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	Kabbalistic experience should be able to dissolve the boundary between subject and object. Accordingly, a Kabbalist breaks through the wall "harder than a diamond" and experiences the All-Unity. There are various kabbalistic writings and schools, but no dogmatics or verifiable doctrinal content, i.e. no universally valid kabbalistic teaching. But there are Kabbalistic techniques. Accordingly, all the written legacy of the Kabbalists is strongly symbolic.		Kabbalistic experience should be able to dissolve the boundary between subject and object. Accordingly, a Kabbalist breaks through the wall "harder than a diamond" and experiences the All-Unity. There are various kabbalistic writings and schools, but no dogmatics or verifiable doctrinal content, i.e. no universally valid kabbalistic teaching. But there are Kabbalistic techniques. Accordingly, all the written legacy of the Kabbalists is strongly symbolic.

	According to Jewish tradition, only four wise men entered Paradise during their lifetime, and of these only Rabbi Akiba returned unharmed. Most of them only succeeded in taking a few steps on the ladder to heaven or in opening a few gates. However, all retain their special acquired abilities and, according to extra-biblical tradition, are even supposed to inherit them (deuterocanonical book of ~~Jesus~~ Sirach 4:16). This is how the blessing - Bəracha {{He\|ברכה}} is supposed to come about. To prevent misuse of these powers, students are tested before they are admitted. To separate the "worthy" from the "unworthy", the Kabbalah has been divided into a theoretical ({{He\|קבלה עיונית}} qabālā ʕīyūnit) and a practical ({{He\|קבלה מעשית}} qabālā maʕăśīt), the former representing the system, and the latter describing magical and mantic practices such as amulet-making, casting lots, etc.		According to Jewish tradition, only four wise men entered Paradise during their lifetime, and of these only Rabbi Akiba returned unharmed. Most of them only succeeded in taking a few steps on the ladder to heaven or in opening a few gates. However, all retain their special acquired abilities and, according to extra-biblical tradition, are even supposed to inherit them (deuterocanonical book of {{B\|Sirach\|4:16}}). This is how the blessing - Bəracha {{He\|ברכה}} is supposed to come about. To prevent misuse of these powers, students are tested before they are admitted. To separate the "worthy" from the "unworthy", the Kabbalah has been divided into a theoretical ({{He\|קבלה עיונית}} qabālā ʕīyūnit) and a practical ({{He\|קבלה מעשית}} qabālā maʕăśīt), the former representing the system, and the latter describing magical and mantic practices such as amulet-making, casting lots, etc.

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	Kabbalistic experience should be able to dissolve the boundary between subject and object. Accordingly, a Kabbalist breaks through the wall "harder than a diamond" and experiences the All-Unity. There are various kabbalistic writings and schools, but no dogmatics or verifiable doctrinal content, i.e. no universally valid kabbalistic teaching. But there are Kabbalistic techniques. Accordingly, all the written legacy of the Kabbalists is strongly symbolic.		Kabbalistic experience should be able to dissolve the boundary between subject and object. Accordingly, a Kabbalist breaks through the wall "harder than a diamond" and experiences the All-Unity. There are various kabbalistic writings and schools, but no dogmatics or verifiable doctrinal content, i.e. no universally valid kabbalistic teaching. But there are Kabbalistic techniques. Accordingly, all the written legacy of the Kabbalists is strongly symbolic.

	According to Jewish tradition, only four wise men entered Paradise during their lifetime, and of these only Rabbi Akiba returned unharmed. Most of them only succeeded in taking a few steps on the ladder to heaven or in opening a few gates. However, all retain their special acquired abilities and, according to extra-biblical tradition, are even supposed to inherit them (deuterocanonical book of Jesus Sirach 4:16). This is how the blessing - Bəracha {{He\|ברכה}} is supposed to come about. To prevent misuse of these powers, students are tested before they are admitted. To separate the "worthy" from the "unworthy", the Kabbalah has been divided into a theoretical ({{He\|קבלה עיונית}} qabālā ʕīyūnit) and a practical ({{He\|קבלה מעשית}} qabālā maʕăśīt), the former representing the system, and the latter describing magical and mantic practices such as amulet-making, casting lots, etc.		According to Jewish tradition, only four wise men entered Paradise during their lifetime, and of these only Rabbi Akiba returned unharmed. Most of them only succeeded in taking a few steps on the ladder to heaven or in opening a few gates. However, all retain their special acquired abilities and, according to extra-biblical tradition, are even supposed to inherit them (deuterocanonical book of Jesus Sirach 4:16). This is how the blessing - Bəracha {{He\|ברכה}} is supposed to come about. To prevent misuse of these powers, students are tested before they are admitted. To separate the "worthy" from the "unworthy", the Kabbalah has been divided into a theoretical ({{He\|קבלה עיונית}} qabālā ʕīyūnit) and a practical ({{He\|קבלה מעשית}} qabālā maʕăśīt), the former representing the system, and the latter describing magical and mantic practices such as amulet-making, casting lots, etc.

