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PUBLISHER'S PREF CE

About the Book "This is a scholarly study of the origin and e olution of the Kabbalah.

Originally published in French in 1843, with a second French edition in 1889, this book traces the origins of the phil sophical concepts of the Kabbalah to the ancient Zoroastrians. Franck g es into fascinating detail about the doctrine of the Kabbalah, as expres ed in the Sepher Yetzirah and the Zohar. He uses internal evidence to trac the origins of these texts many centuries prior to their first known pu lication in the thirteenth century [AD]. Franck carefully compares the philosophy of he Kabbalah with Greek philosophy, the Alexandrians, Philo, and the Gn sties, and concludes that, aIthough there are simila rities, none of them ca cia im to be the sou rce of the Kabba la h. Howeve r, he does find ma ny ore simila rities with the ancient Zoroastrian beliefs. By this process of elimination, he comes to the conclusion that the doctrines of the Kabbalah ad their origin during the Babylonian exile circa 500 [BC), which was also the time when Zoroaster was active in the same geographical region. Thi thesis is worth considering, and potentially adds more weight to the already numerous contributions of Zoroastrianism to world culture. "

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About the Author Adolphe Franck, (1809 - 1893) "Adolphe Franck, who was born in Liocourt 0 ober 9, 1809 and died in Paris on April 11, 1893, is a french philosopher, both philosopher and eclectic spiritualist in line with Victor Cousin, a hilosopher of Judaism and ph ilosopher of law."

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CONTENTS

PUBLISHER'S DIAGRAM

PREFACE

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OF TH E SEPH IROTH

1 2 7 OFTH FIRST FRENCH EDITION 9 15 19 34 40

SUMMARYOFCONTENTS PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION PREFACE TO THE GERMAN FOREWORD PREFACE OFTHE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION PART ONE TH E ANTIQUITY THE KABBALISTIC THE AUTHENTICITY PARTTWO THE DOCTRINE SEFER YETllRAH ANALYSIS ANALYSIS GOD ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF THE lOHAR. OF THE lOHAR. THE KABBALISTS' VIEW OF THE KAB lEW OF THE WORLD ALiSTS ON THE HUMAN SOUL OF TH E lO HAR. ALLE GO RICAL ME OF THE lOHAR. THE KABBALISTS' HO D 0 F TH E KABBALlSTS ONCEPTION CONTAINED IN THE KABBALI TIC BOOKS. ANALYSIS OF THE OF TH E KABBALAH BOOKS. AUTHENTICITY OF THE ZOHAR OF HE SEFER YETllRAH TRANSLATION TO THE SECOND FRENCH EDITION

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81 92 95 117 125 140 OFFER SOME RESEMBLAN TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF TO THE ALEXA TO CHRISTIANI TO THE RELIGI E TO THE KABBALAH. LATO DRIAN SCHOOL. OF PHILO AND 182 199 210 Y N OF THE CHALDEANS RELATION 141 146 156 176 OF THE NATURE OF

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PREFACETO THE ENGLISHTRANSLATION--Sossnitz PREFACETO THE GERMAN TRANSLATION OF THE FIRSTFRENCH EDITIO -Jellinek FOREWORD TO THE SECOND FRENCH EDITION--Franck PREFACEOF THE AUTHOR--Franck

MPORTANCE the Kabbalah. Etymology and Orthography of the of ord Kabbalah. Difference between Kabbalah and Masorah. Influence of the Kabbalah.

History of the study of the Kabbalah. Moses Cordevero. Isaac Luria. Ric ard Simon. Burnet. Hutti ngen. Wolf. Basnage. Bartolocci. Buddeus. Bruc e r. Abraham Cohen Herrera. Raymond Lullus. Ars Magna. Pico de la Mirand 10. Reuch lin. Joseph of Castile (Gikatilla). Abraham ben Dior (David). Desce t of the Pythagorean doctrine from the Kabbalah. Summary contents of the book "De Verbo Mirifico." Cornelius Agrippa. De Occulta Philoso hia. Postel. Pictorius. Paul Ricci. Leo the Hebrew. De Coelesti Agricult ra. Jose ph Voysin. Kircher. Knorr von Rosenroth. "Ka bba lah De nudata." Ge rge Wachter. Moses Ge rma nus. The book "Spinozism in Juda ism." Elucidari us Cabalisticus. Old and New Kabbalists. Meta physica I cha racter of th e Kabba lah. Brucke r. Joha nn Frederick Kleu er. Tiedeman n. Te nnerma nn. M. Fre istadt. Tholuck. Dive rse conceptio ns of the Kabbalah. Tendency of the author. INTRODUCTION The Kabbalah is neither Philosophy nor Religion. Position of the Kabb lah among other products of the human mind. Religion or Revelat on. Tradition. Belief in Authority. Reason. Rational Theology. Mystics. Gerson.

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Belief in Tradition

and in Authority.

Reasoning and Mysticism in Christiani-

ty. Mohammedanism and J daism. Origenes. Jacob Boehm. Sunnism. Chiism. Moteca lie mim. Muta ila hs. Karmates. Mish na h. Ta Imud. Kara ites. Saducees. R. Saadia. Abraha ibn Ezra. R. Bachye. Moses Maimonides. philo. Method of Procedure. PART ONE CHAPTER I--The Antiquity oft e Kabbalah.

Contention s of the followe rs 0 th e Kabbala h. Reuch lin. Pico de la Mira ndola. Tanaim. Amoraim. Gemara. Talmud. Story ofthe Creation (I1'WI\1J, :lWl1iJ). Story of the Chariot (:lJ,J1iJ:l l1iJ). Metatron. Names of God. Maimonides' view. Editi ng of the M ish na . R. Akkiba. Simeon be n Yoha i. R. Josi of Zipporis. Joshua ben Hananyah. R. Eliezer ha-Godel. Onkelos, his Aramaic translation. Memra. At Bash. e ofthe Kabbalah.

Essenes. Josephus. philo. CHAPTER II--The Kabbalistic B oks. Authenticity Sefer ha-Bahir, mentioned The two chi f works of the of the Sefer Yetzirah. Kabbalah. Sefer Yetzirah

in the Talmud. Edit ng of the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud.

Proofs of the authenticity 0 the Sefer Yetzirah from the book itself. Practical Kabbalah. The desig ation "Body" in the Sefer Yetzirah. Words of foreign origin. Another proof ofthe age ofth Sefer Yetzirah. Interpolations. Manuscripts. Mantua edition. Saadia's tran lation and commentary. The designation of Abraham: Friend of God. Kh iii Allah. Abraham as author of the Sefer Yetzirah. Moses Votril. R. Akk ba as author of the Sefer Yetzirah. Proof to the contrary. The assumptio that there have been two Sefer Yetzirahs. Morin us. Isaac de Lattes. Resu ts of the investigation. CHAPTER III--Authenticity oft e Zohar.

Characteristics of the Zohar. Views on the age and origin of the Zohar. Abraham ben Solomon Zacut . Gedalyah. Testing the views. Simeon ben

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Yohai's abode in the cave. Names and facts in the Zoha which must have been unknown to Simeon ben Yohai. Moses de Leon al 0 can not be the author of the Zoha r. The language of the Zoha r as crite ri n. Moses de Leo n counterfeited the Zohar. Neither Christianity nor its fou der is mentioned in the Zohar. The Sefiroth not an imitation of the Arist telian categories. Ideas and expressions of the Zohar are found befo e the thirteenth century. Saadia. Hieronymus. Similarity of the Kab alah with Syrian Gnosticism. Refutation of the hypothesis that the Kabbalah was p tterned Arabo-mystic philosophy. De la Nouze. Tholuck. Main points mysticism. Differe nce of th is fro m the Kabba listie syste m. The foundation of the Zohar was laid by Simeon h development. Proofs. Fragments from the Zohar. Idra There is often not the least connection between the Bi explanations in the Zohar. The Zohar accepted as stand the death of R. Simeon ben Yohai. Further proofs. Th Zohar are known by tradition before its publication. T Zohar move in the first seven centuries of the Christian two objections. The Talmud knows the spheric sha Anatomical knowledge of the Zohar. The Jews were c anato my. Co ncl ud ing rema rks. PART TWO CHAPTER I--The doctrine contained in the Kabbalistic Bo ks. Analysis of the Sefer Yetzirah. Comparison of the Sefer Yetzirah with the CHAPTER II--Analysis of the Zohar. Allegorical Gematria. Nutrikon. Temurah. CHAPTER III--Contin uation conception ofthe of the ana lysis of the Zoha r. The Kabba lists' method ible. f the Kabbalists. n Yohai. Further abba. Idra Zutah. lical texts and the rd. Description of contents of the e teachers of the era. Refutation of e of the earth. mpelled to study after the in Arabic

Nature of God.

Meta physica I and Poetica I re presentation. Descripti n of the Divine Greatness. The Celestial Man. Ayn-Sof. The ten Sefir tho Fundamental principles. Ada m Kadmon. Faces. Differe nt conception of the Sefiroth. Explanation of the Sefiroth. Division of the Sefiroth into hree classes. The King and the Queen. Figures of the Sefiroth. Canals. Uns ccessful creation.

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Sexual difference. Masculine and Feminine Principle. Shells. prese nt in the creation. CHAPTER IV--Continuation of the analysis ofthe Zohar. The Ka

od must be

of the world. Creation. The universe is complete; nothing in it s absolutely bad. Symbolica I conception. Celestia I alpha bet. Physiogn mics. Fou r protofaces. Demonology and Angelology. CHAPTER V--Continuation of the Analysis of the Zohar. Views of the Ta Imud on ance of the dy. Yehida. e-existence.

Kabba lists on the Huma n SouI. Ma n accord ing to Genesis. Th Man. View of the Zohar on Man. Man as the sum and subs entire creation. Threefold nature of Man. The idea of the b Haya. Life. The Celestial Man. Male and Female Souls. P

Predestinatio n. Mete mpsychosis. Migration of the SouI a co rd ing to Hieronymus. Pregnancy. The inner and outer countenance. Lo e and Fear. Song of Songs. Gerson. Fenelon. The fall of the first man. The ohar knows of no original sin. Explanation of the nakedness of the first hu an beings. Isaac Luria. Elements ofthe Kabbalah. PART THREE CHAPTER I--Systems which offer some resemblance Relation ofthe Kabbalah to the philosophy of plato. to th Kabbalah.

CHAPTER II--Re lation of the Kabba lah to the Alexa nd rian School The Kabba lah originates in Palesti ne. Rabbin ica I institutions a d the most famous Talmudists are unknown to the Alexandrian Jews. he Jews of Palestine have also no exact knowledge of the education of t eir Alexandrian brethren. Greek language and Greek knowledge. Greek detested by the Talmudists and highly esteemed by the Kabba ben Sakai. Gamaliel. Similarity between the Kabbalah and N Animonius. Porphyrius. The Kabbalah can not descend from drians. CHAPTER III--Relation ofthe Kabbalah to the doctrine of philo. nowledge is ah. Johanan oplatonism. the Alexan-

philo not mentioned by the Jewish writers of the Middle Ages. Component parts of the Philonic doctrine. Confirmation. Cosmogon . Theology. Angelology. Anthropology. Doctrine of human liberty. Mor I teachings.

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e t .an!platlon of thl!!' Fre ncb orlgl aI I have e deavo d nl f.aitnfully, e Ira n'!!l.aled pa '!! f,o In I!!' r a d Ihl!!' T.almu and tne n!!!'W'- r.a- work!p I n.aVl!!' ne
tn orlglna I'!!, Tne Sf:ian lsh Ll era lens f lati n of Ihl!!' C ri bV Juda 1'1 -ha- 1!!'It" as WI!!' ones .are of no!Pe Ihl!!' onlv a Ita ns lion of Solomon Ma men's (!Pel!!'M.ai en's biogta pny. pol I. en ratlen of I!!' zoha rltl!!'!p ( tI!!', of all f:la'!!t and pre!Pent 'I!!'I lou in!!!'0' K.a ba la 1'1 II. 300 ft,)_ mJ I as tn I!!'rman f:lon 19)

I!!'Ier B.al!!'r'!p etrines .and and of Ihl!!'

an 0 tw.a done, Thl!!' rupt, ~ Ihl!!' I!!'fe'l!!'n!:e 10 thl!!" Ine an nOUlion'!! lime upon volume of and loss of

0' in.aL othl!!" ind !:atl!!'d by .a I Ihl!!' '!!f:li,it of ne .alll!!'gorl!: lu inne'l!!'nl

r.ation!p and e • Blogtaf:l Oen udata, i nal Sermon';, hI!!'.append I:w:na r f:I tne.a dillon Fo, ne !:omf:lle· e NOIe'!! on Ihl!!' ha • I ha made u!Pe De'!!ide!pIhl!!' also of l'Oie G ien';tlic: e Vo rase de r J udenof the JeW';.1 by k ."11. N' M ilsa nasi,

e zm
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a nd the seve th va u
represenranon

Heb.-ew ann ual 0 :lI 'Inn.

of the

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The tree wa';. a 1';.0add d tim to the

tra n-sliniDn,

May 2Otn • .lS4 .

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FOR WO D TO

HE ECON FEe
RANCIC

E ITION

T~

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fi~t ti

ti~fy tn i~ esi re rJ inte rn ional rJie~wn i h ere bjec:t of ~~ rc ~ irit of tn tilT1e~ n ure of t e obj t:tion~ r ~erJ. Ir;e~up e lT1eit ~nd c arm ~ .,hie anrJ .-eli,gi ~ ~~te it c b 1i08... pn ~I an chrono ~I ~ censide
T

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y IT1O.-e the to cause of the th~t wnir.:h ~y. the .,hilod i cu ~ fi~t cerrein th u ... anrJ rJirJ ~

This s'S.o!:iarl o i!I n ltario • it'S. r ti!ltu'e. I F ranee Is ne L U'S._ n i'5. T

e zm n DIJ'DIIm
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wh
1;1

ch borf"O'Wled from e udd h i';. e faun n';.e to binrJ to the m the in rJ by fa

1T11't';. .jJt

akios no
se rches and rJeveloperJ l.a _

a
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r.:naoseos- Ul;lon tbi'S B dd istic lou uLnion'!! and ~rtua I quolatio !P b "owed

~ ls even .a br.ani:h of tne Tn e na of I'!!is. whii:n pu bll!pned du' ng Ita '!!l.alion of tne SlIl'fl!!'r Yettl r h. I!!' u,ie'!! that Ilion iy '!!ay.
thls work.

which .all

An har Rew:ill.!'W.alse eenssera wh eh neO!!'!io'!!a tne Ka bD.al.ah e rlly an whic:n is nunagl!!'d and ed II Du hess of Ponu, _ us n.ame I'!! GI!!' an tnem0f:lhist Jaceb Hoe m O!ioe of Ihl!!' Dawn is nOI e Ii dh lsm doe'!! nOI hold tne,1!!' fl

s, thl!!' IWO
lens .a,1!!' rought in aeeerd .a b
U rD.!'

of all

r '1!!'IIgIon!p,Tn ls 1I.!"!!011!!"ic: 'f:I' In I!!'nrs of Ine K.abbala 1'1; bu I t ma gu ra ntl!!'l!!'tne i:O"i!!'rtnI!!'!io'!!witn f:l0i tout thl!!' lively f:I'MttU poIll n us wo,k of Ine nuehess of Po .a not '!!f:ll!!'a .aI of Ihl!!' M.lg,.at nI!!' k !PO memhs in 1!!'X1'!!tenO!!'?Tne ve us upon Ihl!!' Ih'lI.!"!!hold of .ani!!'; and In I'!! voung RI!!'w1eW. h w "Philo!POpn le and Indl!!'pe!nd nl RlIl'Itiew lcated e:t:i:lu'!!Nl!!'iy to '!!i:leni:l!!'. or. .al Ie.a su I!!'a!! of eu rlo!pltv and rnnJe u, • sus est bli'SherJ science a nd even in th ';. as a n o~ n of common en

lBIB FDlJ'Dllm

Boou

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'f, Or.:r.:ult 5r.:ie rices

sgnetisrn, Phy-_;-

nat is IT1 F .-e€ IT1 'f, S.,i(

•etc.

