Jewish mysticism

thumb|upright=1.2|Latin translation of Joseph Gikatilla|Gikatilla's Shaarei Ora

thumb|upright=1.2|Depiction of a succubus in "My Dream, My Bad Dream" by , 1915 A succubus () is a female demon who is described in various European folklore as appearing in the dreams of male humans in order to seduce them. Repeated interactions between a succubus and a man will lead to sexual activity. The establishment and perpetuation of such a relationship enables the production of a hybrid child known as a cambion, but at the expense of the man, whose mental and physical health will deteriorate rapidly, eventually resulting in his death if the succubus continues courting him for a protra

tree of forbidden fruit of knowledge in first biblical narrative, book of Genesis

thumb|Depiction of incubi, Vincenz Georg Kininger, 1879 An Incubus () is a male demon who is described in various folklore as appearing in the dreams of female humans in order to seduce them. Repeated interactions between an incubus and a woman will lead to sexual activity, a bond forming between them, and ultimately sexual intercourse, as he requires vaginal ejaculation discharge to survive. The establishment and perpetuation of such a relationship enables the production of a hybrid child known as a cambion, but at the expense of the woman, whose mental and physical health will deteriorate ra

In numerology, gematria (; or , plural or , borrowed via Aramaic from ) is the practice of assigning a numerical value to a name, word, or phrase by reading it as a number, or sometimes by using an alphanumeric cipher. The letters of the alphabets involved have standard numerical values, but a word can yield several values if a cipher is used.

concept associated with Aristotelian philosophy in which all forms of life on the planet exist in ranked order, from the most to the least important, in a "ladder of life"

term used in the Hebrew Bible

thumb|300px|, by Ephraim Moses Lilien|Ephraim Moshe Lilien (1874–1925). In Jewish mythology, a '''''' (; , from the Hebrew verb , meaning 'adhere' or 'cling') is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being exorcised.

Sefirot (, plural of סְפִירָה) meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the seder hishtalshelut (the chained descent of the metaphysical Four Worlds). The term is alternatively transliterated into English as sephirot/sephiroth, singular sefira/sephirah.

thumb|The Hebrew alphabet, run through Atbash. Atbash (; also transliterated Atbaš) is a monoalphabetic substitution cipher originally used to encrypt the Hebrew alphabet. It can be modified for use with any known writing system with a standard collating order.

in Kabbalah, the first spiritual World that came into being after the contraction of God's infinite light

Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Kabbalist

Rabbi and kabbalist.

The tzimtzum or tsimtsum () is a term used in Lurianic Kabbalah to explain Isaac Luria's doctrine that God began the process of creation by limiting the Ohr Ein Sof (infinite light) of the Godhead in order to allow for a conceptual space in which the Four Worlds, or finite realms, could exist. This primordial initial contraction, forming a "vacant space" () into which new creative light could beam, is denoted by general reference to the tzimtzum. In Kabbalistic interpretation, tzimtzum gives rise to the paradox of simultaneous divine presence and absence within the vacuum and resultant Creatio

French writer and rabbi (c. 1160–1235)

apocryphal Jewish book expanding a narrative in the Hebrew Bible, discovered at Qumran

Jewish liturgical song welcoming Shabbat

Kabbalistic ceremony invoked to block forgiveness of sin

approach to interpretation in Torah study

thumb|The prophet Daniel (biblical figure)|Daniel, with a maggid behind, from Die Bücher der Bibel, by [[Ephraim Moses Lilien. While the term maggid is frequently used to refer to an itinerant Jewish preacher, in Jewish esoteric traditions a maggid is an angelic teacher; a spirit guide.]]

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16th century Jewish Portuguese mystic

Devekut, debekuth, deveikuth or deveikus (; traditionally "clinging on" to God) is a Jewish concept referring to closeness to God. It may refer to a deep, trance-like meditative state attained during Jewish prayer, Torah study, or when performing the 613 commandments. It is particularly associated with the Jewish mystical tradition.

Israeli historian and philologist

traditional song sung by Jews every Friday to begin Shabbat

Gilgul (also Gilgul neshamot or Gilgulei HaNeshamot; Heb. , Plural: Gilgulim) is a concept of reincarnation or "transmigration of souls" in Kabbalistic esoteric mysticism. In Hebrew, the word gilgul means "cycle" or "wheel" and neshamot is the plural for "souls." Souls are seen to cycle through lives or incarnations, being attached to different human bodies over time. Which body they associate with depends on their particular task in the physical world, spiritual levels of the bodies of predecessors and so on. The concept relates to the wider processes of history in Kabbalah, involving cosmic

48th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading

belief that God is without distinguishable parts, characteristics or features (is "one")

Jewish political activist

different forms of mysticism in Jewish history

Israeli academic (born 1949)

Israeli academic, scholar of Kabbalah

Israeli academic (1929-2022)

Polish rabbi

Israeli kabbalist (1935–2022)

The teachings of the Hasidic movement

concepts in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy

Religious perspective

Selection of chapters of Psalms selected by Rebbi Nachman of Bratslav

18th-century Hasidic Rabbi

in Kabbalah, the chain-like descent of spiritual worlds (olamot) between God and Creation

religious concept