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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 [[File:Nahmanides painting.jpg|thumb|[[w:Nachmanides|Nachmanides]] ({{He|מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן}} ''Mōšeh ben-Nāḥmān'', 1194–1270), modern artistic depiction in [[w:Acre, Israel|Acre]]]]
 The term ''Kabbalah'' ({{HeS|קבלה}}) goes back to the Hebrew root q-b-l ({{He|קבל}}) and means something "to receive" and derived from it "transmission, taking over and passing on". The bearers of this transmission are called ''Baʕaleh Haqabalā'' {{He|בעלה הקבלה}} or ''Məqūballīm'' {{He|מקובלים}}, the latter form resonating the meaning of "received from God" because of the passive voice. Originally, the word Kabbalah could refer to any tradition in general, but especially to the revelation of the Torah to [[Moses]] at [[w:Sinai|Sinai]]. Thus the "Sayings of the Fathers" from the [[w:Mishnah|Mishnah]] begin, "Moses received (q-b-l) the Torah at Sinai and delivered it ..." Older kabbalists bore non-specific and flowery names such as ''Knower of the Beauty of Grace'' ({{He|יודעי חן}} ''yōdəʕēy ḥēn'') or simply ''Knower'' ({{He|יודעים}} ''yōdəʕīm''), a designation that goes back to [[w:Nachmanides|Nachmanides]], reasoners ({{He|משכלים}} ''miśkālīm'') and ''wise of heart'' ({{He|חכמי הלב}} ''ḥāchmēy halēv'') and the object itself was ({{He|חכמה ניסתרה}} ''ḥåchmā nīstarā'') the ''hidden wisdom''. In the main body of the [[Zohar]], the word "Kabbalah" is not used, but appears in later parts such as ''Ra'aya Meheimna'' and the [[Sefer ha-Tiqunim]]. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the term Kabbalah has almost completely replaced all synonyms.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Art. ''Kabbalah'', Vol. 10, p. 495.</ref>
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	== History of the word ==		== History of the word ==
	[[File:Nahmanides painting.jpg\|thumb\|[[w:Nachmanides\|Nachmanides]] ({{He\|מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן}} ''Mōšeh ben-Nāḥmān'', 1194–1270), modern artistic depiction in [[w:Acre, Israel\|Acre]]]]		[[File:Nahmanides painting.jpg\|thumb\|[[w:Nachmanides\|Nachmanides]] ({{He\|מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן}} ''Mōšeh ben-Nāḥmān'', 1194–1270), modern artistic depiction in [[w:Acre, Israel\|Acre]]]]
	The term ''Kabbalah'' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) goes back to the Hebrew root q-b-l ({{He\|קבל}}) and means something "to receive" and derived from it "transmission, taking over and passing on". The bearers of this transmission are called ''Baʕaleh Haqabalā'' {{He\|בעלה הקבלה}} or ''Məqūballīm'' {{He\|מקובלים}}, the latter form resonating the meaning of "received from God" because of the passive voice. Originally, the word Kabbalah could refer to any tradition in general, but especially to the revelation of the Torah to [[Moses]] at [[w:Sinai\|Sinai]]. Thus the "Sayings of the Fathers" from the [[w:Mishnah\|Mishnah]] begin, "Moses received (q-b-l) the Torah at Sinai and delivered it ..." Older kabbalists bore non-specific and flowery names such as ''Knower of the Beauty of Grace'' ({{He\|יודעי חן}} ''yōdəʕēy ḥēn'') or simply ''Knower'' ({{He\|יודעים}} ''yōdəʕīm''), a designation that goes back to Nachmanides, reasoners ({{He\|משכלים}} ''miśkālīm'') and ''wise of heart'' ({{He\|חכמי הלב}} ''ḥāchmēy halēv'') and the object itself was ({{He\|חכמה ניסתרה}} ''ḥåchmā nīstarā'') the ''hidden wisdom''. In the main body of the [[Zohar]], the word "Kabbalah" is not used, but appears in later parts such as ''Ra'aya Meheimna'' and the [[Sefer ha-Tiqunim]]. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the term Kabbalah has almost completely replaced all synonyms.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica\|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Art. ''Kabbalah'', Vol. 10, p. 495.</ref>		The term ''Kabbalah'' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) goes back to the Hebrew root q-b-l ({{He\|קבל}}) and means something "to receive" and derived from it "transmission, taking over and passing on". The bearers of this transmission are called ''Baʕaleh Haqabalā'' {{He\|בעלה הקבלה}} or ''Məqūballīm'' {{He\|מקובלים}}, the latter form resonating the meaning of "received from God" because of the passive voice. Originally, the word Kabbalah could refer to any tradition in general, but especially to the revelation of the Torah to [[Moses]] at [[w:Sinai\|Sinai]]. Thus the "Sayings of the Fathers" from the [[w:Mishnah\|Mishnah]] begin, "Moses received (q-b-l) the Torah at Sinai and delivered it ..." Older kabbalists bore non-specific and flowery names such as ''Knower of the Beauty of Grace'' ({{He\|יודעי חן}} ''yōdəʕēy ḥēn'') or simply ''Knower'' ({{He\|יודעים}} ''yōdəʕīm''), a designation that goes back to [[w:Nachmanides\|Nachmanides]], reasoners ({{He\|משכלים}} ''miśkālīm'') and ''wise of heart'' ({{He\|חכמי הלב}} ''ḥāchmēy halēv'') and the object itself was ({{He\|חכמה ניסתרה}} ''ḥåchmā nīstarā'') the ''hidden wisdom''. In the main body of the [[Zohar]], the word "Kabbalah" is not used, but appears in later parts such as ''Ra'aya Meheimna'' and the [[Sefer ha-Tiqunim]]. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the term Kabbalah has almost completely replaced all synonyms.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica\|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Art. ''Kabbalah'', Vol. 10, p. 495.</ref>