~~,

Ihl!!' su Jl!!'tt of Thl!!'O'!lof:lh '!! ot f.ail II'!! it... i leutar In I!!'"K" thl!!' m

K.a ba la 1'1 .af:lf:ll!!'.u Tne Initiation _ d K.a ba la h. "Ihl!!' Sa I!!'dKa DD.al.ah.· as

.an" II!!'frem thl!!' f:I

Jeu I!!'V.whl!!"l!!' tn dOCl,ine of Ihl!!' Z h K.a ba li'!!tic: wo,k'!!. !Pef\l'e!P ba'!!i!pto C as

Onl!!' I'!! su ~ to '!!e 10 eb tn ls law_ dear to her, Sne ap In it'!!!Pe ond numb gdom God· bV !rt Imf:l ria nt of Ih
bbala
1'1

ermsd f,o

Idl!!' '!! of St_ M.an • !Otyll!!'dIne • unk ren v.alOr of Ihl!!' ottrlnl!!' of O'igl!!'ne _T of Ine first nu bl!!'f'Sof Ihl!!' Lotu!p i a II De psrm

f:lhl!!".· Abbol

hI!!' u neons leus '!! In

Iv in sl I!!'nc:etn Swl!!'den Do iAn f Fr.ani: • e!ppei: Ily Ihl!!' "Ge I!!'r.a I k'!!_. j B t Ihl!!' Chu' h of p~'!!l!!'n d bV lts a I!!'pt'!! 1!!'O'!l0f:lh un '!! '1!!'1ynOI Joi thl!!' • e!ioote'- Intl!!"f:I' lion of '!! Cfl!!'d nd In f:ll!!'f'SO uing .a few ook'!!··1 e zon I!!'c:e nt, k of tne Fa u Iry of -I!!'nc:e!p of tlon of ieh II ls worth~: • yptla n o'igin. by
II

di'!!!Penatlon. w,ittI!!'n fer an I!!' enl ~ Iv Ihl!!' c:rllic:1 m wn 1m !Pee!pIn Ih In I I!!'ne.ad of se I!!'ebseure rabbi of lilgenl .and un'!!i:ie

d iffI!!" nt f:lu' 0!Pe. dl!!'mol shes ba la 1'1 nlng ut fr.aud ha I!!'d 1'1 irtl!!'l!!'n 1'1 c:enlu and eontl ul!!'d

IUll!!'ly unkn Va I nIl n. a !Pvste of thl!!'ogony .and tne zoha r: .and n onlv a~ tne ide nner of argu men la n uase a nd the

gnosti lsrn, who in Iv I Satu rn Inu identl al to tne 0 I!!'of ikl!!'. DU Ine!ioY beflea I for of

are a

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the -sa e. o!-

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ro

, inea u, by hi'S deere r''S the attaclri'S de live rerJ

Ih,ougn deQ!P of eer e ra, "31

nOI .anv late, tha n Ihl!!' fou rtn

I do nOI doum. that b n ne ferm of Ihl!!' book • .a P urn of gno!!lic:I!pm. It DeB and Iettl!!'B 10 w I .a!::I!!'.abll!!'. j:llay ju!rt as of India? It ls tne tag I I!!''!!j:lirlt of tne '!!'f!rtI!!'m. as tne world .and will

p.a~ng d by '!!I!!' III De h::h thl!!' reat a

HI!!"I!!'. Ihl!!'n. li'.!'lle that Ihl!!' Inll!!'re Ka DD.al.ah d u rl In en rI'!!tl.anitv as Wl!!'11 a '!!OJ:lh.a!p I as In tne '!!j:ll!!'!::u l.allon'!! Ihl!!' 'l!!'!Pea reha f.a, from bl!!'lng I!!'Xn.au at I .am not enlirelv wrong in 'l!!'pU a wo,k whic:n ay !Pe I known_ Afte, .all. If it e Iy ans wj!Pn of a fl!!'w !::u,iou OM!P "II uffl!::1!!'10 di'!!j:lure tne ri among books ntl,1!!'1yu'!!l!!'ll!!'

Pa rls, April 9th

rsss.

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FTHEAUTH
n ne point of rese m rJ ctnne whic:n in it';. lis cus poetry; a doer rime, a-s Chri';tian I' riDc:I of IT1 ere t nan y;rery, without an pi su mptiYe anr.:ie nt to pe netrare 1T10 - r.:h i-s the doctrine nt';. of the Ka bbal

other then

i ntilT1arely in unrJ in the 0 m wne n -shift

• when a II hi'5to -

researches, an the uch importa n ; at a d may revea I it It in a su bjet:t, con-s- ered y ju'5tly lay cl d -sur.:ha -subj
suase, may pi

ea

a-s at r,

well a';. in it';. I

sus, a Hen Mo, Bol!!'nm Ine grea un lvers.al 'S!:I nee,

w Y Ihl!!' K.abbala n , It shou Id bl!!' reml!!'m n rv until tne mldd of Ihl!!' 'SI!!'VII.!'nI!!'nlh e DII!!' Infl uen!:1!!'ove, neology. f:lhilm f:lhV. _ I WeI'SIne !iopl,it 0 thl!!' K.abba la n n I!:h Corneliu'S Agrlf:lf:la. ude, a Va n Helm wn 0 wenl astra In 'S1!!'.a,!:hingf , .an I would ta kl!!' u po luelf 10 'Show s thl!!' n f.all tn lng'S In Ihl!!' rv def:llh!io of !\rIM !:,itl!: !POOnto DI!!' ntlonl!!'d. I d a, nOI

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II

to nave di

d. On the ...a .-e'l'iew of II tnat has on Iv n-a1T1 tn moment i:onlr.adiao opl n lens, ne!Pe'Sand, king II .all • of Hl!!'b,l!!'W. latin and ,0Wil.!'d by ella _ens in all 1I!Pelf nOI n Iy in tne Wft. 0' in I 'So nts it'SI!!' in no 1e'S!Pa If Fo, that Ine dOCl,ine atte, ls not bl!!' censlIhl!!' bl!!'!rt • If .n Ine

verv

o'igin.al Idl!!'.a .a •

wo,k. II
I!!'ndow of Ihi'!!
I 'Shall

t'S of this r !ioCll!!'ni:l!!' Ine ta'Sk

of Ihl!!' mn!pld _ Ind !\rldua IIV. 'Save for a few sm tn.al it. I!!''S1!!'p.atately _ eels, both fo I!!'olne bV isaac Lu'i.a of M !io'!!i.ah_

medern

K.ab a Ii'!!u who

I!!'M. 11 fore'un Notwll

MIr.a11!!''So Ii II and eq u.ally In.al tnev di .al a bout tne undl!!'d by ed bV a few J

'So little II!!'Inlo tne tediou!p to _ e themI!!'!P Co,du· ws.a!P Ihl!!'

I!!"

liled into ml!!'anlng of 'Sf:li,it..:wn lie L free rein to is reveries nd--aesri 'SClIT1 ia va na. I

o'igin.al" 'Millng'!! .allnou h nOI entl!!',ing alway;. eviarerJ wbir.:nJ rea I"

neerJ n not re iii in fro ilT1 porta ce wit tnO'SI!!'write like Rii:n.ud 14 or tnO'SI!!' nl!Ototy pro

4) and uttlnge; blbliog pny.an wnere I leek c:1;j j in wo'd. wn.al 01 I!!'I"!! a h eoneern • tne He bre • a.an c:opll!!'d rucker • platen le .and A r Abta n.a Cone fonh p ml nen 'S!udvof hI!!'e accord ne er
II

a uthors of I Ihl!!' medern as Hrude, hi bie: In.an Ine He rrara, 19 A Iy .a number ,ie: dOCl,ine II of having It had rema

"Inuodu

must .al lea'S! ne f:I,ofound tne flftel!!'nln

lan EU'Of:ll!!' 0. de!ppltl!!' pilI!!' thl!!' d.a 1'1 ng ardor !:au!ioeof thl!!' of thes

aII!!'d10 en r

.as .a rna n

f hi!p .a,dl!!'nl

own d

'!!honl!!' f suppese opinion '!!ub!rtllu great rJ

Lull us drew from I I'!! !:e In. theugh, II as a diw:ine , Ine i lum Ination e that tea rtlfli:i.al m witn t e word'!! of Ion of umbers .and I iii I to
1'1

!ioOpnyan tn.al .and Nato,l!!'_ bbalah • .and • whO'SI!!' ighl h f:l1!!',mitted 10 10 link tneir

e zm n FDlJ'Dllm

Boo

nate that the exisren e f:ll!!'rlod 10 1'1 I!!'ntl,1!!'K.abb

rJ'f made

he d i'Stin~iDn b

more nan two a a nail ce ntunes enrJins schools of u ria anrJ Cortlove.,n erhl wl!pned
10

re
J

the

.a!pcrlbl!!'thl!!' blnh

orca n f:I ibsof:lhl!!" udy of bba la 1'1 w,a d Rl!!'uc lin ea me to Ie of ad pts. 'WCI'!! me n wno we,1!!' thelr m I ds .and fo, a II tne

nuined unimit.ued fer a fotgOtt.l!!'n unnl Ih II me 1'1 row lighl aga In u n .a III tnen known 0 Iy bV q u.ally ad mired b~ Ihl!!'l r In I!!'I, 1!!':w:Ie n'!!Ne Il!!'a n In&. ef:llh!p .and Inlo a Ine

I"O:!!P of hardly Doe f !rtrongly bu I that Ihi!!"!!1!!' fordewlof:l u!P tnev ar bl!!'t:.au!Peof slens, sea
!iOU

as e:w:r n'!!iVll.!'.u'St j is Ine u bjea of 0 o'igin.al Inll!!'nded lion; b I in Ine st 01 only bl!!'i:=au!Pe d il ls '!! '1!!'1ynot in 1'1 rough rk'!! of th from a wo

fll.!'Wpropo!ioillon'!! • -tha whicn a mnnl!!'alo ea n '!! m.anv '!!Ided .and i st as , invl!!"Stigation!p, II r pu blic: d lseussle and in whicn tnev re i::ned thelr b,l!!'wlry. bu alse fl!!'w f.a,·fl!!'tc:hl!!'dd grsstnO'!!t diVll.!'r'!!1!!' r al!!'r. eha f:Imenlo, tne f:I'o k of k of such lmperta n Inatlon; hI!!'w,a!P re and, unfortunatel • had

sources
n rhs II.an a uthe this '0 d. ,z.. did RI!!' bUI il is ea Ca'Still!!'~) .an Ihl!!' fourti!!'1!!' knl!!'w of In Ka bD.all!rth:: lui !Pf:Ii,it of Jo!Pe 10'. ~Co a eemmenra n idea'!! .and a II Ih 'f:I'l!!'ted tne A r.abi.an!p. amatle fe r ad.af:lll!!'d by Re u '!!ui::h a '!!ub I!!'rt.: .and it ls nOI w· of ,of t ne his lin ls heut
1'1

mingle !P as In s, Ihl!!' d ough fo

are the

e zm n FDlJ'Dllm Boou

vie

I 'IJI\a!P .a di ·ple of .alion but I!POIhl!!' tr.aditlo aI i:n.ataCle of 1'1 I'!! ie'!! an pe!f\I'I!!' lens wn Ich I!!'quaIly n!!!' I!!'nd .avcrs ml ngle. Of hI!!' I'IJIIO U 1'1 lin',!! ame, 0 Iv ene, I!!' Art!!!' u, 1517. fol.). nr.ain'!! an rde'l!!'d f hI!!' He rews; tn olne r, (lid 1=1 bll'!!h • ~j i'!! on an Inuodu d frem .a pmenl of retl!!'nce of !!!'finIng hi!p my'!!t" I .and rts l=I'ove In a nera I of Gree I!!'0' of Ihl!!' arlenl. that hI!!'
II

a DD.a1.a
mere

rt.anl Ilglou'!! tlml!!' pa, thl!!'

!!Iic:I!p hI!!'di!iO:l I!!'selen I!!'.wn Ich

• tne iml=la !plonate tagl!!'d '!!kl!!' le wno s, It ls rta Inly 'I!!'nde red I ntra ry. lo!plng '!!ig ry 1I.!"!!!ioe I!!'and rea I !POu ros. e'V'elol'i 8 the lane to it-;
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tuminsaway Hul Agrlf:jf:ja. se to '!!f:jl!!'.ak. Ihl!!' Ka DD.aII!rt1 i'!!m; 0:'31 and 1'1 divl!!'r'!!1!!'attrlb Sefl,olh .and Ma I"O.!'lla,([}.e

nle in

:w:lcatlon • and. re anti iry of cts of G estlc-

and Ine me lion (SI!!'fI!!" Y Ihl!!' f:jatti.ui:h judgl!!'d frem I in gil.!' nil.!' r.aI 10 i:omml!!'nr.a,i Ihl!!' .af:jo!rtll!!' dl'l'lti.nion'!! of unf:jubll'!!hl!!'d amongtne m
II

erma-

bV a fa DU ous Ir.ad" 10n to him!ioelf, f.ar as a n De

w,

Ilglon. uses 1'1 I!; nu_glnatlon_ P of tne zehar wn le of ne roya I libra ry,

Iv

n vain

pi'!!to,iu'!! has I!!'nde.avo'l!!'d Ihl!!' Ka DD.al.ah !rtOpped hi'!!w

odl!!'!!1 .a m, He '!! pUDII!; ed on n!; ne

10 U'!!I!!'ne t alw.a'f!io dl'!!tl Ihl!!'refo,l!!'. no

Tnl!; voluml!!' m nlioned. i.-andola',;- neses, j j of oseph of Ca'!!til w ic:n !ioe I'Ved '!! ba'!!i'!!

m ntary on Pir.:o d

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read Sl"adually li,gioD';. a nd all nary authority al me rhs, Tne eenra lns• .and of eve re ligion and 1'1 is 'SIr ek only bV Ine m 10 I!!' isI in tne verv In In I'S ,0!P'!! nVll.!'lope e d II!!'tte • irs .a,bilr.arv .an!; of which

r.ange point of II !io.aVn Iy that o t Ihl!!' work'!! of on Ihl!!' ,oad to

more mpletl!!'. mo,1!!' ber and !io.a!:rlfiD.!-. n eha Tne,1!!' are eta Ily fa Ithfu I hI!!' zoha r, tne re are 0 tl!!'m itglvll.!'!; eenra I s a1'S0 eilne r n Ka til lsts• .a kind of dge of 1'1 lng'S tn.an of
I ~~

In v.ain. too. I!!'XpO'!!itlon of h ir.:h, perforce, ';irJer€d th-

n-o...,

!.an!:1!!' 0 thl!!'ir 1 eha raet r of tn I!; great 0,1!!'ligh on Ine o,igin. il!!'nt mo u me nts of Ine 'lIlgu!.a, o,dl!!"l!!'d and in!; onlv !;um ure: and, e'V'e n nd the la-sh of

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an obscure and co fu d we in w ir.:hthe • the u';.eful anrj tn ';. pie rflu u • sre hrown ehaes." oil.)
a blll'tt.e, e olee. 1'1 ls work

tn.al tne
fer

tr.ad K.ab min pli:o ph II

whV did mmon i!p in Ihl!!' retl!!'n d i'!! f:lhilo lens of ala 1'1; bu ling wit de I.a MI !POpny,

not 11!!'.a~Ihl!!' Ihl!!' my!rtli: tn Ile~d wo,k'!! a Db.all!rtli: VI'O

y have ukl!!'n i:hief

a ncll!!'nt with In

'!!l!!'Cret 100 d Iff !iof:I.ac:e I r.aled M

a Db.al.ah. prob.ably ne prec:i!plon of hls la .ai:i:eptII.!'d. n wondl!!'r tn.al qui '!!i:ie nO!!'. or Ih t it 'IJIi.a!P lookl!!'d u plagi.a,i!Pm of I!!'other Wl!!'11 kno I!!' in.all • !plni:1!!' ne • K.abba lah I!!'nudata 'IJIi.a!POI wi ling 10 a ne re 10 Ihl!!' n '!! urees a nd to cqua Inl u!Pth,oug 'igina l;tv .and i te'l!!"!!ting f.aas hid tne eommen ,ie'!! of tsaae tu ria. n ea n '!!tand 'I!!'.ading? wou Id n wn leh. bV tne uthor's own.aVO'lJll.a • I eest ile chimeras, .aVl!!'bl!!'en Denl!!'r m Ii'!!u selll 100 I Ie known. begin n I nd I!!'ndIng wit Ine tn Inl!!'e nth c:e u i:lud Ing a II Ihl!!' ttad ltion!p eompesl ou r e'fl!!'!pthl!!' ntl,1!!' i:n.ain of K.ab nt whl!!'n Ihll.!'Y 'I!!' first wrlttl!!'n d !Peem pll!!'teiV iolated by MO'SI!!"!! e e It. il would • .a Il!!'a'!!l. n.aVl!!'bl!!'en es Ible I erks of Nacn mol n ld • Co Ihl!!' I!!"!!nen Ma Imo • .and wnO'SI!!'Ka D I le kn
II

