| The roots and history of Kabbalah |
The Kabbalah is as ancient as human race.
The Kabbalah is a part of Jewish mysticism learning and teaching that goes back to the 12th century A.D.
Kabbalists believe that the Kabbalah was first taught by God himself to a select company of angels, who formed a theosophical school in Paradise. The angels most graciously communicated this heavenly doctrine to the disobedient children of earth. From Adam Kabbalah it passed over to Noah, and then to Abraham, the friend of God, who immigrated with it the Kabbalah knowledge to Egypt, where the patriarch allowed a portion of this mysterious doctrine to sneak out. This was the main reason that the Egyptians obtained some knowledge of Kabbalah.
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Ancient books in which plenty of wisdom and prophecies later embraced by Kabbalah are:
1) The "Creation book": The information in this book is entitled to Abraham as Rabbi Saadia Gaon has stated:
"The ancient people stated that Eibraham, our father has written this book...not the written word but the state of mind.."
2)The "Bahir" book:
This book is of Rabbi Nechunia Ben Hakana and is possibly the first book which was written in an intention to publish it. This book states the first Kabbalistic terms and descriptions in the Kabbalistic spirit.
3)The "Zohar" book:
The "Zohar" consists of many Kabbalistic prophecies and elements which were given by ancient Labbalistic Rabbis.
The "Zohar" was found on the 13th century by the Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Di-Leon and was accepted throught the entire Kabbalistic Rabbis and has ever since been regarded as the most important Kabbalah book of all times.
4) The "Ramak": Rabbi Moshe Kordoveiro, was one of France's greatest Kabbalists who lived on the 16th century. He has written a translation to the Zohar.
5) Rabbi Itzhak Lorie Ashkenazi, also well known as the "Ari", or regarded as "The Rabbi" in all Kabbalah books up to today. The "Ari's" influence on Kabbalah is enormous and indescribable.
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