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	== History of the word ==		== History of the word ==
	[[File:Nahmanides painting.jpg\|thumb\|[[w:Nachmanides\|Nachmanides]] ({{He\|מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן}} ''Mōšeh ben-Nāḥmān'', 1194–1270), modern artistic depiction		[[File:Nahmanides painting.jpg\|thumb\|[[w:Nachmanides\|Nachmanides]] ({{He\|מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן}} ''Mōšeh ben-Nāḥmān'', 1194–1270), modern artistic depiction in [[w:Acre, Israel\|Acre]]]]
	in [[w:Acre, Israel\|Acre]]]]		The term ''Kabbalah'' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) goes back to the Hebrew root q-b-l ({{He\|קבל}}) and means something "to receive" and derived from it "transmission, taking over and passing on". The bearers of this transmission are called ''Baʕaleh Haqabalā'' {{He\|בעלה הקבלה}} or ''Məqūballīm'' {{He\|מקובלים}}, the latter form resonating the meaning of "received from God" because of the passive voice. Originally, the word Kabbalah could refer to any tradition in general, but especially to the revelation of the Torah to [[Moses]] at [[w:Sinai\|Sinai]]. Thus the "Sayings of the Fathers" from the [[w:Mishnah\|Mishnah]] begin, "Moses received (q-b-l) the Torah at Sinai and delivered it ..." Older kabbalists bore non-specific and flowery names such as ''Knower of the Beauty of Grace'' ({{He\|יודעי חן}} ''yōdəʕēy ḥēn'') or simply ''Knower'' ({{He\|יודעים}} ''yōdəʕīm''), a designation that goes back to Nachmanides, reasoners ({{He\|משכלים}} ''miśkālīm'') and ''wise of heart'' ({{He\|חכמי הלב}} ''ḥāchmēy halēv'') and the object itself was ({{He\|חכמה ניסתרה}} ''ḥåchmā nīstarā'') the ''hidden wisdom''. In the main body of the [[Zohar]], the word "Kabbalah" is not used, but appears in later parts such as ''Ra'aya Meheimna'' and the [[Sefer ha-Tiqunim]]. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the term Kabbalah has almost completely replaced all synonyms.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica\|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Art. ''Kabbalah'', Vol. 10, p. 495.</ref>
	The term ''Kabbalah'' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) goes back to the Hebrew root q-b-l ({{He\|קבל}}) and means something "to receive" and derived from it "transmission, taking over and passing on". The bearers of this transmission are called ''Baʕaleh Haqabalā'' {{He\|בעלה הקבלה}} or ''Məqūballīm'' {{He\|מקובלים}}, the latter form resonating the meaning of "received from God" because of the passive voice. Originally, the word Kabbalah could refer to any tradition in general, but especially to the revelation of the Torah to [[Moses]] at [[w:Sinai\|Sinai]]. Thus the "Sayings of the Fathers" from the [[w:Mishnah\|Mishnah]] begin, "Moses received (q-b-l) the Torah at Sinai and delivered it ..." Older kabbalists bore non-specific and flowery names such as ''Knower of the Beauty of Grace'' ({{יודעי חן}} ''yōdəʕēy ḥēn'') or simply ''Knower'' ({{יודעים}} ''yōdəʕīm''), a designation that goes back to Nachmanides, reasoners ({{He\|משכלים}} ''miśkālīm'') and ''wise of heart'' ({{He\|חכמי הלב}} ''ḥāchmēy halēv'') and the object itself was ({{He\|חכמה ניסתרה}} ''ḥåchmā nīstarā'') the ''hidden wisdom''. In the main body of the [[Zohar]], the word "Kabbalah" is not used, but appears in later parts such as ''Ra'aya Meheimna'' and the [[Sefer ha-Tiqunim]]. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the term Kabbalah has almost completely replaced all synonyms.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica\|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Art. ''Kabbalah'', Vol. 10, p. 495.</ref>