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DI!!"!!f:lirei will De

g,af:l!P

laber will rund

RO!Pen,olh',!!co ,!!i:ientiou!p nee and e rud ion • .and it. the prod urn f thought m'f"!!llci!pm In ll hs fo,m!p owledgl!!' of Ih K.abbala h. 1!!'~lu!plveIV e hl!!'r as an _ 1'1 has ukl!!' a f:l1ai:1!!' in eta I hi'!!toty of nllo'!lof:lhV lu liglu 10 l!!':t:f:Iund!iOme

mind. wa attl!!'mf:ll dlll'ltolion. way: A pr whii:n hI!!'

orge w.ai:hll!!'r. tneologla n tne Indl!!'f:ll!!'nd nO!!' of hi'!! no wa'!! tne .a thor of an e n.ad eonsec tl!!'d equa I 10 tne K.abb la 1'1 in th ls '!!I!!'dueedbV Ih" m!Pe1fpu Dlii:1y lOOk tne n.a of Mo'!!I!!'!P ImilAll!!' him .a d eng.aged ng .a little k I!!'ntilled e. In Gl!!'rma n.j
01

Tne book oes Ihl!!' K.abb li'!!Iic:-

In

tu re 0 r upon Ine highl!!'!rt in flueni:1!!' did I !rt genl!!'ta I of:li I!!'n thl!!' nda mental d on!rttate tn.al hi'!! 0 pinion. tn d Ihl!!' dl!!'lflca

I!!'o'igin of ,e!rt: W.a!P " dOCl,ine Ion among 1mporta nt mas of Ine Ihl!!"!!l!!'IWO KaDD.alah Ion of tne

1T1';.,

pel" se,

iii re

'Well

or

he theol"'(

of

eir affin ity

e zm n DIJ'DIIm Boou
II

e ir histo~ I ';.u~~iDn. Ie'S';.a.--rett:nerJ ana loSi f nt pa~ase'S. indeed, on !P11!!'m:!!"!!. la'Sl na med Tne .and that In H 1m all Ihin hers of antiquity • .allnou a re to .add: like all thl!!' an of tnei, lrad ilion'S whi!: • neeh Ing Dut Ihl!!' Ka D r Iho!Pe whicn Ihl!!' JI!!'WS a 1'1) or !:I!!'remon la Il.aws (

The 'Sole proof ';. and resernbtanc l con isrs 0 rJ.-awn h~.· read'S: "Whl!!'n I a I,m tn !PmoVll.!'. I 'Sf:!l!!'a I kl!!' St_ k h I 1!!':t:f:!'I!!"!!!P my!Pe in a d Il!!'nI HI!!'DreW'!!.a'Sf.a, a'S have Del!!'n a II red In ma ny 11'SI1c: traditlens I!!''I!!'fe 'I!!'d lleal!!'d In tne T.a mud .a I!!'e IIh la k.ah).

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I!!'from "Eln les" 1!p'SI111O'I!!'de!:i'!!iVll.!'.H.a Ing'Sf:! kl!!'n 0 a nO!!'. Sf:iinota add'S: -It ls hls prl nc:iple wn I h!PO of Ih have f:!1!!"!:l!!'lveda'Stn ro gh a !:Ioud wne n hl!!'V In IllgenO!!' of God and Ihl!!' ODJl!!'tt'SUnde r Ih aerlo !Pof one and Ihl!!' 'Same Ih ng_- ~9 Thl!!' histeri De mi'Sta ke n if we ju f:!0!Pe Ihl!!'m w d nea rly litera Ily from a K.abbali'!!tic ta ry 10 Ihl!!' zeha r: -Thl!!' knowll!!'dgI!!' of tn ge of Ihl!!' Creatu re!p; fer Ith Ine l.anl!!'r Ihl!!' n su DJea. Tn ls i'!! de!plgn II!!'d bv thl!!' folio hin ks and that wn I!:h I'St oughl of_ The C, 10'. 0 thl!!' Ine Knowledge. thl!!' an who k nOW'!!. and tne 0 I!!'kno knowing dees not re.ally n'Si'Stin a ppl\ri HI'S I ougnt of HIm'!!I!!'If. It i'!! bV !:og Itlng .and knowl Him If tha .and knoW'!! a II Ih.al I!!':t:- !P. Noln ing 1!!'X1!rt'S that ls nOI u whicn He !:ould not find In Hi'!! own su b'Sta ea. HI!!'ls tne ing. a nd in H1m a II tn lng'S xl!rt in tne pu re'Sl nd m that Ine pe rfl!!'rtlon of hI!!' !:'I!!'.alu'l!!"!! ls i In ls whicn tnev find Ine m'!!1!!' !PUnit.l!!'d wllh I I!!''Sou' 1!!'.a!pU as tnev devlatl!!' rom it... thl!!'V sl n k frem re

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pa.-ad

neluslen !:an DI!!'drawn f ne!pl.an ml!!'lnod. tn.al Ih and a Dove a II. that indu nt for notn Ing In Ihl!!' moc:Iern I'hilo';.Opny ca whir.:n we would not e

om tne!Pe wo,d!p? I'SII tn .allOgl!!'lne r Indl!!'f:! eVIl.!' p Idu.al I!!'!rtimatl!!'!p !PIhl!!' e, rnest audaeieus n!:I!!'f:!11n of - 1'1 tne Sive an ei(a mple"1 rh i';. uIrJ be a n atte rnpr to ref - Mo ever it

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plnion!p !:id.a,iu!p a ls no d bV a !P of tne

!P'Sion'!! ually ann nor.able Ily diffe'lI.!'n d eetrln Ing 10 n I II.!' nigne!Ot e first en pny; 'SlI an _Tne aut
ighl of

scorn

• l.a!rtl!!'d rde,. tn stla ns. I It ls tn or !OtUD

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a no Ie'S .-emore ant itv- Wne re, then, Iced to rr losit Greer.:e, r Egypt of the Ptolo it to Pa I stine r I it Pa lesnne tch tounrJ it fimr
Ihl!!' que lens wn h::h f:!ill!d Ihl!!' mlnds prl arllv. ning.a i::hll!d 10 thl!!' DD.aIi'!!tic:tr.aditlon!p !plni::1!!' I '!!ave .a f i::,iti!::'!!wno are pac II rly atll!!'ntlvi!!' 10 n nlng DU longe r qul!!'!Ot.io of.a i:=e rtai I!!'lned of Int.l!!"f:!' writ. n r of my t.I!!',je!pf.a, nd raase n. wn Ich Hi 10 Mo!Pe • to Abta n.a r to Ada m DUt It I .a quI!!' I!!'nllng witn In irsl!!' Ihl!!' en refo,l!!'. of great in ph llesoph lea I w:ie

of tn iosiclea
nave ,given e'S';.iJry to 80

d '!!ui::h alse i'!! t lime by all o,m, It ls no lill!d to HOly If revealed n of.a pu rely I!!'mruf:!h'f!io· ne 1'1 i'!!tory of .al di'!!lodgll!d

n nOI only in B alse to bl!!' Oi::iery fer 1'1 I openl!!'d an aea m le i::omf:!1!!' doruin of Ihl!!' K DD.aII!rt'!!.ao:: , tne e Ine "II!!'ryes olT Un nu n.all!!'ly. tea pny 0' qusstle rk whic:n ea r I de!Pervl Ii'll!!' 1I!Pelfw 1'1 ref:!rod uti ic: ide.a!p n Ine h~n!p 0 .and .ago r.a!P; it ma kl!!"!!tn withoul any ne'!!- lion il n.an Cn.alde.a s, It ls I su rprlsl ng atl who. fol

ueker's I!!'Xpo'!!illon• I!!'taIly preva lenl_ us, In Invl!!"!!tigatlon of Anliq u . n on Ihl!!' fol Ing lOp ing 10 wn Ii::h aII tn I '!! are i::1!!' God. eeme f' m rhe of n'!!W'e' 'IJIi.a!P uch less !Pe m off tne f:!'izl!!'··"II!!' Ilnle dees nOI c:.a!rtany w lighl at mni::l!!'rn!p Ihl!!' 0 . in of tne tnO'!!t dl!!'f.ai:=ed .able!p,~ Orpn I!!'U'!!and In tn ph 110 . eentam por.a,je!p thl!!' hem to u!P as thl!!' I!!'nit I'!!known tn.a Ing tne I!!':I(,am pll!!' r.adll!!'of hum.anity, 6

'!! .al C.a'!!!Pe I.

: "noes Ihl!!'

n .and nOI pon the Vl!!'ry I'!! !ioY'!!t I!!' II m II !PnOW'!!ne t ny of Tn.ale'!! rlarchs, .and• lseem of Ihl!!' , 'IJIi.a!P thl!!' of

10gy··.a!Pit ent m od of I!!':t:f:!o :t:ampll!!' n hi'!! Tneolo , A'!! I sa d Defo,l!!'. it the letters al'5o to find

lied In Gl!!'rmany·· n.al ls I t ab'!!olut.l!!'ly ing tne HOly !"Jc:rlf:!1'I!!"!!. of nlch Sf:!in01a Polltii:=al traetat, dl!!'f,1I.!'q nt u!Peof thl!!'

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the and T of 1'0'5 it. by B 10 ma own d nelT1ann, ~iDn in t uc:ke, , Tne U'!!I!!' a of !:trIM!P,

tried to rna ke it use I enher for the 'SturJ'f of of ewe-sia';tir.: h i'ffi:ll"'f n ,general. H TierJelT1a nn ';.jJ e time, had siven the bba la h a Ir;ind of rJeerJ o of I'hilo';.Ol'h'f. whic:n '5 at fim consecrated to n a pe.ull!d tne seheel of gel wn Ich i:ould not f.ail w e'l!!'in II fou nd. u nde, a other form. seme of 1I!p

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:t:l=Il!!'n!Oe of IWO'!! m'!! whic: !P wnli:h l=Ia'!! 01=11=10 I!!'rudlti n i'!! cene 1=I'1!!'c:e d him.: .an 0' by hiIO'S0l=lhic: nd lu:t:uty

ve f.amou!p school wa'!!!pu Iy nOI !plow in eem Ing" , I I'!!'!!I!!'ntlmenl tn.al Ine !Oe 11I.!"!!!p work K.aDDali'!!m _Tne a uthor of tn.al I II!!'Dook wiVl!!"!! 10 provl!!'. sam bla nee DetWl!!'e n tne often n.al=ll=ll!!'n!P Ihl!!' that nts are di.ameuic:.ally m, He!pldl!!'!P.as fa r as i'!! f.a, infl!!',ior to of tne wrlll!!'r'!! wno n I serpass Ihl!!'m e IIhl!!'r ailli:i'!!m of tne !POU I"O.!'!P i:i.a ion of Ine idea'!!. nothsta nd Ing tne I=III!d.anlic: wiln wnli:h ne I=llea'!!I!!'HO'!!uuound nlm'!!l!!'if,
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who I'!!Ju!rtly I!!'ntilled 10 emine nt tel n k .among rll!!' t.a11'!!lSof Ge rm.anv. i:l!!'ntly .aI !PO de'!!ired to a hls knowledge and !pki III!d aillc:i'!!m, Hut as ne ne a rtli:ul.a, pclnr, Ine or In of Ihl!!' Kabba lah. and cenes '!! him!Oelf as any .a1=l1=l'1!!'i:1.a11 i'!! ol=linlens would dl!!'m.an profound di'!!i:u!P'!!ion. I have I!!'~ i:O hlm fe r Ine bodV tn ls work. as .a more a I!PO10 a II thl!!' mode r wrlll!!'r'!!. who!Oe names, 01=11=10 allho I!!'re. have as yet not b i!!'ffort'!! m.adl!!' unt!l no fer thl!!' di'!!i:oVll.!'tyof Ine Ihl!!' K.abbali!rtii: books, I do not wl!pn to n.aVll.!' tne u!rt be sta rted a new ag in baea U'!!I!!' one i'!! wui:k .a,1!!'Ini:om pll!!'te_ an ne eentra ry. I .am eennd eVll.!'nIne errors of !puch di'!!tingui'!!hl!!'d minds ea n u l=Iu i'!!hmenl 10 InO'SI!!'wi'!!hi !Oe rlou!p1y to !rtudy tne it. l=Io!P'!!ible. in faa. appreach Ihl!!' orlgl n.al • il wou ld, nl!!'verthl!!'le • .alwaY'!! bl!!'M!:e'!!!P.aty to us inte'I=I'l!!'lation!p w Ii:h have bl!!'l!!'ngivl!!'n to I" each one of these rre'5l'onrJ to a viewPoint

eenel u ion d,.awn only Iho!Oe be w:in!:ed that Ihl!!' la

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Thu!P has up b,ie .alll!!'gorh:: .anlic:lf:la

struck b

nidI!!' irs DetWl!!'l!!'n all of it'S

hat has Ju!rt I!!'n bV seme wn had in vll!!'w on Iy it'S r, wllh m e I!!'n 1'1 usiasm as .an !P; others 10 k II !P an eceu It art, ic:n it low!p 10 tlV erubll!pne'S k nold .aboVl!!' rein an .anll!!'O:!denl • tnei

religiou'S only. to f yet too I fer whic:h I

AD. FRANCK.

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ba la h a r.:CIIT'l'lete~e n tn ins'S of t it ca n nat be censide either a';. a lT1ean to 'Say, it rests, pa.-ently at in'Sl'iration 0 r authority L Ice mtJI'5t of ';.the fruit of the union rent frolT1 .-eIWou';. bell t h I'.-ate c:tiD n of wh ie:h, pe lia form';. anrJ processes, u d th e I' cesses WClulrJwea ke n a ways perm it conviction the iml'ol'"ifi rJ in anributins to it, if, re malcins nrJ before atte mptins t e 'Solution of or inrJir.:ate, witn ';.Om€ r.:i'5ion, the of thousnt, the ra n k i hould hold d phi 0 hie: ~1T1';., anrJ, final eJt:pl in t e per.:ulial'"mea nos it'S of accc 1'1 h witn a II I'O';.'5iblebrev· r I truth, the ar.:Qui a out ou r nature, OUI'"de 'f and the were, at im, not a~l'ted on t rength of bV tn tt of a po'WlI.!'r whic:n wa II!Oplll.!' a n which has tne ge nera II.!'ra n A' materia I fo,m. sometl II.!' unde r Ine mes In tne hls po'WlI.!'r. nd it'!! lAWS; it CnAnge!;
IT1

nnre hUlT1a nity, tnat

har a mbllion but to unLill.!'1"!!t n II

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all r€lisiDn-s, rJOSmiJ';. eq uences of whic:n .-e lic:atio n, a-s well a';. II:! ue I!!'most imj:lonanl Inll!!' OSI!!' nll.!'iI!d'!!ea 11!p r g' fe i'!! imp.!:!lied to tne u!Pe ODIIlY. Hul Ihi'!! Imj:lul!Pe dees not art uj:lon .all in nOI ~ll!!'ld .anv place to I d f a utnorlry 10 it'!! I.a!rt con q Vll.!'l.allon wne re nOlhing b U nd. an era I ''.!'lIe latle • f.alilble in irs decl!plon!p. a ns, form'!! .and druil!p Ith. in eu It .and !ioYmbok do:.: of all bl!!'lil!!"fs. Otne I e '!!ay. thl!!'ir powe r of raas n In Ihl!!' revea Il!!'d wo,d_ AII.a rs 10 thl!!'m as .an usur p.atl n ccerd wllh Ihl!!'l r j:ll!!'r'!!ona f Ihl!!'l r reflealo n .and ju !rtead of I!!':Itening Ihl!!'m'!! .and '!!I!!'ekIn tnei, own .and '1!!'.a!POn thl!!'ir f II of om. Ihl!!' belief!! wh leh t -dua in I!!'p.!:! ndeni:l!!'; IhlllY eni: • a d '!!I!!'tuj:I. !pldl!!'by I .d s, prlni:1 pili.!"!!and it.i n or j:ll!!'rnaj:l!p .a 1'111 ltad Ilion wn Ii:h life; and wn Ii:h j:lo!plng unity. Of II!!'III!!' '!! ust no one bUI ng I fill ne'!!l!!'ga ps .and 10 ther har eha n that of 0'. If tne do fe llow II. II I'!! lin . B t. liltll!!' bV liltll!!'. in In fl rmnsss .and ne I!!'liglou!pdogma'!! •

i'!! !Ppne,1!!' a Ihird class . I lea'!!t. whom Ir.aditlon n nOI or d.a,1!!'not u!Pe'I!!'.a 10 .adm II tne '1!!"It1!!'.aled !P;on the other with tne lerle r .and !ioj:I1'I!!'li'.!'lletn.al ma n ea n d ls n I!!'I!!'n I'l!!'l witn revelation. hlm in any ether w.aV t n I!!' I!!'rt of d Iv Inil.!' ff I!!'of tn ls that IhlllY '!!I!!'eno h g DU !ioY , of dogmas, prei:l!!'prs 0' a m'f'!!te rleus, prefou n , but wn ir.:h, beca u-se .,

