going-deeper-deeper-questions-what-is-kabbalah The Jewish mystical tradition — the inner Torah, esoteric and beautiful, central since the 13th century.

Summary. Kabbalah (literally “that which is received”) is the Jewish mystical tradition. Its core text is the Zohar (13th century, traditionally attributed to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai of the 2nd century, critically attributed to Rabbi Moshe de Leon of 13th-century Spain). The system of the ten Sefirot, the doctrine of Ein Sof, the practice of meditative intentions (kavvanot) in prayer, and the cosmic drama of tzimtzum, shevirat hakelim, and tikkun are its distinctive teachings. Lurianic Kabbalah (16th-century Safed) is the dominant form. Kabbalah is the inner Torah; the outer Torah remains its precondition.

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