Cabbalah

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A system of Jewish mystical ideas based on hidden meanings in the Jewish holy books

noun
/kəˈbɑːlə/

: Cábala

l've looked at the Cabbalah thing.

Examples

ln Cabbalah, we learn that if we want something in life, we have to give something.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
the Cabbalah and the Jesus and all that.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
So far, Cabbalah is the only thing that has worked for me.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
Strange that the police walked with the lady, but this is the power of the Cabbalah, yes?

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
l'm here as a student of Cabbalah.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
What the Cabbalah teaches is essentially what Jesus teaches, which is to love your neighbor as yourself.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
l like Cabbalah.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
So to me, there's nothing in Cabbalah that's not in the Scripture.

I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
In Cabbalah, we explore the deeper meanings of the Hebrew scriptures.
She studied Cabbalah to gain a better understanding of Jewish mysticism.

Synonyms

Kabbalah

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A set of Jewish mystical teachings about God and the universe

is the same system but uses the conventional spelling

Cabala

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A Jewish spiritual teaching that finds hidden meanings in the Hebrew Bible

is the same tradition but shown with the alternate canonical spelling

Cabbala

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A Jewish teaching about hidden meanings in the Hebrew scriptures

is the same system but written with the other traditional spelling

Kabala

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A Jewish tradition that finds hidden meanings in its holy books

is the same tradition but prefers the fuller conventional spelling

Qabbalah

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A Jewish study of secret spiritual meanings in the Hebrew scriptures

is the same system but usually appears with the more common spelling

Cabalism

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A Jewish teaching that finds hidden spiritual meanings in the Bible

refers to the system itself rather than its derived doctrines or practices

Surface Forms

Cabbalah singular

Cabbalahs plural

Etymology

Cabbalah comes from the Hebrew qabbalah, which means 'that which is received' or 'tradition'. So Cabbalah refers to the Jewish mystical teachings that were 'received' from teachers and passed down to explain the hidden meanings of the holy books.