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... less artitrary

bV Ihis ml!!'ln o nOI !NIVtn.al t .a liml!!' whl!!'n p '!! in thls w:ry '!! 1'1 II cia lms tc b I WCI'!!c:ono:!N ldaas 'I!!'quire t e d onlv in Ihl!!' I, HOly Sc:rlf:llu,

~ In.al ilSl!!' n.ad a I, I!!'aaio is I!!'n!NIble n, It. 'I!!' of '1!!'.a!POn, 1'1 us II is, to t fiftl!!'l!!'n 1'1 e ntu ry n of e rna I saneti .a !ioYm olli: I inre rp

Ihl!!' my!Ot.iL:!! are '!!oml!!'tlme!p in a ady ne Id !ioWay. tne imml!!'di.all!!' ognite!p II eilne r III!!' an I!!':I(,amf:lle. Gers.on, ~~ But n. tn.al su pport ation of what

Ie. are fund

of i:oni:l!!'lvlng In thl!!' "!Ototy of all tne L I !pn.al cite on Iv Iho!ioe !:an know witn

mere m.an Ch reh I!!'f:I'l!!"!!l!!' ttad loon and IS '!!f:llendo _ W find sen .af:lf:llll!!'d to

0' tne

wo,d!p 1I!parbltra ry In O'igII.!'n. in n I!!'ea rrll!!'d thl!!' !P 0 rlgen wnO'S a mml!!'d '!P relig I tnO'SI!!'wn 1m 1'1 I!!''!!ame spscta m tha rlv.alry pinion. I!!'quaI in order 10 .a _on of ltad llio s-

who!ioe '!!I!!'f:laar r tn.an rem a ma rked un ltv a nd onhodo~; dmit. in .addillon 10 tne whicn dl!!"ive thl!!'ir ce it by a livins ne of the most

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the
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alT1€ ot I!!'l!!'m10

nod of medern
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t

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nun full II V .ag~1!!' in taaeh I Ine 1=I,0vlni:1!!' f o lght of '1!!'.a!:On I!!'XI!rteni:1!!'d !rtI!!'m of a llegorl for my'!!tic:I!pm. If notn Ing mere a lied tneir doarl lu,ning tne p~ '!!foundl!!'d on lma rses of tne Kora n a n one polnl of h wI!!' a 1m 10 nukl!!'
1'10 !PI!!'

Il!!'rfl!!"l!!' ee wiln gl!!' n !io'Sary10 acqui d !:Olely latien," 61 II!!"!! f I Inll!!' p WI!!' a 0 an tr n la Ihl!!' Hegir.a.
pinlons

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'!! rving as ba q ot.ed··wno 1'1 !rtOrlan··"lh nlm c:on'!!i'!!t '!! b!rtllull ng t .a .alll!!'gorlting I!!"I!!' I'!! mer t e doc:trlM
F n.ally

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a uthe .al~ady !P of .an Ara bla n I!!" f.ai:u II!!"!! .and • 111!!'g0,je an d In N.an • as wl!!'ll

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no u rl!pne bV 1I!p'!! irll and to J uda lsrn, frem .aVl!!'Inll!!' tiona 11"1 II 1!!'!PSoe '!!I=I g tne two rl\ra I e nee. natura II !ioe Ned Ine I=ILli:1!!' Juda ls for '!! bjl!!'rt. l:Ie!p1 I!!' the l:Iible. errh do:.: J radllion i:l!!'lve frem m Ihl!!' !PAml!!''I!!"!!=1 I!!' as In 1 I!!'. thl!!'n frem moulh to uth n tl!!'d bV J ud.ah Ihl!!' oly t.) n f Mi'!!h a 1'1; and, '!!Iy a ugml!!'nred d de authe of Ihl!!' Ie av I!!' nOI Ine '!! .a111!!'!!1 n 10 '1!!'.a!:O a nd lib rty. NOI V In l=I,ini:1pll!!' Ine :.:i!rtl!!'n hl!!"!!l!!'WO oral fe ces. bUI I witn pa r.aly'!!i!pbV u u'l=Iin t ei plaoss I!!' rywhl!!" .

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jl(1J1'"e'5 ion ot e:JJ.iJlt€rJ mora and of ani mal lire. They have cow rJ, we hed everyth n8 in rJv nee- It is de';.poti';.m of e I'"'f day

o the vilest

nerlcn

wn le

.a,1!!' I tne "II!!''Vf:I,i 1f:l11!!"!! e '!! with Ihl!!' ph 1o!ioO p ha fou nded a Il!!'n i:=e

I!!' is I I!!'w:it..ablyi:=omf:ll!!'lllI!d 10 fig !rtilul a 1'1 igne, autnorlry I it'!! pla nded IIh Ihl!!' Sad UD.!'I!!"!! O'!!I!!' e:w: !rtruCl n of tne saeend tam pi nts f J ud.aism; tney 'I!!'Je • ap nill!!' nOlhing bUI Ine Bib I!!'. I n of hic:n 'I!!'a'!!on '!!l!!'l!!'tnS tne De bl!!'lieve rs .and ad m Inlv ferm no reliff us '!! tI!!', .and .a mui:=h fin r pla uld Ju!rtlfy the eh let nidI!!"!! he would 'I!!'Olnclle thl!!' leg lmes, that is that 0 A,isto

t witn . Tne !!Il!!'ni:=e

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-tha

'I!!'nlly. an Ine 10 De ng tne have In Ine f Ihl!!'lr '!!l.allon • and

I!!'tenlh c:e ntu'V w.a!Pat thl!!' I!!'.adof I!!'n.ame i!p tired ith res CI bV Sa.ad- eame '!!Iuf:l ndous im de I!!'nded wno !PAW in tne la on Iv a my ,iou'!! mea nIng, mu 1'1 high ivided tnem!:oe 1vII.!'!P I nto elas

of Ihl!!' Sc:rlf:llu,1!!"!! It ls If I!!'. 10 mY'!!tlc ex.alta I n; It w.a!P In short, Plato '!Pd

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of tbei r i nte-lise ks, in order to rna

pass Ine m on in tn of reve latien. Ih ttulv o'igin.al .and II!t e, f:lhilo!iOf:lhic:.a1 0 • n that it. WCI'!!:aIled !

irJea';.they t tney narJ II.!'ry.III'!! ti,lI.!'iy tnei, Ich 'lI.!'!Pem· In tn.al II

II.!' rmlnl!!' naa r what II it. s pre'!!lI.!'rvedfer • and, fin.ally. wha

of Juda lsm, wnet fe reign f:lhilo'!!of:l re eu .and !:onlll.!'mpor.an !:II.!'10 II; .and we shall fin

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f"j1HUSIA 11C !,a brought own by his d iso d ienoe, Others su ppose tnat t 'Stay 0 n Mount S nai, -seventy old me who tnat these !,a-s rJ it on Sive n the orde r to trsn now ca.-efully to fi nd a -sinsle protounrJ anrJ m Since ns origin, pieo!,le, lilr;e a II other min iste rs in spite of the tounrJed witn t

-';.jJn';. of th aose I';.fro he way to e la'W8iver iverJ it dire nook with ~ worrJ of ribe it tos rJ a II the be .-efe.-.;. to

he co th Iy

h i';.!,rima nobili e brews, u rios h ';.

He tra the H until the ime w ith the La _ IQ B t, n matter he Old 1 osha II fa il schings GorJ, tn

he ,gift-;

he
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we first !Pel!!'tn
me.an!p11!!'.a!:hl!!'l"!! Ine I evetylhing,. nOI !:lea rly Tel n naim. tne 0 e!rt and II WI!!"I!!' • .a long!: aIn. Ih M lsh nah. who llertl!!' uttl!!',1!!'d by his 1=1 eo:! oldl!!'!rt mon uml!!' t'!! of Ih nls son an d nls f Il!!'nd!p, d Ilion; fer expre!io'Sl!!'d rnest 'I!!"!! 1=1 I!!' I.a!rt lin k of

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IlT1lT1erJiatelyafte.cenru ry of the Ch ca lied AmiJ.-a i m (c I in Ihl!!'m!Pel'U'l!!"!!. tne 0 from tne prevlou!p ne Vll.!'1not bl!!'l!!'n pu bl h mulll plied f:I,od Igi

, to wa.-rJ ';. th e cl 0 se of t he seco neration ot reachers starts wno a ccnsrituti ns any Ionser an author d Dettl!!'r e:W:f:llainl!!'da II tnev lea rn d Iho!Pe of In I!!'I, word'!! whicn n.ave '!! tn reI!!' 1'1 u nd red yea rs. Wl!!'re fin.a i.e. Il!!'rml narlon and eem pll!!'tlon thl!!'!Pe two i:olll!!'ttlon!p. '1!!'llglou i!pday .and un III!!'d unde, tne na me II. '!! arm. If not for Ihl!!' idea'!! who 11!rt !ioY'!!tl!!'nt.a1Il!!'a'!!t... seme data n fer
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verv

find tn ls re m,a'k.able f:la'!!~: ''T e bl!!' e:W:f:llainl!!'d I'IJIIO.tne '!!torv to n 10 one. un less ne bl!!'wl!Pe and e n l"DIrT N.'1 i'lW,.rr:r:l T'I'l,!Jtf"'l::1 D']W::l
0_

Itha (a Mi!pn n.ah not Ini:luded in I e .add!p: "Wnen Ihl!!' '!!umm.arie!p of I e '""'10m 1'1 'WKl CI'jT'I~
A tabbl of thl!!' Tal

IIl'Itl!!'nIhl!!' su mmari wiln 1'1 Ign d Ign Irv. IlIl!!'ta Ily Ine orlgl n !io01ic:lludl!!' I'N. CI'""'I ." EVldenlly tn ls un whl!!"l!!'ln Ihl!!' proph Tne I!!'ntl,1!!'Si:rl ptur !P lime Imme moria I. made it Ihl!!'l r du du,ing Ine 'fear. M !Pe whii:n Ihl!!' Pl!!'nLUI!!' en Ba bylon la n uf:lINI II, 81_ It i';. j usr a';. i to sive any inre rp

Ibid) ls stlll more !PeVll.!"I!!'. r ne adds I fo rs .aV De d I\ru 1ged on Iv 10 ml!!'n deth tne erul!!'ml!!' prudence: or. 10 transl "wn wllhin Ine m .a haa rt full :lR'1 n'::t I'"T 'J)"I '0 1::t'Jw lRrT 1::1""'11

u'rv

of Gl!!'ne!pI'!!or to that of Etek I!!'I on tne banks of tne ,iver Hl!!'bar. 1 k, In Ine moulh of IIl'Itl!!'rybodV; f' ob!PeI'Wrs of a ll the tr.aditlon'!! ha ugh In thelr Ie mples at Ie.a!rt on '!!e If I i:1!!"!! nlly .advi'!!l!!'dtne !rtudV of tne L.aw. Ily u dl!!'rstood_ Afte, tne retu rn f,o m I e bl!!'fo,1!!'Ine .a!io'!!l!!'mbled f:lI!!'Of:lle(Eo! • rds Quoted eil:l'.-e'5';.the inte rd ir.:ti n the r.:.-eation anrJ to tnat of Erelc el

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Fo, 1'1 is 10 tn ls, baea U'!! it fl fll"'!!t I bl!!' laughl 10 I. nOI '.!'lIe n to flO!Ped upon I'll , to Ii'll!!' KaD Story of Gl!!'ne'!!

eou Id nOI d ny irs of thl!!' C~at on- ( n.alf !:aIled I!!'S. tneoIogV.1'5
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l.anl!!'r ~ . d. a nd !:Orne I!!'e tne!rtOry If ".ronny. I a. 12a) .. 'We !Pe ,iou'!! and sa Inll!!'lllge nee an ; .and I!!'VII.!'n K.abbaIi'!!u. 11 or mor.al fo

I!!'~d

'" (H.agg" e thls m

'!!i:ieni:l!!'. 1'1 '!! n em InI!!'nt flo l'lion. all Ihl!!'!ioI!!'e nditl

I!pned bV dva need

He~

is a e rieu la nguagl!!' W Ii:h 1'1

entered the sa rtI n Alrikiba. Ben ai

told bV Ih T Imud it'!! I!!':t:pl.ain'!!''T I!!' .aml!!'f'Sra .. , namely: a i, be n nrJ and d ierJ T h im may

• Inan .alll!!'go leal gnt: Fou r (Pl!!'r'!! ns]

omah, Ahe .. an e a!,!,lierJ the
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-ptu r€'S: Pr€r.:- U 1t. in the 'Sisi' ';.jJint'5' ( ';.jJlm CXVL 1511- n loma al'5o 10 rhe 5r.:ri U r€'S 'Say of (';ou h a'S) h ilT1: 'Hast t is '!!uffic:1 nt for tnel!!'; I OU De f.111I!d I IS)_ Ah made tav.age!P i ea me ou in peace_· ;t9 Tn ls pol age ea n nOI pos I Iy bl!!' ta kl!!'n lite a t1Ull!!'rl I vl!plon of tha s I ndors of .anol n!!!'vl!!'ru !PIhl!!' j:lu,1!!'1ym ic;a l tarms of Pa r.adisl!!' eu Fo,. how ea 'I!!'.a n. !PIt ha ppe ned I !PO bl!!'Olme .awa re of tne Ihl!!'refo • ag'l!!'e wiln th Ihl!!' Ga I!!'nof DI!!'I!gnt e m'f"!!«!rl !P ~nce spo intelilge ces. bl!!'c:.au!ioe il f.ala I tn.a 1mpll!!'ty, 1'1 I'!! whl!!'n 1'1 ay!p in !ppe.aking 11!!'11!p I at tn ls pe rsen. us on!!!' of I I!!'wi!ioe!rt taaeh whii:n !Psu bstitutl!!'d whl!!'n h had III!d scandal i:hild_ ne,l!!'. 'I!!'.aIy. ls I 'I!!"!! I!!' rc:h !P into Ine m a Je rusa II!!' 'ra Imud pl.aln sratas that n i:ipll!!'!P.I!>I- and tne B.ab~o - n T.almud. fro of Ihis st rv. giVl!!"!! u!P10 in Ihl!!' hl!!'.aven I e poIJIIl!!'rof
d: • PI!:! rhaps r

of the

one'f. e

vomil (Pro'll _:Ie V. nll!!'red In j:ll!!'.ai:1!!'nd

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I!!'r n.ave l!glon I d nlm? IWO j:I'l!!'ml!!' pin· n.aVl!!' en Ihl!!' w Ie t.a

WI!!' ne upon Ihis po I i:ite erh r, more '!!ignW" I fart'!!; 'f'.!'l. w that thl!!' ngel, or rath I!!'r e nypo'!!ta'!!is e pa rt In I I!!'Ka DD.aII!rtIi: m.jt I'!!hI!!'. P 'IIi';.ible r a II the sphe
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in'Sl'a
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who r.:ond cr

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above im i';o norh ins b nd OSlJir" ';oJ';.0 IJU.-e. tna:t r mare al thing;., It haos numt.e (1('""'IIJD'l) is n

• much fu .aVS c:.allll!d n a vet. I'!! not thl!!' of God an thl!!' Indic:.ull!d

d r.awn frem th !P.ame '!!OU'!:e. - ns, will. I hOf:l rnmf:lletl!!' tne earta In ph 1I0!iO y. a '1!!'IIgIou!pm tne Tel nn.aim. Inform!p us that n as tne exp~ ns of thl!!' Idea of four I aten. 0' tne n I!!', ani!!' of tne!Pe • I e otne r fony·two, TI'Ie f~l!!'ly I!!' ough In!pldl!!'Ihl!!' heels, "the wi'!! d 10 Ihl!!'ir disi:ip ek 10 tneir sons na ml!!' w,a!Po,ig .ally selll mon:! ody, Bul whl!!'n I nu mber of thl!!' mong Ine pri ne mest retiu!nl V thl!!' !pInging of I!!'ir D~th'l!!'n. I rs w,a!Plooked of forty·lwo Ie -It w,a!Pta ughl 0 mpe'l!!'d. nor im aOOn!i.- "Jl. "HI!!'w

acmmp.anie I!!' n!rtr.allon nY'!!~ w,a!p. ne mo'!!t an I arlie r d.aVSt ~e ed. n.amely tne and two n pos II!d of t 10 Ihl!!' mal n. - Ine te:w:r I!!' " MI

ge n10u!p1y 'I!!'mA, n any languagl!!' eb.-ew laosuase

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a I.,h be - He, thereto

fo

leners form

ra ~ .a logerhl!!'r. tne Tne t.a I!!'tnent. i:onll n d .a 'SIudy In II 1!ioe'Sl only. u nd I!!'peculi,uity God a d of tn lng'SI , elucidated or funhl!!'r

imj:l

I!!' on!:e.a wl!!'e

disei II!!' ? That wn Ii:h I

0' m a
!:.aid

nY'!!i!:'!!(T'I~i' n proof aga In I, 'Sl!!'atin ac:tiv

ttII.!'j:lled. bUI s, in tne oj:linIhl!!' I\ri itv. what is ne!:.am of e ist nee- Fina1Iy, .jJ I tegeth • acwrrJins to t e .loha

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.-e., I'"e'5 e nt,

Ing to Ihl!!' • one 0 .jJ ceo rtIi d all it';.

