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"The danger of Kabbalah is in its misinterpretation."<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3198724/jewish/Is-Kabbalah-for-Everyone.htm Kabbalah for Everyone? - Is there really a ban on Kabbalah before the age of 40?]</ref>

"The danger of Kabbalah is in its misinterpretation."<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3198724/jewish/Is-Kabbalah-for-Everyone.htm Kabbalah for Everyone? - Is there really a ban on Kabbalah before the age of 40?]</ref>

Non-religious-Jews and others describe it as a form of Jewish "[[mysticism]]," representing itself as a school of ancient mystical teachings traditionally taught only to those who had reached the age of 40 and who had already learned [[Torah]] and [[Talmud]]. Jewish tradition teaches that the souls of all Jews were in existence at the time of the Giving of the Torah and were present at the time and agreed to the Covenant. There are many stories of spiritual levels of reality similar to Christian heaven and purgatory, of wandering souls and [[reincarnation]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], some of these mystical teachings were committed to writing. Many of these writings were asserted to be secret ancient writings or compilations of secret ancient writings. In Judaism, most cosmological issues are wide open to personal opinion, and are extensively discussed in these teachings. The Jewish mystical school of thought came to be known as Kabbalah, from the Hebrew root '''<big> קבל </big>''Quf-Beit-Lamed''''' (QBL) expanded to ''' <big>קַבָּלָה</big> '''(QBLH)  meaning "to receive, to accept." The word is usually translated as "tradition." According to ancient kabbalistic tradition, the genuine mystical doctrine of Kabbalah is transmitted only face-to-face by word of mouth from teacher to pupil, and is complete only when the pupil has been brought to the profound mystical experience of ''gnosis'' (direct personal knowledge) and ''[[praxis]]'' (proficient ability). The mystical teachings of kabbalah were partly written in the ''Book of Zohar'' ("Splendor"), and these incomplete teachings have been distorted by mystics and occultists and New Age practitioners, and novelty-seekers and celebrities in the pop-culture, all of them having in common a rejection of traditional Christianity.

Non-religious-Jews and others describe it as a form of Jewish "[[mysticism]]," representing itself as a school of ancient mystical teachings traditionally taught only to those who had reached the age of 40 and who had already learned [[Torah]] and [[Talmud]]. Jewish tradition teaches that the souls of all Jews were in existence at the time of the Giving of the Torah and were present at the time and agreed to the Covenant. There are many stories of spiritual levels of reality similar to Christian heaven and purgatory, of wandering souls and [[reincarnation]]. In the [[Middle Ages]], some of these mystical teachings were committed to writing. Many of these writings were asserted to be secret ancient writings or compilations of secret ancient writings. In Judaism, most cosmological issues are wide open to personal opinion, and are extensively discussed in these teachings. The Jewish mystical school of thought came to be known as Kabbalah, from the Hebrew root '''<big> קבל </big>''Quf-Beit-Lamed''''' (QBL) expanded to ''' <big>קַבָּלָה</big> '''(QBLH)  meaning "to receive, to accept." The word is usually translated as "tradition." According to ancient kabbalistic tradition, the genuine mystical doctrine of Kabbalah is transmitted only face-to-face by word of mouth from teacher to pupil, and is complete only when the pupil has been brought to the profound mystical experience of ''gnosis'' (direct personal knowledge) and ''[[praxis]]'' (proficient ability). The mystical teachings of kabbalah were partly written in the ''Book of Zohar'' ("Splendor"), and these incomplete teachings have been distorted by mystics and occultists and New Age practitioners, and novelty-seekers and celebrities in the pop-culture, all of them having in common a rejection of traditional Christianity.

==Background==

==Background==

The Torah, as a divine revelation, was received from the mouth of God already to the first man - Adam, whether in the commandment to forbid eating from the tree of knowledge, or in the understanding of the world and the role of man in the book of the first Adam mentioned in the Talmud.  From generation to generation, the Torah was passed down from father to son and student, when for two thousand years since the creation of the world, the transmission of the tradition was with individuals and not with all of humanity.  With the end of the generation of the ''great flood'', when only Noah's family remained, the transmission of the Torah and the mitzvah to all mankind began again, with the laws binding all mankind being called the seven Nohaide laws - based on this generation.  Later on, the number of laws keepers decreased again with the period of the sailing generation and their spread over the world, when only the family of Abraham  preserved the study of the Torah, the tradition of God's word, and the preservation of history since the creation of the world.

The Torah, as a divine revelation, was received from the mouth of God already to the first man - Adam, whether in the commandment to forbid eating from the tree of knowledge, or in the understanding of the world and the role of man in the book of the first Adam mentioned in the Talmud.  From generation to generation, the Torah was passed down from father to son and student, when for two thousand years since the creation of the world, the transmission of the tradition was with individuals and not with all of humanity.  With the end of the generation of the ''great flood'', when only Noah's family remained, the transmission of the Torah and the mitzvah to all mankind began again, with the laws binding all mankind being called the seven Nohaide laws - based on this generation.  Later on, the number of laws keepers decreased again with the period of the sailing generation and their spread over the world, when only the family of Abraham  preserved the study of the Torah, the tradition of God's word, and the preservation of history since the creation of the world.

While Ismael deserted, Isaac kept it on.

While Ismael deserted, Isaac kept it on.