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...
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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...
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Sefer HaRazim (Hebrew: ספר הרזים; "Book of Secrets") is a Jewish magical text supposedly given to Noah by the angel Raziel, and passed down throughout...
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Zohar (redirect from Sefer Ha-Zohar)
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...
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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 cannot...
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Nefesh Ha-Chaim Or Adonai Perek Chelek Philo Sefer ha-Ikkarim Sefer ha-Chinuch Etz Chaim Maggid Mesharim Pardes Rimonim Sefer haBahir Sefer Raziel HaMalakh...
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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...
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than a Sefer Torah. The word ḥumash generally only refers to "book" bound editions of the Pentateuch, whereas the "scroll" form is called a sefer Torah...
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ISBN 9789652294302. Babylonian Talmud, Makkoth 23b Sefer HaMitzvot, Shoresh 1; see also Shabbat 23a Nahmanides, Hasagot to Sefer HaMitzvot This list is first mentioned...
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original on 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2022-01-20. "Sefer HaBahir 11". Sefaria. Kaplan, Aryeh (1997). Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice...
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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...
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Ezra at Leviticus (25:2) Bachya on Genesis 2:3 Safra D'Tzniusa, Ch. 5 Sefer HaSichos 5750:254 Derech Hashem 4:7:2 Kaplan, Aryeh (1991). The Aryeh Kaplan...
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Tractate Sotah refers to the period after Judah haNasi's death, which could not have been written by Judah haNasi himself). According to the Iggeret of Sherira...
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Sefer Yetzirah (Hebrew: סֵפֶר יְצִירָה Sēp̄er Yəṣīrā, Book of Formation, or Book of Creation) is work of Jewish mysticism. Early commentaries, such as...
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communities. Hebrew is the liturgical language of Judaism (termed lashon ha-kodesh, "the holy tongue"), the language in which most of the Hebrew scriptures...
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and expanded the Sefer Josippon later. This community of Byzantine Jews of southern Italy produced such prominent works like the Sefer Ahimaaz of Ahimaaz...
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Kabbalah texts Hekhalot literature Pardes Rimonim Sefer HaBahir Sefer HaEtz Chaim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Zohar Shulchan Aruch Siddur Hebrew literature...
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that the Haggadah was written by the compiler of the Mishnah, Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi (c. 135-217 CE).: xxxiv One of the most ancient parts is the recital...
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esoteric texts, among them Hekalot Rabbati, Sefer HaKana, Sefer P'liyah, Midrash Otiyot d'Rabbi Akiva, the Bahir, and the Zohar, claim to be from the Tannaitic...
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Kabbalah texts Hekhalot literature Pardes Rimonim Sefer HaBahir Sefer HaEtz Chaim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Zohar Shulchan Aruch Siddur Hebrew literature...
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Kabbalah texts Hekhalot literature Pardes Rimonim Sefer HaBahir Sefer HaEtz Chaim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Zohar Shulchan Aruch Siddur Hebrew literature...
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Kabbalah texts Hekhalot literature Pardes Rimonim Sefer HaBahir Sefer HaEtz Chaim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Zohar Shulchan Aruch Siddur Hebrew literature...
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Aramaic loanwords and a tendency to render Hebrew word order literally (ha-laylah ha-zeh, meaning 'this night', was rendered la noche la esta instead of the...
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with extensive notes by Margolies Sefer HaBahir (Jerusalem 1951), a kabbalistic work attributed to Nehunya ben HaKaneh with extensive notes by Margolies...
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Book of Enoch, Sefer Yetzira and the Sefer Habahir. In the book, Scholem, citing other scholars, observed similarities between the Sefer Yetzirah (Book...
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literature and has sometimes censored it." The main work in this category is the Sefer Yetzirah (the "Book of Creation"), a short treatise that presents itself...
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Bahya ben Asher (redirect from Kad ha-Kemach)
reveal any of his Kabbalistic sources, other than generally referring to Sefer HaBahir and the works of Nachmanides. He only mentions the Zohar twice. The...
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Hebrew printing press. This group also published a Judeo-Persian newspaper, Ha-Ge'ulah. Two other Judeo-Persian newspapers were also published in Bukhara...
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Kabbalah texts Hekhalot literature Pardes Rimonim Sefer HaBahir Sefer HaEtz Chaim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Zohar Shulchan Aruch Siddur Hebrew literature...
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Kabbalah texts Hekhalot literature Pardes Rimonim Sefer HaBahir Sefer HaEtz Chaim Sefer Raziel HaMalakh Sefer Yetzirah Zohar Shulchan Aruch Siddur Hebrew literature...
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