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defi n it n of the su pr€ of con ir.rins- A-; -;ur.:h com n belief, a II Pr€r.: Initla ls wry ".r.e II u ne impol"t..ano:! !p.ul'Sflll!dfor tne

AI thl!!' liml!!'. Ine n. whl!!' doctti I!!'on tne Creatlo .and d- I'!!ion 'IJIi.a!P .agrel!!' wn .among thes xl!rtl!!'d? And if

d .a ,!!lI!(:ret

f lu'Study f rellglou'!! r how long date of it'!!

ereatl • 189 ye.ars anI!!' tn.al J u ah Ihl!!' HOly did to him bV Ihl!!' Tel nn.aim. wn 1m rbld tne impru tne rk.aba• .a,I!!'.een T,ul!!'. do nOI know I proof i favor of Ine I, a m.an 0 Iy. Ihl!!'Vwould n ls usu Ily done unde, rsspon ible fe r Ine m

of Ihl!!' r mo'!!t imj:lona n must I!PODe in!:1uded R.abba one of tne me 0 .leha r- unt';o alT1eos e inti are fri nrJ and m st Simee ben "teha i- It i-; evirJen Iv to h IT1 nat the al

nil.!' tel ti 0 n

Ihl!!' Idr.a

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411.

e n u rnbe r of

of the boo os,

t the

utes a know utnoritieos no te';tify least of the Kabba I i';tir.;: ideas, we d of the Five B oleos of M0'5

of

0 Ur

ionos, arm

nale! it: t anslenc n

m'f'Slh::i'!!m 'I!!' not rar 1mporta nan idl!!'.a- su b'Stl'lull'!d er a ing ls !io.ai:=,if d to Ihl!!' pl,itu.al mea In order to 'Show Ihl!!' Ivln!!!'att,ibu !P In

lear not l'l!!'ady rema ked. hl!!'ir

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at
time mean';., it:n

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rmins a new alphabet by cha nsi S th one for the other a wentty e .,Ioyed i the TalmurJ, and marJe use n the on ju'St '!!j:lo I!!'n of. n.aml!!'ly. Ihl!!' Ata unld r.arv and d 1!ioC:lj:lIe Hil of t witn rlry during thl!!' fir'S! ye.a
er,

by ';. bostiMin

durss may '!!l!!'f\I'I!!' l!N:Iul me n do 01 in'lll!!'n .an .artltlci.al I.a nguAge. hidde n. nle'!!!pIne ha'lll!!''1!!'!ioOlved hide I I!!'I, to

ke!p freq u nl U'!!I!!' simlla r ml!!'ln eds, 'fI!!"llh De tne Ide!rt.. I'!!enlirelv stra doubt Iv bl!!' of sma II dl!!'mon I!!'wn h::h 1'I!!'.adV0 eu pled eer .aile ntlen. II ukl!!' th m all !!!'tner .and compa rI!!' thl!!' Ju titled In tin&. In.a tne,1!!' '!!j:I'l!!'.ad.among th fi ce nturv f tne C ,i'Sti.an I!!'r.a .a prefou nd • f' m tne Mi 1'1 nah. I T.almud and Ihl!!' S.ai:: nde,1!!'d '11ldl!!'nlly by tne nl!!'ed of ,l!!'fIeaio u Id I!!'VII.!'n '!!ay. by ne nl!!'1!!'dof ph llesoph ; .an ked in it favo, th un III!!'da ulnorltv of ltad gua rd la '!! of In I'!! doctline. whom. from Ign.all!!' thl!!' n.a I!!' of • K.abba1i'St!p. '!!hou ndl!!'d wit
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n organited '!!Oi::ietv. v ry irJrJleAseos-Thei r cute life esides, they a rJlT1itrerJi 0 t

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rJistinsuisherJ themse r.:hilrJ.-en_ The I(a bbali rJarkness, from the ti press Detta~d Ihl!!'l r f:I'l!!'t:.aulion. tnev ope n 'Wa'!! .alwa'f'!! i:ho!Pen n Iy adv.ani:i!!'d agl!!' w.arr.anl h!p a II 100 pharasa lea I rlgl IIy WI!!"I!!'earta Inly nOI .afr.a" "III.!'ry censpleueus f:I'l!!' 'I!!' nl!!'lthl!!" the '!!ac:rlfli:1!!'no In Like tne gre.are r n u m among tne followe rs l!!':Il't.e,na pr.ac:tIi:IIl'!!; Ih I whii:n tnev Ihl!!'m'!!l!!'ive nOIi!!'d. !Peveta I of Ihl!!'m we Ihl!!' M lsh nah, WI!!' may ko a unuul!!' 10 tne!Pe ha Diu f f:I

m lse

I!!' Ka rm.alhi.an!p II0Wl!!'d all tne thl!!' traditle n have a l'l!!'ady I!!'red decrors of om fou nd to De

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r.:CIIT1e down only those I\r€';. to OUI" are two ot

a r, ,."IIT, 01" wi';.e '5ha II

ore eJiten minent pia

'ie,

o '!NO but al'5o ore d iffi u I ,IT1U ,no doubt, . h th fi rn. whir.:h ; but we '5

lent c+tne

er the se ns nor the been well I" "fet1irahavor of the ntiQuity '5well a';. th lesenrJ';. n ntl"Cl'ief"'Sie'5 ervation'5 -II bear 0 upon the lou ndan. Th 1II!ioU IO!!' to m.akl!!'

e zm n DIJ'DIIm Boou

IT1 contained in it.-e';. r.:onveyed by t e title ot the book. W of the tim I' l'o';.itiDn: ·With the th Ihl!!' wo,1d WCI created by Ine EtI!!',naI Ihl!!' LNI ng. Ih AI mignty. Ine Suf:l'l!!'m na me i'!!'!!ubll and holy.
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1st, The

nes in every .-e'51' sre a';.'5u.-erJf the fa o rty-tWCI marvelDu'5 I' t '5 Ihl!!' Lo,d of Ho!rt'!!. Ih God Who dWI!!'II!pIn

'!! I!!'mf:l~d tne,1!!' to xpla In Ihl!!' wo,k of t e glvll.!'n 10 nUmbe!"!! an 10 lettl!!'!"!!. nuke us '!!uf:ll!!'l"!!titlon abU'!!l!!'d Il!!'r tn ls prln!:ipll!!'; ml!!'nlloned by u!P!ppread; and. fina Ily. ow tne '!!o·c:.alll!!'d f:I WCI'!!orml!!'d. nIch glve!p to nUmbe!"!! and to 11!!'ttef'S f tne f:I

Tne form

imple and gr.aVl!!'; n nIng that re!ioembl 0' .argu me nt; Ihl!!'re a neeh Ing but a phorls f.airly regu l.are order. bUI as mn!:i'!!1!!'as Ihl!!' anc:il!!'nt orae '!! f.aa ls that Ih tI!!',m whicn w.a!PIAll!!'r 0 u!ioedI!!'XClu!p1ve1y fer Pl!!'nUre uch 10 dl!!'!P

ls

True. Ine re a Ihl!!' '!!'.!'IIe pla n lime'!! In thl!!' !pcll!!'nc:e Ine of Hl!!'b,1!!'W'!! du,i and Ar.abic e mere mode,n !pcll!!'nc:e.a,1!!' • n
Now. II m.av

n 0 rigln In Ihl!!' boo

eu and tne na me of th Cll.!'11!!'!rtia I Dr.agon. me

ek, be long. I!!'w:ide t n 10 tne lAnguAge as Cn.alde.an!p.wno e:W:I!!',!:I'!! .an aII· powe rful Inf u n g Ine IUb~n lan c:.af:llvlrv- :IN Bul tne f:lu' re!P'!!ion'!!.'!!I!!'enIn la rg numbl!!'f'S In tne Tel I w,itlng'!! wne,1!!' thl!!' He fo und Ine reo

I!!'ad mined as .a ge ne I. and I may aImo!rt infa Ilibll!!' prln ·ple. tn.al all work'!! of I i'!! nato,1!!' whl!!'re In tn e Ihl!!' G,1!!'e k'!!.a Ihl!!' A rabs ukl!!' no f:I rt, nuv be regA,dl!!'d a birtn of Cn rl an Irv- WI!!' su re Iy ad mil tn.al II would not bl!!' ff VI!!'!rtigI!!'!P tn lAngUAge and ph IIo'!!0f:l y of A rl!rtotle in tne of !:on!pldl!!'r.alion. and 10 whicn WI!!' .an Ib uts. withoul fl!!'ar, I I Whl!!'n. for In nes, anI!!" Ine .aboVl!!' uored propo'!!itlon 0 n ma Nl!!'lou!p pa '!! of Wi'Sdom wn Ich '!!I!!' I!!'d for tne ersatlen it arJrJ';.that t ere a re also th.-ee te r : that whic:n cou n • counted, anrJ the very action of u nting, tran';.laterJ

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comme ntarors a'S: the 'S bjett, the ebiecr, anrJ the thougbt, la~ it i';. ilT1 o';.'5ible not to !'"er;jJ1l thtwelfth book of Meta h'f'5~; the inrell i,genr.: s.-a'Sl'ins the inrelli,gible, a nd it become'S the in IIi,g eomprehenslon and ltien: !PO that thl!!' intel . .a,1!!' identlea L l"'-:"i But il ls l!!"Itidenl In.al t e!Pe wo,d!p we,1!!' .addl!!' con neall.!'d neilne r wllh hI!!'propo'!!it.lon wn I!:h p one following tne m.: Ihl!!' do not 'I!!'!:Ur unde ran tne book.: whl!!"I!!'.a!p Ine 'SI!!' Ihl!!' Ie n numbers of wn Ich form tne Ihirtv·1 ml!!'.an!p .af:lf:llll!!'d10 tne n:!.a ls axpla Inll.!'d at great I th_ FIna IIV. WI!!' !:an n word'S eou Id find f:llaD.!' In .a ul!!'ati!Pe wn Ich d .ak relation!p that I!!':w:ist be I!!'nIne diffl!!'re nt pa rts tne diffe ren!:1!!'In Ihl!!' t m.anu!ioC:rlf:ll!P ref:l,odu one .alIne end of Ihl!!' V lu me. thl!!' olhl!!" amld!rt tnev are fa r frem bl!!'ing a'Sgreat as D.!'nain me believe_ l la Afte, an Imp.ani.al .and d !.ailed !:omf:la rlson, II is upon some un lmperta n va ria nt'S 'Su!:h as m.aV g'I!!'.a1antiquity. wn I!:h He,II.!'d. by tn ls verv f.a frem Ine inattl!!'ntlon 0' om Ihl!!' tl!!'ml!!"ity of co me .a,1!!' found not only thl!!' ame fou nd.alion .and tn frem a ge nera I f:l0int view. bUI alse Ihl!!' 'Sa numbe r of c:n.af:llers. f:I !:1I.!'d tne 'Same order in 'Subject m.alte r; wn.al is more. Ihl!!' !PAml!!'dea'S i te,m!p, l:Iul we do nOI fI d any mere that pe rf .and plaees of thl!!' diVll.!'r'!! f:I,of:lo!pltion!p whicn. u 'So !:learty dl!rtlngul!pn 0 from anether. Here , tlens: ne,1!!'united wn.al I'S!Pef:la r.alll.!'de l!Pewne,1!!' more I!!'Xpll!:lt In.an Ine e her, nOI .aIoM in thl!!' wo well, We do not k now • .and n'Sl!!'qul!!'nttyea n not ci wne re thl!!' I.a!rtd 1ff1!!"l!!'n ls visibll!!': AlIne end ls Ihl!!' q ue!rtlon of I!!'n ml!!'r.aling tne f:I,inc:lf:I correspone to the ten n mbers, one manu';.Cri ve of all comes the 'Sl'irit the Livins GorJ; the ot er

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is not

i r.:lea y form u lared.

';i';. anrJ the re u It

of the errri

'!!Ira n'!!Ln~d a d ~:W:f:llainll!d In ntu ry. by RaDD Sa.adia.a 1'1 ign II one of Ihl!!' an mind. j l.<: itnout.a~ Ing.a lme V. WI!!' sha II .add In.al .all Ihl!!' co rl ng Ihl!!' I'IJIIl!!'iftn.a d tn In~nlh

I!!' ech, Ihl!!' on!!!' ndl!!'r con'!!id~ r.a ion al .am of Ihl!!' .aulho,; bUI II i:lo'!!l!!"!! i 1'1 tn~ w mine .ani g of aII tn~!ioeI ing!p. Ihl!!' Ma'!!t r of t e I'll i:al~d him HI'!!f'~nd. and I!!'n ~d in and 1'1 i'!! po'!!«! rlrv. A ra ham tn~n ~ iewd 10 m as .awork of ·u'!!tiu!; .and thl!!'glo ry II· 10 him In.al Ih I!!'wo,d!p .af:lf:l : I ha ~ i Ihl!!'womb of t Y motn~,.· Tn I'!!passa a m ~, inw ntlen, wit onlv.a ~w aIII!!' tn~ M.an ua II!d Ilion. and it i'!!found In t f:linI n I I In o,dl!!" to g mere Inll!!'~ 1I!d. 0' il WCI'!! esl ~d to n.a

Ilion .among thl!!' JI!!' • accord Ing I cal nowl~~ • .and hat n~ r.ai'!!l!!'d h" IV b ob!ioervlng Ihl!!' II!!"!! haw b~n In

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'WOrd'S: The

ise men

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belief.

