ten fundamental essences of KabbalahA fundamental notion in Kabbalah is the belief that the world is created and sustained by ten channels (sefirot) of divine plenty.
In Kabbalah, holy days are especially focused spiritual experiences with the continual awareness that God is the center of everything. The major Kabbalah holy days, which are the same holy days on the Jewish calendar, are observed beginning at sundown and ending at sundown.Every week: Shabbat. Shabbat is the weekly day of rest and the holiest day on the calendar of the Kabbalist.
If you're interested in learning about Kaballah, the collection of works listed here alphabetically, is considered a body of the most important written books for traditional Kabbalists throughout history: The Bahir: Composed of 60 paragraphs; a mystical commentary on verses from the book of Genesis; considered to be one of the major early works of Kabbalah The Midrash: Compilations of writings created during the centuries following the compiling of the Talmud that serve to explicate the biblical text.
A fundamental notion in Kabbalah is the belief that the world is created and sustained by ten channels (sefirot) of divine plenty. The sefirot are complex, each with many different meanings and gradation. Two of them, Keter and Da'at, are interchangeable depending on whether the sefirot are seen from God's viewpoint or from the human perspective.
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