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	'''Kabbalah''' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) "reception, adoption, transmission, transmission") is the [[mystical]] tradition in [[Judaism]]. The original roots of Kabbalah are found in the [[w:Torah\|Torah]], the Holy Scripture of Judaism. In centuries of oral transmission, various other influences were also incorporated, including [[Gnosticism\|Gnostic]], [[Neoplatonism\|Neoplatonic]] and [[Christianity\|Christian]] elements. Since [[Pico della Mirandola]], it has also been continued in non-Jewish circles, especially in the form of the [[Christian Kabbalah]].		'''Kabbalah''' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) "reception, adoption, transmission, transmission") is the [[mystical]] tradition in [[Judaism]]. The original roots of Kabbalah are found in the [[w:Torah\|Torah]], the Holy Scripture of Judaism. In centuries of oral transmission, various other influences were also incorporated, including [[Gnosticism\|Gnostic]], [[Neoplatonism\|Neoplatonic]] and [[Christianity\|Christian]] elements. Since [[Pico della Mirandola]], it has also been continued in non-Jewish circles, especially in the form of the [[Christian Kabbalah]].

			== History of the word ==
			[[File:Nahmanides painting.jpg\|thumb\|[[w:Nachmanides\|Nachmanides]] ({{He\|מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן}} ''Mōšeh ben-Nāḥmān'', 1194–1270), modern artistic depiction
			in [[w:Acre, Israel\|Acre]]]]
			The term ''Kabbalah'' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) goes back to the Hebrew root q-b-l ({{He\|קבל}}) and means something "to receive" and derived from it "transmission, taking over and passing on". The bearers of this transmission are called ''Baʕaleh Haqabalā'' {{He\|בעלה הקבלה}} or ''Məqūballīm'' {{He\|מקובלים}}, the latter form resonating the meaning of "received from God" because of the passive voice. Originally, the word Kabbalah could refer to any tradition in general, but especially to the revelation of the Torah to [[Moses]] at [[w:Sinai\|Sinai]]. Thus the "Sayings of the Fathers" from the [[w:Mishnah\|Mishnah]] begin, "Moses received (q-b-l) the Torah at Sinai and delivered it ..." Older kabbalists bore non-specific and flowery names such as ''Knower of the Beauty of Grace'' ({{יודעי חן}} ''yōdəʕēy ḥēn'') or simply ''Knower'' ({{יודעים}} ''yōdəʕīm''), a designation that goes back to Nachmanides, reasoners ({{He\|משכלים}} ''miśkālīm'') and ''wise of heart'' ({{He\|חכמי הלב}} ''ḥāchmēy halēv'') and the object itself was ({{He\|חכמה ניסתרה}} ''ḥåchmā nīstarā'') the ''hidden wisdom''. In the main body of the [[Zohar]], the word "Kabbalah" is not used, but appears in later parts such as ''Ra'aya Meheimna'' and the [[Sefer ha-Tiqunim]]. Since the beginning of the 14th century, the term Kabbalah has almost completely replaced all synonyms.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica\|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Art. ''Kabbalah'', Vol. 10, p. 495.</ref>