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t e 'Sase'S of Chalc!ea

'Sea erere nde that the niverse ".r.e ~ I!!'ntl,l!!'ty enrra ry in heir w.aV tne othl!!" pr dUi:I'!d. Tnl opl nIon tneorv on tne prlni:ipll!!' I t tne,1!!' aueher of .and tne uthor 0 prlm.al eauses A'!! Ihl!!' I eentra ~i:iproc:.ally f:I r.alyte cae ether, tn ls ma nne r, hll.!'Y~i:og lted a I fin.ally. confl!!"!! d no olne God bu prlni:iple of Ii .and dl!!'.alh (See S
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f a Ion; one i!p n.n of tn d u 11!rt'!! n w an notn Ing In mmon e II. Thl!!' '!!I!!' nd '!!1I!Ct d a f:I inclples, 0 " 1'1 wI!!' h nd as notn I "rd. dl!!'i:ldIng, 'in 1f:l1e. n T Ih su n In wn "

such .an opinion ju!rt n d has n p.aui.a'i:n has ng '!!ince fa n.alic:.aleha f:lion'!! of t eou ntty'!p Ilbe • .and 0 .among Ihl!!' h ees rnest .ani:ienl ~ pu til ic:'!! of Alhl!!'

to profa ne Ih blytne impo draw f,o tne tr.a ne knew how him ne ta ghl du,i tne te.al witn alse bV thl!!' I!!'rol!pm of hls deat .anrlbutl!!'d 10 1m do n d I\ru Ige I!!'VII.!'n parson,

I!!'d "1'1 w Ii:h " I!!'.II ko. ..,

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e ....much mCi upon gross it. from .a e sa Id: •A kkl boa ,m.arlon in nonor n compos bV rl'!d. R.amb n). w rary. Tnl!p f:I,in lIl'Itide rhl!!' • wrlrn:! n .a rhl!!' ntu.a ed Ilion !ioeveta tne book owin d tn rd'!! Akkiboa in Iml!!' VII.!'.ars
eer ha

I!!'!Pban

tury. but clll'!d. j1~ !pIon'!! of

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moc:Ie'St to......, of a ';.pimual naru independe nee. u en in our rJay t rises to the heis , But it ';. v ry fa.- rom alway;. m miJy be proud heisht';., 'Very it ';.inko; laosu bet.-ay the lowe de.gree the liirile ';ilT1lJli and n names, tact';., in ea rl lest M irJrJle This ineQua lity i characters whic:h the a I most a bosol te osilen eocu me nt';. unti I most diverse nt 0 in ions u n the 0 osha prese nt the II accord OS 0 the witne';.'5e'5; we sh I then a on this d itfir.:ult Q e'Stion,

lT1ur.:h11"10 the Iit€.-a

Book of

al'5o mOI"e ';.e conosiclererJ by I cede of the

IIOW

';.,it llect

thcughr, th i';. wid e Iv se IJ a rat T a IlT1urJ';., nrJ a enrh centu.-y. h in anrJ the a uth

two a uthors wno Abta ham bl!!'n zoha r, wno!:e' ra profound mvste' Simeon bl!!'n Yon 'IJIi.a!P I!!'dit.ed by tnem!:oe 1vII.!'!P i:onfl d 1!ioC:1f:l1e'!!_ w,itten long eno ugh to k oral law, Ihll.!'Ya~

we n.a a ~ady d '!!l!!'Itl!!'r.allime • Book of GI!!' .a mon i:u. In • 1.:11 and whic:n !P Illu ml n f thl!!' K.abbalah. '!! of tn ta . altho 1'1 i'!! d l'!!i:lf:I g 10 hls we,d I!!'d tne a~ of Ihl!!' contin uation of as we,1!!' ne we rds f thl!!' lrJ har bV ow Ihl!!' I!pn.ah an all thl!!' of:lin lens fo, that rea on. aIll'll!!' mere In har
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r€rJ until afte ...t ....wno knew of it. • T e Chain

of TrarJition.·

hI!!'sa me subjset i ne fling wom sc ''Tow.a d fifty of the ere.a I n ( 2 0 en rlstla n I!!'r.a)Ih e da Iml!!'d that all of Ihl!!' zehar wr compo'!!l!!'d by Ra i:,1I!d la nguagl!!' (pu .aff! rmed that Ra disi:o'lte,1I!d thl!!' I e HolV L...and.!!I!!'ntil ' d to Aragon .and I!!'ha nes of MO!:e!p IIl'Itl!!'r.a1 f:j1l!O Ie havl!!' In ougnt hi!p own imagin.af had drawn IIlhl!!'!:e' eommen bbi Simll!On Den Yo • in orde r I dl!!'rive gtl!!'at bl!!'ne .addl!!'d that hI!!' acted tn us Dei: w.a!Ppoor .and crush 4 "A'!! fa r a l.am conDunll!d." 1'1 !PAml!!' uthor, "I 1'1 a opl n lens a ba'!!l!!'le!io'!!.and I • bl!!'n Yon.ai nd hi!p pieus asse nv mere. til t it m.aV bl!!'that Ih .and anl!!'r I 'l'!/ have Del!!'n di!p WI!!"I!!'fin.a Iy colleClII!d .and pu tn us tn.al u r ma'!!te r, J ud.ah of wn Ii:h wl!!'re I A i alse eornpesad t

d I!!'

till

e
n. aI d Id

the

nOI .addll!d m urn 0 a n!plde,ing has a 1,1!!'.a V I!!'q usstlen we a now re nt waY'S- Soml!!' a In a n. tn.al., ba rrlng a •·whic:n do not In d.a'f!ioIn any edillon , •• 1;:' tne zoha r Ins nIl rely 10 SImeon lu!pive In In I!!'I, vie ute It 10 an Imf:jo r than Ihl!!' I!!'nd of t e hI!!' bl!!'ginni g of In I!!'fe u rti!!'l!!'nt ; others, fina Ily. ha ns by '!!uf:jf:jo!plng I t i:oni:lli.al thl!!'!:e two e:w:'U1!!' lion of h ls doarl e ehai conll!!' red him!:elf witn I tnat the memo left by h im enhe r in -books of his d i .-e not un itec:l u il

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afte h i';. de tn in t e beelri in owr 1:1

the leha .
!:e'n!ioe.

f:lin Ion hic:n

ta kin ls har

ThIl.!"II.!'. by c:~at.ed for and, bu,ied L...aw_ Twel c:.amll.!'.pia .announ!:1I.!' has bl!!'en ,

mir.a!:Ie. a SI. J hn's b lI.!'ad tl SI 10 thelr n

ne m.

hough n

yll.!'.arsof oillud and p o'!!i!!'d t e ren II.!'faD leus d .- what wa';.t

lBIB FDlJ'Dllm
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to forset their '5 n 1T1e'S to und in th fuw yea rs after the eesrru ion of Jer '5a lem, i f tne Cn rl!rtl n e ra. eou Id cen Inly nOI ha kno lei ne have '!!f:lokl!!'nof Ihl!!' '!! portlens I to whi!: tte r 'IJI\a!P written nea rly '!!~ ye.ars .a ntionl!!'d tne au hors a nd Ih proced rnmml!!'nce .alIne dl!!'ath of Juda 1'1 tne Inl. and 'f'.!'ars .afti!!', thl!!' blnh of Cn rl ? m How uId hI!!' of vowl!!'l ign!p and ether i Vl!!'ntlon!p 0 Ihl!!' seh 01 re.ac:n D.a!:kI!!'a lie, eha n tn billginn

tam and

criprs rrie

'!!ugge'!!ted noll unde r In I!!'n Mon.amm da n Ata D'!! who by mode,n eW'!!_The followi h tinte'f:I'l!!'

uId ha'lll!!'bl!!'en ound in Ih zeha r; d 1!ioC:1f:l1eSlml!!'on bl!!'n Yon i pretl!!'nd!p n.aVl!!' hls ma'!!tl!!' : ·Woe to Ihl!!' oml!!'nl wne I'!!hmae nVl!!'!rtI!!'d 1'1 tne !plgn of elre m!:i'!!ion' Fo • wn.al d wi ml!!' De b I!!'d? HI!!'e:w:!:lud d Ihl!!' !:hild n of '!P nien, But a Iney hl!!'leIIhl!!' optll.!'dtn He rese for the m he ortion i Holy la n , The ch ild ren I'"e, the

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ey ';.nall h inrJel"th c it- But it s a II la only until the ti loshlT1ael h II be e ha usted, They will tn s Ihl!!' en Ild'l!!'n of Ed m will un ItI!!' aga In t a• .and olne I"!! n!!!'.a J I!!'ether: but tne H Iy n of Edom_·

n excite em .and usa Il!!'m_ and will

Iy Ine '!!I!!'n!:oe the of om tne Je I nguagl!!') de al .ani:ie nt en rl

I!!' itAllo n .and olitud. M 11!!'!p n 1m .a I!!' a1m w I!!'.a Thu!p. in thl!!' tagml!!' 10 Ita n'!!l.all!!'a 'I!!'.al j:I II!!' j:li'!!odl!!'In tn I v.a!rt b Yo n.ai su m on!!!'d t hi'!!

il i'!! nec:e!io'!!a I ry !rt .alway!p mingle I e ntilll!!'d Id r.a Zuta rt, .and wn Ii:h for mpllation. 1'1 ls 10 e !pm.allnumbe r of

H.

'!!ill!!'ni:l!!'. lI]Jl ne m.a , Yoha I i!p'!!l!!'ldo as '!! I!!' ki Hi'!! 0 rl es .a,1!!' dellve I!!'dera Iy by 1'1 ls sen 0' hls m IOgI!!' 1'1 r , hls dl!!'.alh to co munic:.are 10 on!!!' a of hls 11!!'.a ing!p. .and to I!!'n h lighll!!'n Ih on fa Ith_ Th word of Ihl!!' Sc,iptu re'!!: • H it fer b,l!!'tn n 10 well logethl!!'r In nI .,Ii a ble to the elveos- ~When seme of tn m I I med- Il!!'ly turns uj:lon ten

m!Pl!!'ive'!! w good •• we,1!!' ml!!'l!!'ton abilu.al

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often a join'!! I'll Finally.

'S~e of the OlrJ Te';talT1e t i';, - He re i'5 an ei(a rnple talrie f;:abbi JO'Se 'W'el'"e together 'lt1!!'111 !:omj:la n Ion: TI!!' I me ng I I!!'diw:ine j:li,it will dl!!'!iO!!'nd 10 U'!!; fe as wo,d!p of ne Law. Ihl!!' '!!j:lirlt of God e- har .ad hlm'." "31 some
1:1
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Hamun !Ppne,l!!'; !:hange alw.a'f!j.

ethers

that tn

k'!! .a,1!!' I!PO a e:1I1'!d.of whicn only - e Iv e own to U and whicn nec:e!io'!!a mu De rlly I e lrJ har _ We tra n'!!latl!!' Vet thl!!' folio Ing 10 ha'ltl!!' en wrlnl!!'n by !POmed lsclpl of • I!!'VI!!'n nylng 1I!pI!!'VI!!'ry d .aulhl!!'nll!:f tne ehi I!!'nlh !:I!!'ntury: -I n tne boo ne ea rtn tu rns uj:lon it'!!I!!' Ii I!!'a If 1!!'f'Sbl!!'iow; tn.al .all erea 'I!!'!P eaeh j:ll.a!:l!!'.a 111'1ough kl!!'e Ing n t.al !:I!!'rt.ain j:I !:I!!"!!on I!!'.anh are ligln. 1'1lie V wn lie others n.aVl!!'n Ignt.: nd day. 0' wne re n lght I.a!rt'!! til t a

has no

mu!rt ha'ltl!!' devoll!!'d long of mi!Pety .and to tne no n'!!? Su re Iv notl And even I!!'re tu re and tne intrln!pl!: va lu of eme n'!!tr.aling In.al Ihi'!! oj:li Ion l:Iul WI!!' n.ave !rtill mere j:lo!P i'IIe har ls w ittI!!'n in a n A r.aml!!'.an la ng age , Wn.al!PC eml!!' !:ould de LMn n.ave ha In wn Ich w !Pnot In u!Pe In hi'!! liml!!'? Did he, e: lIic .alre.ad quored.].oI.] dl!!"!!ire 10 im a -0 !P by mol ing Ihl!!' 'It.a,iou!p j:ll!!'f'SOn'!!u de r off hls 0 n ide.a!p. !ppeak tne l.angu of as In essassle of !puch wide'!!pn:!.ad knowle ge.

en by these wnose olJin ion'S we c IT1 at Simeon ben "fonai anrJ hi';. frienrJ';. e counted alT10ns t e M lsh nah; a nd, a Ithousn the Je U'S lern d ialer.:t wa'S ry·day la nguagl!!'. 1'1 would n.aVll.!' n mere natura I 10 n Hl!!'b,lI.!'W_ ne 'I!!'.ally did nu Ice u!:e of Ihis I.a!rt ar. but only fa I!plfled It bV .admi:w:ing non WCI'!!'SOon disi:OVll.!"I!!'d,14.:1 As, notn ng this a'!!!:enion nel!!'d not eceu PV us ny e nllrms 0 U r ob!iol!!'f'\l'Cltlon!p, 1:I1!!'!Pldll.!"!!. a rotI!!' a K.abbali'!!tic: book In Heb,l!!'w 1'1 I 0'. sl mply. "the N.aml!!'.···Sefl!!'r ha- 1'1
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not in tn.al true

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''Tne

uAge. tn.al ne did thoughts. and of Ihl!!' kind has longll.!" _ wnethl!!" qui'll!!' su re tn.al h bl!!'.af'Stne litll!!' (.,~o [lIOn),

rna n userl pt. and 'IJIi.a!P n by Mo'!!e'!! Co doVll.!"o_ j~) F,om '!!I!!'e II.!"!! that hI!!' quetss. it i!p evldl!!'nt tn.al It W .a Vll.!'rydruill!!'d Vll.!'ry!pubde co mme nta ry on!POme f e tnO'!!t ebseure e riM ra ughl in the zoha r, Thl!!' folio I'!! an I!!':w:.am pll!!': I l!!"l!!'nt i:n.anMI'!!. LI!!',.tne Infl uencss. ne mutual '1!!'1.allo ns e all tne Sefirotn • .and wn Ii:h eha n ne I nd uet tne d !\rIM rime i l su b'!!ta nO!!'of In Ing!io,.rem OM Set I h f .anolhl!!'r?· I'!!il tnAt ne !PAml!!'ma n. wno .al first n.ad wr- n hI!!' zoha r In Ihl!!' ria n d a II!!'rt.. bl!!' 1'1 to add Inll!!'re!rt by I I!!' Iffic:u ltv of thl!!' 0' .akl!!' hls thoughts inaeeessl bll!!' 10 In mmon f:lMpll!!'·· n co sl e, il nl!!'O:!!P'!!a 10 I!!':Ilf:ll.ain. o funhl!!' d I!!'lof:l In Heb,l!!'w. ry t wit In reach of I!!'VII.!'rybodV.that wn leh. at ne eest of !POmui:h trou I ne had nlddl!!'n in .a l.anguAgI!!' alme t rgonl!!'n eVll.!'n by I!!'ive!p? Sha II wI!!' '!!ay. that by such .an!p hI!!' WCI'!!!rtill uning his 'l!!'.adl!!'f'S Ihl!!' w,ong !ioCe on much lime. poIlieni:1!!'and I!!'ftort !P , Ihl!!' misara bll!!' u'!!l!!'dof ha'lll ng pl.a!:ed fer him'!!l!!'lf; I I!!' mblnatlcns .a,1!!' c:omplii:'"ul!!'d fer a ma n wno has en aeeused, Dotn of nlrad laion'!! .and tne gto'!!'!!l!!'!rta n.ac:n nlch eem pel'!! u!P to c:on'!!ide r thl!!' ZO ar I ml!!' of MO!:e!p dl!!' Ll!!'on• .and fO'l!!'lgn E i tne Ie.a!rt VII.!'~ of thl!!' ph Ilo!POpny 01 m Ine rs. I!!"Ite n once, thl!!' name of 1'1 rl J ..... II !P noWft. though. that Ch,i!rti.aniry.an A a uth rl'l in Eu rope in Ihl!!' thineenlh .and f u as a work mui:h rope. ls that WI!!' rl!rtotll!!' • .and tn.al tia n Iry 0' of it'!! ist011e l!!':Ile'i:isl!!'d I!!'enth !:e ntu,ie'!!_

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Ihl!!' eomm d.a'f!l. ~, m IS of In.al I!!"It ryIJIIhl!!'~ th Sla irlll!!'. l45

rs.a nide!p nd a of Ihl!!' perl tne Book

i woulcl ha'V'e writte 8uase whic:n cou IrJ en ri';tia n ity. wn ich Ily. and witnout be ng ollo~d tne !PAml!!' h. pny? We,1!!' WI!!' 10' ad on wn Ich we pos '!!!P ic: and '1!!'Iigiou'!! me u'l!!'wloU'!!. WI!!' shall f nd tne influl!!'nce of ne

!rtlble importance, !ppe.akat g'I!!'.all!!'rII!!' ; for wn lie Ihl!!' lanl!!'r pny!ph:al !ioY'!!tl!!'m of fl!!'.alu'l!!"!! ~!ioe rnbhn .a i'!! known tn.al thl!!' sa 1!!'!Pldl!!"!!. Pi.aIO WeI'!!I

to bl!!' nOI • flna IIV ntia Ily• .and hic:n a~ I!!'X undl!!'d in Ih n tne i:1o'!!1!!' WI!!' n.ad .al~ady of tne Soefe wing word I!!'Philmof:lh ·0 I theu man Ih If. whl!!'n

'l!!'!P'!!ion'!!wn Ii:h bel ng tne Kabba 11!rtii:'!! m of a mui:h ea rller d te

ali'!!u; and Ihi'!! m f:l1tne Lord." loLl Oplnion!p" .an.ai:ks m eXf:lo unded In ne e following f:la'!!~ ·1 stence of a C.-ea:to .... OS r.:oulcl be marJe

';.Ometim
wh thin k tnat

met me n ur mind

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In.n thl!!' f Job: 14"31 ndlng? . tne'l!!'of,·

il"!!t tnrel!!' WI!iodom. ic:n a (n n- ns), m '!!O ut fo,m. I!Otne Infinite. wilnout nrl uti!!'• .anv q .allflcatlo • .a 'Stall!!' dlll'ltoid of a II 'I!!'.altv. ~~ II I!OIn In I'!! !Pe n'!!l!!'. !ioitII thl!!' Ka D No·Tn lng, Tne !PAml!!' uth r g !O a I'SO .a .eal wiln In.al .attrlbutl!!'d 0 I se f SimMn U'!!j~~ that tne dogma f j:I I!!'.I!!':I( .and of r, 1~~ WeI'!! L wn h::h is distinctly I.a nt I In I!!'

veta I ml!!'n wno. nl!!'VII.!'rtn II!!"!! ea I d

!rt me V of I e !'Jc:rlj:ll ofll!!'n de!Olgn I!!'d Ihl!!' Divin Irv. Now. th !Pe ml!!'nlion • bUI of whic:n hI!!'giVl!!"!! I!!'fu I I!!'n ml!!' wh· 1'1 re pre!Penl In Ihl!!' zon , I I!!'

