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cabbala

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cabbala, cabala, kabbala, kabala [kəˈbɑːlə]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament
2. any secret or occult doctrine or science
[from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew qabbālāh tradition, what is received, from qābal to receive]
cabbalism , cabalism, kabbalism, kabalism [ˈkæbəˌlɪzəm] n
cabbalist , cabalist, kabbalist, kabalist n
cabbalistic , cabalistic, kabbalistic, kabalistic adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cabbala - an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"
2.Cabbala - an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
theosophy - a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Translations
cabbala [kəˈbɑːlə] Ncábala f


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Another sentence not to be found in Yiddish: "One day I asked my father to find me a master to guide me in my studies of the cabbala.
Rabbi Kook's entire teaching, which is followed devoutly by, among others, those who have led the settler movement on the occupied West Bank, is based upon the Lurianic Cabbala, the school of Jewish mysticism that dominated Judaism from the late 16th to the early 19th century.
But the structure of the art was founded on images of planets corresponding to the Sephiroth of the Hebrew Cabbala (Ibid.
 
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