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	'''Kabbalah''' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) "reception, adoption, transmission, transmission'') is the [[mystical]] tradition in [[Judaism]]. The original roots of Kabbalah are found in the [[w:Torah\|Torah]], the Holy Scripture of Judaism. In centuries of oral transmission, various other influences were also incorporated, including [[Gnosticism\|Gnostic]], [[Neoplatonism\|Neoplatonic]] and [[Christianity\|Christian]] elements. Since [[Pico della Mirandola]], it has also been continued in non-Jewish circles, especially in the form of the [[Christian Kabbalah]].		'''Kabbalah''' ({{HeS\|קבלה}}) "reception, adoption, transmission, transmission") is the [[mystical]] tradition in [[Judaism]]. The original roots of Kabbalah are found in the [[w:Torah\|Torah]], the Holy Scripture of Judaism. In centuries of oral transmission, various other influences were also incorporated, including [[Gnosticism\|Gnostic]], [[Neoplatonism\|Neoplatonic]] and [[Christianity\|Christian]] elements. Since [[Pico della Mirandola]], it has also been continued in non-Jewish circles, especially in the form of the [[Christian Kabbalah]].

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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'''Kabbalah''' ({{HeS|קבלה}}) "reception, adoption, transmission, transmission'') is the [[mystical]] tradition in [[Judaism]]. The original roots of Kabbalah are found in the [[w:Torah|Torah]], the Holy Scripture of Judaism. In centuries of oral transmission, various other influences were also incorporated, including [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]], [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonic]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] elements. Since [[Pico della Mirandola]], it has also been continued in non-Jewish circles, especially in the form of the [[Christian Kabbalah]].

== Literature ==

* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Bewußtsein – Leben – Form '', [[GA 89]] (2001) {{Lectures|089}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Geistige Hierarchien und ihre Widerspiegelung in der physischen Welt'', [[GA 110]] (1991) {{Lectures|110}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Die Geheimnisse der biblischen Schöpfungsgeschichte'', [[GA 122]] (1984), ISBN 3-7274-1220-8 {{Lectures|122}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Das Matthäus-Evangelium'', [[GA 123]] (1988), ISBN 3-7274-1230-5 {{Lectures|123}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Welche Bedeutung hat die okkulte Entwicklung des Menschen für seine Hüllen und sein Selbst?'', [[GA 145]] (1986) {{Lectures|145}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Vorträge und Kurse über christlich-religiöses Wirken, V'', [[GA 346]] (2001) {{Lectures|346}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Die Geschichte der Menschheit und die Weltanschauungen der Kulturvölker'', [[GA 353]] (1988) {{Lectures|353}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Okkulte Zeichen und Symbole der astralen und der geistigen Welt'', Vortrag in Leipzig, 12. Januar 1908 (not in [[GA]] veröffentlicht) [http://www.steiner-klartext.net/pdfs/19080112a-01-01.pdf pdf]
* ''[[Beiträge zur Rudolf Steiner Gesamtausgabe]]'', Heft 32, 1970 {{BE|32|30f}}

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