Bahir or Sefer HaBahir (Hebrew: סֵפֶר הַבָּהִיר, Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈsefeʁ ˌ(h)abaˈ(h)iʁ]; "Book of Clarity" or "Book of Illumination") is an anonymous...

Castile, survives. Like other obscure ancient texts such as the Bahir and Sefer Yetzirah, Sefer HaRaziel has been extant in a number of versions. The book...

among them the ancient descriptions of Sefer Yetzirah, the Heichalot mystical ascent literature, the Bahir, Sefer Raziel HaMalakh and the Zohar, the main...

Sefer Yetzirah (Hebrew: סֵפֶר יְצִירָה‎ Sēp̄er Yəṣīrā, Book of Formation, or Book of Creation) is a book on Jewish mysticism. Early commentaries, such...

the Zohar (thirteenth century), the Bahir (thirteenth century as well), and possibly the proto-Kabbalistic Sefer Yetzirah (fourth century). There are...

texts, among them Hekalot Rabbati, Sefer HaBahir, Torat Hakana, Sefer P'liyah, Midrash Otiyot d'Rabbi Akiva, the Bahir, and the Zohar claim to be from the...

Nachmanides and Maimonides, and earlier mystical texts such as the Sefer Yetzirah and the Bahir and the medieval writings of the Hasidei Ashkenaz. Another influence...

kabbalist and Sephardic tosafist. He is known for his final commentary on Sefer Bahir, which he published under the pseudonym "Or HaGanuz" ("The Hidden Light")...

(included in Milhhemet Mitzvah) against early Kabbalists, singled out Sefer Bahir, rejecting the attribution of its authorship to the tanna R. Nehhunya...

ISBN 978-1-56821-929-5. The Ten Sefirot: Introduction Diagram of 10 Sefirot and Attributes Sefirotic Systems in the Sefer Yetsira, Bahir and Post-Zohar Kabbalah...

references to Keter can be found in foundational texts such as the Sefer Yetzirah and Bahir. In these texts, Keter is described as the first emanation, representing...

which continued into the 18th century. The identification of the ancient Sefer Yetzirah concerning the creative force of the Hebrew letters as the means...

wisdom coming from nothingness, as highlighted in the Book of Job and the Bahir. Chokmah is the primordial point of divine wisdom that becomes comprehensible...

Perek Chelek Philo Sefer ha-Ikkarim Sefer ha-Chinuch Etz Chaim Maggid Mesharim Pardes Rimonim Sefer haBahir Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Tikunei...

Sefer HaTemunah (Hebrew: ספר התמונה) (lit. "Book of the Figure", i.e. shape of the Hebrew letters) is a 13–14th century kabbalistic text. It is quoted...

new edition by V. Perrone Compagni. Arbatel de magia veterum Bahir Sefer HaRazim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Renaissance magic The Lesser Key of Solomon Butler...

concept of Binah has its roots in early Jewish mystical texts, such as the Sefer Yetzirah, which dates between the 2nd and 6th centuries CE. In this foundational...

This method was explained by Rashi, (b. Sukkah 45a), as well as in Sefer HaBahir (c. 1150~1200). Kabbalist legends state that the 72-fold name was used...

is also supposed by some to have been the author of the Bahir, Sefer haTemunah, and of the Sefer ha-Peli'ah. Megillah 28a Berakhot 4:2; Jerusalem Talmud...

attempt to enumerate 613 commandments. Probably the most famous of these is Sefer Hamitzvot by Maimonides. The Biblical mitzvot are referred to in the Talmud...

commentary that runs through its primordial phase in the Sefer Yetzirah, its inauguration in the Bahir, its exegesis in the Pardes and the Zohar to its cosmogonic...

and expanded the Sefer Josippon later. This community of Byzantine Jews of southern Italy produced such prominent works like the Sefer Ahimaaz of Ahimaaz...

ISBN 0-8047-4826-8. Retrieved 2010-08-16. Joseph ben Isaac Sambari (1994) [1-23-1673]. Sefer Divrei Yosef. Jerusalem: Ben Zvi Institute. Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, The...

revolving around the Godhead and its relationship to the sefirot; and the Sefer Gerushin, a short and intimate composition which features the highly devotional...

otherwise. Kabbalah's beginnings date to the Middle Ages, originating in the Bahir and the Zohar. Although the earliest extant Hebrew kabbalistic manuscripts...

to Late Antiquity, and like other obscure ancient texts such as the Bahir and Sefer Yetzirah, it has been extant in a number of versions. Zunz ("G. V."...

Yishuv Courtyard to an Ashkenazi father, Solomon, and a Sephardic mother. Sefer HaKavanot U'Ma'aseh Nissim records that one day, Luria's father remained...

Pakuda Sefer ha-Ikkarim Book of the Wars of the Lord Or Adonai Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah: Kabbalah: Primary texts Sepher Yetzirah Bahir Zohar Sefer Raziel...

Neshamot - Reincarnation of Souls", essay on gilgul by Rav Avraham Brandwein Sefer Nishmath Hayyim by Menasseh Ben Israel Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback...

Kaplan translated and annotated classic works on Jewish mysticism — Sefer Yetzirah, Bahir, and Derekh Hashem — as well as produced much original work on the...