1!!'m'!!l!!'ive'!! n bV Ihl!!' e of hls by whii:=n whic:n SI. i,oln

0'

I!!'sa me II me • .a rasu ml!!' of Ihl!!' lshes 10 .add,e!P'!! a pra r mes of God: Eh·Yl!!'n. J adda I. Adona I. 0' thl!!' I

!Oof Ihl!!' • ne m.av I. Elohim • i,ol • n ely: Ihl!!' ,. All a DD.aII!rt'!! firotn .a,1!!' e of God is ltings. St. !Oil wnli:=h

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i-s a Iway,;- ca 11ee:! in He wartcl, j!.t-

I!!'tr.aditlon!p. 1'1 is in pe rfll!Ct n.a sdom thl!!' Dlvlnl!!' wo,d by 1'1 I I!!' prlni:ipll!!' of a II intell Eden. othl!!'rwisl!!' ea lied In

pa r.all!!' Ihl!!' nypotne!pl!p wn Ii:h we j !rt,1!!'f I!!'K.abbala 1'1 as .an imitatlo of Its birtn seme liml!!' d u rl n nsar I I!!'begin n Ing of thl!!' I!!'leVl!!' !ioOpny of Ihl!!' M ussulma ns fl r'!!t Inion. long ago I!!'Xpre'S!Peda'S a Ai:ade II!!' dl!!'!PIn'Si:,iptlon!p (MI!!' nlly bel!!'n re'Su~1.a11!!'d

I!!'d fro

pi

n n hilof:lo n U'!!. in she IV. I .a Vl!!'ry incompletl!!' lam - m. dl!!"ltl!!'lof:ll!!'da pldl r in us. r.ai'!!iI!d I!!'nlnusiasm g f m tne divine su cr- n. a reunion wllh II t

f Smy,na. AI!:! I!!'u!io Ga of Ihl!!' e.a'!! of AIe:w:ad rla I!!'XP 1'1 ls ge m. once de it.ed In tne a v.a!rt '!!'f'S'le m whic:n. ikl!!'tne '!! n. and, anl!!'r aking all I!!'d 10 man. a tne la'!!t and annlnll.a ion ohelf. vsth::- m. tn.al Tholu k would h tne K bba lah, l6) To at I!!'nd ne K.abba i!rtic: books, a aII. tn.al

.ad il as ne Itul!!' and on Iv !PO by Ing thl!!' .authl!!'nllciry ic:n hI!!' reg.ud!io as !!!'en ce nturv. aIIhougn I!!'.a cords _ 1611 Afte, n.avlng I!!"!!ta Dli'!! und rt.ake!io 10 dl!!'mon'!!l Ine In tnO'SI!!'beeks to - ls _Mr. Tholuc:k has .a d no e K DD.al.ahwhic:n WI!!' n.a alrea Inll!!' la'!!l nd, undou btedly. tn re f 'i:=l!!'dto a ntiel p.ale ne bba li'!!tic: !ioY!rtI!!'m an I!!' shall not i:=omf:llaI 'I!!"!! I!!' rc:h whic:n ece a

It

tgumenl agAin Ihl!!' .aulh V 'I!!'futl!!'d; wI!!' !ion.all!rtOp '!!IIng p.an of i!iowo,k. B enll!!'r inlo th 'lie ry fou n i:=on!ioldl!!'tation bl!!'.a,ing u Ive u!ioseme I!!'r'!!ion f'

tne mind ls,

1'1 at

tne si I arlly aly I!!"!!ta . hl!!'d. D Ihl!!' ugh. f:lhV. cenes rne • Ihll.!'Y aI !POU rce Thl!!' i:=hl!!'dthl!!'

lus nl!!"ltl!!'r, erJe her into A.-a bi

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they POS';.e~ec:Ionly a pu ieosof the Care,gorie-s- l

On the etne inva'!!ion no r i:1!!' f:lhilmof:lhv of I I!!'M Ihl!!' ·wi'!!dom tne moveml!!'nl 1'1 know that A'll

t probable

that at the ilT1e of the u~ulma n 11 of tne id 1!!'.a!Pf .an nl Pl!!'l"!!ia .a d of tne o

Whl!!'n M,_ T Galtali: 1~ • K WI!!' J u!rt !P po eer bodV.· l6 ml!!'mbl!!'l"!!of

'!! eer attl!!'nllon to tne Wl!!'l!!'nthl!!' pny!ph:al wO, !PIhl!!' !PAml!!'relation as b hat ne dees not 'I!!'ml!!'m 1!!'llglou!p'!!i!!'ttS of .ani:ie nt PA,i'!!on 10 formul.all!!' tne

of AI

no
unnl tne II

Ihll.!'Yea lied tn 10 bl!!' i:on!pldl!!' quOl1!!"!!tne i:hild'l!!'n of I I!!':I(,ampll!!'n f:I I ,1!!'f1!!"l!!'nc:e he wrire I"!! Inv.a'A i:onll!!'mf:lo of Arl!rtotll!!' !ppoken of in agl!!"!! f Ihl!!' o Abr.aha m to I Ihl!!' arlenl_ ]1 l:Iul wI!!' nl!!'i!!'d Ar.ab ic: my!Otic:!P

wo,1d know!p that from t e Ii of tne , uf:llivltv I f:ll!!'l"!!ionthl!!'V contlnui!!'d I!!'ir I!!'l.alion'!! Ith what b~lon_ We will not dW1!!'11f:lo Ihi'!! pol late, _We will only!PAV n.al hI!!' zeha !iodom: "that wl!iodom." . Ihl!!' fil"!!t d.a'f'!!." m and fro rd wl'ln I'I!Pown dOCl,ine , It i'!! I!!"Itlde no Dearl ng uf:lon Ihl!!' A r.a i.an wn om I child ren of l'!!hm.aI!!'I.·or 'Ihl!!' en lid re n Ign f:lhilO'!!of:lhV• .a rec:enl rod et of Ih nd,i.an comml!!'nl.alors ee Id nOI avl!!' bl!!'en d It f,o Ine first Ine lrJ har wou Id nOI ha acy tra n mined bV U Id it. have f:I'l!!'!Penli!!'d1'I.a of hi!p cencu bine • .and b to thl!!' n.alion'!! of

u!Pe I!!"Ite n of Ihi'!! .argu me t, r Ihl!!' If Ih ls that prlni:iple!p taught in tne zon , wikl!!' '!! bV Ihl!!'lr

rJiffe rences r

their osimilaritieos- W h i th se bear

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to a II speci

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int'5 of at th 1mporta nt f tne DiAn mvstl s, rei: tn I!!'imma nl ea an fl!!"!!t H Im!PeIf un e, ehr a olute being.
t

y;tir.:islT1. the ethe rs the meta phy';ir.:-; of

'f were

of rJiffe rent

e u ni'lle rse is e .a d In intelllgib d InII.!'I nt.'.!'lhif1:l!!'n t e true wo,ld. G

1ff1!!"l!!'nce!p. draw WI!!' gnitlng In God thl!!' 'SI!!'of thl!!' un IvII.!'Be. diffe renl aspects: e.an of whic:n tne,1!!' e objll.!'ttS of wn Ii:h II.!"!! In Ihl!!'l r 1I.!"!!!Pe nO!!' !P a'S pre!Pent bl!!'fo,1!!'thl!!' n i!pth unNI!!'r'!!1!!' If. iII'S Itse

1ic:1ry_ True. it. a I'SO nes, Ihl!!' inl!!'Xn.au!rt· flow etl!!',na 11y;bUI rms of thl!!' Infin It.'.!'BI!!'Ing. il I\rid I!!' I!!'m!PeIVl!!"!! tn reI!!' inm Ingll!!' uin a nd nil.!' SUj:l'l!!'me form. rej:l'l!!'!Penl 0 Iv Ihl!!' I r'!!t dl!!'grel!!'.thl!!' first c:.alled Ihl!!' ,Id Em.anation_ Below . e eh .aj:lart and offe rl an Inflnire v.a,ieryn; Ihl!!' wo,1d of Sj:lhl!!'re!p0' wo,1d of Fo,matlon. and f wo k, or Ihl!!' wo,1d of

sou I. from wn Ii:h a II thl!!' nom tney call Ihl!!' • modl!!'l .and 'Sub·

of Ine Ad.am Kad mon. Ihl!!' n.al tne Ka DD.aII!rt'S V re rd as .above a nd a'S h. 0' I!!'world of Em.ana· nrJ most inta nsible non-bel ns. to the

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r.:en';titue nt forces of natu wbir.:n holds ';.0 importa nt the bel ieh. of the Arabia n In vain de we Iho!ioe .allegorle!io met wi in Ihl!!' zoha r; for that ltadl'lion. for tnO'!lI!!' bold f:ll!!'l"!!on"ic:ation whii:n geMa logll!!"!!··ge naa loglis in s.. as 51 glg,anllc: and f.anla'Stlc: m nli:h ar !iopl,it of Ihl!!' .ani:lenl O,ie nt, At tne I!!'nd of his we ric. !pcll!!'nc:e.reul!!'at'!! frem tne I WI!!' alse nuv eenelude. Ka DD.al.ahas de,ived frem let us glvl!!' his own wo,d!io. of a ma n prefou nd Iy Ie.a,n Mu!io'!!U Inun f:lMpll!!': "wn.al 10 mv m Ind_ For. wn.areve r Ihl!!' mere an i:ll!!'nl doa,ine and alse among thl!!' nM· form u nde r wn 1m Iho!ioe id Ihl!!' Ata bla n mY'Stic:!io. l:Ie!iolde dl!!'rlved frem thl!!' eentaet 10 find tne Soefl oth among r bl!!' fou nd .among In I!!'Arabi God '1Il'It1!!'.aled Him!ioelf_ an Ihl!!' doc:trlM of thl!!' Sa be.an Ihl!!' Ka DD.al.ahon!:e f:I,oVll.!'d Ihl!!' zehar a work. of Ihl!!' t spsak of a esrtaln air of p a l'l!!'ady I!!'w:ide nD.!'d by the 'I!!'.ally eenra lns a highly cenes ption of such a natu of ignor.ani:1!!' and Dlind fa I hl!!'.a'llYDUrden of contl!!'mf:ll of Ihl!!' a ntei:l!!'de nts 0' e I Midd II!!'Age!io. WI!!' must look WI!!' ha'lll!!' eome now to tn the meta pnysir.;:al anrJ re r lona.-) to a sma II number

in their we nrunl .af:lf:ll!!'I l'Iiply by en Ie'!! . m and for poIliDl1!!'wi

I!!'m'f'Stl nli:h no in Ihl!!' n wI!!' .alike i

ph IIO'!l d a uthe f:lhilO'!lo ndudl!!' tne

lrnposs hV of I Iry.a!ioco hV .and I rem tne '!!vstem hI!!' s..ab

I st '!!uf:lf:lon- I may 'Still boa Ii'!!hl!!'d. Ihl!!' r.ai:ing '!!vste pei:i.ally in a rea n Ing undl!!' un nOI fin Ka DD.al.ah I

who '!! y that Imeo n U'S de ri ne ( t rJi'5r.:ip anrJ - nrJ';., es

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ese lessons, t oush rr nos inec:l at i

itec:llin
tes

by word of mouth as
t at the-se

of

trad itiDnos oiJnrJ .-e ner.:e-s';.iJriiy adderJ, ~ac:ned EU'Oj:!1!!' from I!!'nln n u ry. WI!!' nope tn.n In I'S d Iry .and a'S a conjl!!'ttu~. will 'Soon

.a1~.adV noted by Ihl!!' tne hi'!!toty of .all thl!!' ole. Thl!!' MI'Shnah. Ihl!!' de uj:! bV jol nIng Ihl!!' Iffu'l!!'nt 11!!'.a!:hl!!'l"!!. Id ne 'S witn .a bl!!'lll!!'f wn leh. u I!!' eld, "I n.aVl!!'11!!'.a'n!!!'d as 'So volu rninous. In.al u a c:.aml!!'s I ad." 1:t11 Now. 1'1 !:an nOI pll!!'le. il WOU n 'Sj:!l!!'nl i!io hole life In w,itlng on d In.al one rs, eou Id n.a uing p of hls j:!,odualven!!!'!P'!!_ thl!!' ZO ar (Tikun ha-zehs r- '] I jDl nguAge • .an known ju!rt a'S long a'S 1'I!Pe1f.hat t e latte, t eve, be e i~IV pu Dlishl!!'d. 0'. 10 ~ f.aitnfully I .al 1'1 wll bl!!' 1'!!Clo!Ped t ne I!!'nd of tne d.a'f'!!. m a If we n I!!':t'.am Ihl!!' b In!!!' wlthou j:! I!!'j d I!:I!!'.fer u In!!!'quaI of '!!tyle 1.t.Il .an tne I!!'X Ion. method. I!!'of saareh Ing Ihl!!'~in. o,igin. u'!!t 'Soon nOIic:e. bV Ihl!!' iry not In I e sm il i!iotrue, bUI in of I!!'n!!!'r.al In iple!io and, fina Ily. In Ihl!!' ,Iy Imj:! i Ie to a'S!:,ibe It to On!!!' mj:!Ie'!!.. n nOI 10 In!iol'!!tupon fart'S '1!!"!!1!!'f\I'I!!' a'S it I'Simpo!P'!!iDII!!'10 •j u witnou kll Ing thl!!'m··we shall 11m 1 1' I!!'nl prln ipl s wn I!:h !Pej:!a r.all!!'tn ~I!!' I!!'!rtof I I!!' ric. na ml!!'ly. -Thl!!' Book ''·In. g n r.ally rnn'Sidl!!'~d a'S thl!!' R.a DbA .i'!: "Tn i'!:::l""'l. wne,1!!' Slml!!'on ls frll!!'n!io; nd. flna Ily. -Tne Le!P'!!I!!" 'I!!' Sime n. on hls dl!!'.alh·bed .afte, h i d i';.Cil'leos, Siveos h ios la'5t

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I!!'a n.aml!!' .a faa. 0' IIl'Itl!!'n.an I!!'X hl!!'ntll::ity f Ine'!!l!!' f:lagl!!"!!in wn II:: ne Iofry t oughts,

I!!'

