About 200 years ago, a Jewish scholar in Germany wrote a work called Judaism in Its Main Streams (or Hauptstroemungen, in German). In doing so, he created a new term, one that had never existed before ...

If you haven't read Hebrew since the rite-of-passage ceremony known as the bar mitzvah, customarily conducted at the age of 13, then a willfully obscure text of ancient Jewish mysticism is probably ...

After you’ve spent a couple hours puzzling over Daniel Matt’s Zohar or trying to sort truth from hype in the teachings of the Kabbalah Centre, it’s a welcome relief to turn to a lucid academic ...

Kabbalah- the ancient study of Jewish mysticism – continues to be one of the spiritual movements du jour in Hollywood and around the world. What makes this news timely is that if you are interested in ...

In the annals of Kabbalah and the contentious discourse surrounding the authenticity of the Zohar, one seminal publication distinguishes itself for its erudition and enduring impact: Ben Yohai, ...

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It is written that as the days of the Messiah approach, The Book of Zohar will be revealed to all. This does not mean that the physical text will be found on every bookshelf, dusted off every week.

The Pritzker translation of the Zohar into English by Daniel Matt — the fifth volume of which has just appeared — should be greeted as a major cultural event. Yet, the publication of each volume has ...

EINPresswire/ -- Global icon Madonna is pulling back the curtain on her most personal spiritual practice with the debut of The Mystical Studies of the Zohar, a groundbreaking new course created with ...

BEIRUT - In a country with 18 official sects, a new, ancient, form of spiritualism has joined the scene this week, as the Middle East's first Kabbalah centre outside of Israel has opened in Lebanon.