Jewish Spirituality and Divine World

Modern Jewish Mysticism. Kabbalah and Mysticism. Jewish Spirituality and the Divine World. Jewish Ideas and Beliefs.

The renewed interest in Jewish mysticism can partially be attributed to a renewed interest in non-traditional spirituality.

In the last three decades, Jewish mysticism has gone from an underground discipline to a mass phenomenon.

Joseph Caro and Moses Cordovero, icons of Safed mysticism, elaborated on the teachings of the Zohar.

An early group of Jewish mystics conceived of the Hebrew alphabet as the building blocks of creation.

Isaac Luria's theory of creation.

An analysis of the content and influences of the earliest work of Kabbalah.

Influential kabbalists like Rabbi Azriel and Jacob ben Sheshet were, at times, criticized for their work.

In the Talmud and midrash, visions of the Divine Throne are achieved by studying the Torah.

Hasidism spread mystical ideas to the masses of East-European Jewry.