01!!'!P

at what others ha ,d spoken bV hlm ls 'l!!'O:!i'II'iI!d a la IIv noti .able In Ihl!!' • Book of ebseure su mma ry of Ine I!!'nll q uasl au rllatem ha De ns (He

n 01 'I!!'

ommenla f:I'i!!'te:w:l. a I entirelv

from one

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n
isorrJel" p.-evail in the fa uniform r.:hara~r, H er .-eisn';. in a bs ute sovereign it'(; but. nIne tnMt I!!'lev.ale thee rles, aII 100 often il'!! of tne l!!':Il't.e,na eu I or tnO'SI!!':lul!!',ill!!'que I j ns to usu lsts of all olne r bl!!' I a nd se ma ny volum s, HI!!"I!!'are assam blll!d dl!!' n rilles n.aVl!!' rough forwa rd in favor of tne b to them, n w Ii:h wI!!' believe n.ave ju'!!t j:I,oVl!!'d to be fin.ally. tn f' as wl!!'ll as Ihl!!' ba kg,ound In thi'!! la'!!t j:lo bea r Ine '!! of .a mere 'I!!'O:!nl pech: while Ihl!!' '!!imj:llli: I!!' 1'1 siasm whic:n reig in tne first j:lonion. agl!!'of tne Bibll!!' ne I!!':I(,amj:lll!!' frem Ihl!!' bV R.abbi AbbA. Ine II!d rung of hi'!! Ie 1'1 Ing!p,We shall attem se SimMn wa'!! eal ed bV 1'1 ls d 1!:oC:lj:lle'!!). Ih this la'!!t phrss • wne n hls wo,d!p st w ite_ I had I!!':w:pertl!!' to wrile a long tlml!!' _ did not In mv hI!!' • for tne Ilgnt 'IJIi.a!P too I .a'!! 'llioll!!'nlly agitated .and I hl!!'.a,d .a voli:1!!' e n of ha pplnl!!'!P'!!a,1!!' . now bl!!'fo,1!!'thl!!'l!!','Thl!!' - : 'HI!!'.a!pkll!dfer life of thl!!'l!!' .and thou ha'!!t • I I!!'I!!'nllre d.aV Ine I,I!!'did nOI II!!'.aVl!!' 1'1 tne I!!' , him baea U'!!I!!' Ihl!!' fire and Ihl!!' lignt of .a I I.aV!rtreti:hll!d u n tne grou nd• .and I 10 s, Whl!!'n tne fire I!!'p.anll!d. I '!!aw that I • .ad dej:la rted f,o In I'!!world_ He wa'!! st ig I '!!ide. wiln .a sml Ing face_ Hi'!! son [lea.! I!!'dthl!!'m witn ki!P'!! ; but Iwould ha'lll!!'gla h eeuehad. Tne n a I hls f,iend!p c:.aml!!'to n fl!!'ll upon thl!!' g'ou d In n:!e II me!p. u n.able I!!"I My f.alhl!!'rl' R.a bi Hi.ah 'IJIi.a!P first to rls s: 'Unlil tod.aV Ihl!!' holy Ilgnt has nOI i:1!!'.a e 'U'!!; now wI!!' ha notn Ing left to 'I!!'nde I II!!'.ata' .and R.abbi Abba arO'!!l!!'10 put u n a II h i'Sfriend'S IT1 in tUlT1ult al"ClunrJ him rJ perfume. He 'Wa';. ';tretr.:hed upon h i';. bi

continu notnlng Suddl!!'nly I ye.ars of voiD.!' wh 1'1 ye.ars.' D rl d.a,1I!dco 1'1 lm. All I at my lame ta sa Inl of '!! In lying on i'!! n.and!pani: tn.al hls et

word'!!: ' sald thl!!' .and to

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IOwa rd Ine end. Ihl!!' I!!'nd of tne d.a

'!!w ut theu go In • a d .a,is I!!' ga In fer IhV

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A mere evldl!!'nl 1=1 oof In 'IIOr of thl!!' ol=li dOubtle~ fou nd i thl!!' fe Iowl ng tI!!':w:I w I a IIhougn il ls to b found n I!!"Itl!!'ry dillo e as In tne tnO'!!t ern, r distinguish Ihl!!' Mishna h. "I 0 iUI,!J • and Iho!Pe added: "II is of t e!Pe la r the proph IhlllY that bl!!' wi!Pe sha II sh nil.!' as tne brig Iho!Pe wno oo::ul=l thl!!'m 1vII.!'!P wllh Ihis l:i,igJunll.!'!P'!!.. h::h likl!!' tn wn kingdo m.: bUI !PO times !PAml!!' a mlly _ It is In tne f that Ine we rd cast into tne rive _ Now. Ine rive, W i!p n book,· j~ Tne!P1!!' rds fo m a p.an of Ih Ihl!!' zehar w,a!Pa I .adV In l!Olen!::1!!' In at wa'!! I!!"Ite n known ndl!!" tn n.ame It now Ihl!!' eeneluslen I at II d I!!'lol=Il!!'d gr.adu !::I!!'nturles • .and by ne l.abo of '!!l!!"Itl!!'r.a1 n ge

dl!!'fending ne re !Pel!!'n tne olde'!!t.a doctors, th !Pe II

nD.!'·-as ne Ita n'!!l.alion a nether p.a~agl!!' tV p !::iou'!! In all , !Pnow 1I.!"!!I=III.!'CIa at long fie r tne dl!!'at Ily wa'!! pre'!!l!!'rved in Pa Il!!"!!ti e whl!!'re tne I!!'mis!PA,je!pwe,1!!' n I fro B.ab~lon to whl!!'n Rabbi Je and bbl HI!!'ll!!'ki.a r.:onversation tu ec:I u n the ver;e

beta llerh the 'Son of me n beta lleth bea

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'5 irit-·

the one d ieth, '50 rJieth the 111"5 rhe two dcctors r.:ould n

isest of men, narJ writte n tho e IJ.-e~ion, sre a n open door

a, they ha'V'e II rebend that ki h ich, if I miJy '5 wno ha'V'e no t .

'!! !:OOn as hI!!'fl!!'l Ine I, ee- re liff d hi'!! I!!'ntl,1!!' tl

of

asoning th us, Iney 'IJIIl!!'reae agl!!' and .a not su n. .a!pkl!!'dI I na. lU .and II!!'d hlm to .a !pprlng ra nge r told Ihl!!'m that ne w.a trough tne medi.alion of hi'!! son, Ihl!!' L...aw. I!!'WCI'!!n lti.all!!'d into h i t em bl!!'fo,1!!'1'1 ls arrlv.al WCI'!! tnen !P

him .Ihl!!' tn.al

'!! I'U'I!!'d thl!!' Llul!!"!!tion; we on Iy w.a I to '!! .a d tn.al Ihll.!'Ype,mitted 1'1 Im 10 ve t Ka DD.aIi'!!u fou nd mea ns of a e rtai F lends (Ihi'!! i'!! how Ihl!!' .adl!!'f:l1S tne d rk); tn.al.. Dec:.au'!!l!!' 1'1 umllity of rs of hls lime. ga'lll!!' hi'!! son d tn.al ne !:ame to Pa le!rtIM. a

at ne WCI'!! a lua.anlly _So tn.al tn ls m.an

I tne other faa!p rem rded in I ace on Ine !PAml!!'~ _ Wnen t e,1!!' of tne '1!!'Iigiou!p bl!!'lll!!"fsof I l.ami'!!m; that 10 Ihl!!' eentra ry. n I reni:1!!'to Ine Ch,isti.an re ligio • pre'!!l!!'nt cond Ilion. eou Id not til some timl!!' nea r Ihl!!' I!!'nd inl!!"!! eenra IMd Ihl!!'re In. as rs: bUI il !Pel!!'m!p rta In tn.a !:e pa rtu re of Na 1'1 m.anide!p fer In nuserlpt In Eu rope, to Ihl!!' idl!!'.a!p eenra IMd In Ihl!!' t .al ne WCI'!!nOI the first OM d !ioC:1f:l1e'!! thl!!' ·Frll!!'nd!p" laug what eoa 'i'l:Il"Tj7)_ HI!!' partlenla rly e - !P Jl!!'ba a rJ at the moment wnen he i'5 a bba la h, he eJt:pre'5';.e';. tn e hOIJe
I

re of Ihl!!' !PAml!!'e n.al freLl uenl t, like Sa Delsm .any

tne

If ce tham, He i:ienl books (il I!!'Eldl!!" .and H.a vea I the sreate
hade
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Idl!!'r;
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.jJ 1:1 cession of '5€'V'e n en rJins tnat either tn se l:Ierwnase';., 0'ity. rea Ily eJt:i';terJ; I0 Iy wi';.n to e-sta blish I!!' ehs r neVII.!" thought of 'l!!'p~'!!l!!'ntlng SI r of Ihl!!' Ka DD.aII'!!tlc!:Cie

h i m, followerJ by

de!PeI'Ve'!! on ou r anl!!'r thl!!' zoha r ~ '!!till !:Ome me n e knew • .and wno ieh ferm Ine subsran of Ihl!!' zohar. bV t u tnl, who. In 14M. a ne 1'1ItnSl!!'lf tl!!'11!ps, IAh .and on Ihl!!' pr is n 011'1 Ing other In.a a mo~ f:lu'l!!' .and In I!!' la nguagl!!' of f:I ilo'!!of:lhV is nOI I •••• 1"i.l 1'1 ls se nam bl!!'C.au!Pe f:I'OO!!' II i Ion. And wnen tne a'!!tl!!'r has d'.!'llelep • n.al d 1!pc1f:l1e mu!rt no have 100 much een I rmlttl!!'d 10 '!!f:lI!!'.ak f t ls !pcll!!'nc:eif not fe o t, Thi!p 'ighl. nam IV. 10 '!!f:ll!!'a a bout k to him whl!!'n hI!!' has lven f:I,oof of 1'1ls in in 1'1I'!! D~.a!!l. has rne fru II. 0 n Ihl!!' him. If hI!!' ls fou n • n 01 ~.ai:ned th ml!!'dit..uion'!!.· (SI!!'e

rv

!P

en 'IJIi.a!P I!!'Ifon : "TI'le of:lhV; of tne In&. DUt for his

IV. thl!!' a uther of tne line!p did not !Pel!!' . as Ine n.ame ls n I menlioned .a '!!ing Ihl!!' ether han d. hI!!' 1I1!!"!!.a rgl!!' n u mbe la of whom be long lone Orienl. IlkI!!' Ra ron. nead of In I!!'aa Ing'!! hI!!'Ie.a,nl!!'d era I from Ine mouln of I!!'d In.al hI!!'d,l!!'w hi!p K.abbali'!!tic: knowled V be i:on!pldl!!"l!!'d .al live. 'IJIi.a!P f:I'I!!'!ioI!!'f\I'I!!' and f:I,of:lagated • .a 1'1 i:l!!'nlU ry. by .a mu II· ude of ltad Ilion'!! down. wn III!!'otne rs. O'I!!' fa IIhfu I 10 Ih a ed them religie u-sly n their memory.

,iters.
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IT1 the tim cent ry until nea - n era, are lou nd in the Zona -

tact.

nee of io'!ll!!'lycon neail!d bV Ihl!!' '!!f:!rll .anim.aling eeh II!!'!P'!! 'I!!'mOII!!'; I!!'Ihl!!'V ic:n I'!! neeh Ing me • .a!p".r.e kn • tn.an al .adV knl!!'w of tn I part of Ine In I!!'zehar ls spsei Ily eonsecr d; .and I'!! u!Ptn.al hI!!' had p~d cessers. II qua Ily SI on ben Yoh !plble for u!P '!! DI In an agl!!' nea~r 0 U'!!;fer ow of unt.able d ullie!p orlzes sue a co eluslen, Tne lnsu r oplnion!p iffe rl from ou rs. tn us I f.att'!! oplnlens, nlm shou Id nOI fwhii:n
the r.:olT1l:1ilatio n,

ut the exi

'I!!' !Ot.ill~m.ai tne prlni:ipl ~I!!'m of tr n!platl!!'d.above

n.ago~a ns. te by fi~. and thl!!' e tn I O!!'nl~ f:!,od In heir attack a ,d it. as a du i:o!pmologica I .ab urdlry 10 bel" ne ds. .and tn.al w e~ tne t~l!!'!P gl!!' m of Ihi'!! I!!'r ro nd." 1"J!. SI_ A si ila r Il!!'rm'!!_(0

oDJe lens to be ~fule e D.a ls of eer f:!'I!!'!Penl· .aV Co!pmog .a i:lea y !pumml!!'d up In a f:!a'!!~ bee known at tne 'I!!' Ie II me f I!!'leml!!'nl of tne K DD.aII!rtIi:'!! , WI!!' eVl!!'n tn.al tne ZO ar ls neehi g DUI .an nth !:e ntu ry. Ih - f:!a'!!!io.agl!!' !Pknown w n a renemer, Again. t e Idl!!'.a!p e e nil!d in !Pp~ d ame ng tne .a i:lenl!P; fer I'!!tOt II!!' I of hagoras, - Ne.a, aII tho!Pe.Ihl!!' ky in Its I!!'ntl,i!!'ty. aIm tn.al Ih f:!hl!!' of thl!!' nalla n seh el, olhl!!'l"IJII r.aty_ In their opinion. sta r, Ihl!!' elreutar moVl!!' ,ound day, 1"J)
I

pny. tne fir'!!t f.alhl!!'r'!! I op ion whic:n i'!!. In f.a irreeenel hI in Gl!!'nl!!"!!i'!!_ ls," id L...aa.anli -It ~ a men wno n.ave ne feet .ab Ine I, unt II!!"!!whl!!'~ '.!'lIe ryt Ing i'!! u psi e down. I!P ow from a Dove d wn_ , _ We d Ihl!!' f:!hil !ioOpne who ela I d that Ih rs 'I!!'!P'!! him'!!1!!'1fon Ihl!!' IID,l • i:h_9,)

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Fina Ily. eve

a nripodes n Je rusa lern a I

the GelT1a ha ra the earth; at while overr

p~i:isl!!'l in m !rt .ani:il!!'nt..tned I aI k f.amilla rlry - 1'1 Llu 'I!!'O:!ntc:l\rlllla n, f:!onion en II ne G~.al A'!!!ioe Diy. whii:n may I!!'d 10 have De n ra Il!!'rlor of tne '!!t: IL t Oi:i:uf:!ie!P distl CI .a nen wllh anotn t, I I!!'e pa rts of tne rai In us I!!'mDr.ai:1!!' e b t

10 find

.two

IWO p.air'!! glvl!!' life .a Ihougn. tn 10 thalr

l oraans of d tn Ihirty· mI!!'l leaI rde, to

II!!"!!

I!!'.aling of Ih imu l.ared. by I .aIUral histo"V_ oVll.!',ingof tne f.all Ine .anima I.

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u!P tne r.ain. ~....,.] nj'"1'tJ nd for lds Ine

co d Ilion upon wh 1'1 , nib Ion I'!! on Iy v.all wh n Dotn i:oVll.!',in !Pa soms. Ihl!!' ac:c:o,ding Ihl!!' • II ls !puffli:ie n wh n Ihl!!' f:!l!!'rfor.af n is - 8 (11:1 ra marerl on Iv- l~ 1!!'f'S. n.ally. a fl toush co dis!;Olulion ntlnuity In tne 0 I Il!!'rlo'!:e rabra I

Ing to rated; In tne

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ry there
Ine T.a
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is f:jhVSI a tad Ilion

me to I!!'nd··lhl!!"!!l!!'pu II. Ihl!!' e:w:ll!!'rn.alhlste min.alion a re not... a upsrnatu ral orlgl n e .a I!!'tneV. a .a'!! e Iic:.aL!pu pe rfic:ia I c:rlld d eensu mmated in '!! dew Id of all ldea

power.

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oth rs, the two
onUIT1 nt';. of the mare - I for the I'elled by

Kab eil(l'o';.ition absolete n tar1e';. inre composed, in';.i,gntfro

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character,

rJur of some a d the oslrieptic:i';. h ve .-er.:osn erJ a';. the true w I a 10 fu rn ish s the necessa rJ On Iv on the 0 ';.CUrity of he reil(t, osha II n u me rable frasment'5 of been bor rJ witnout os,sre fa.IT1ofteri ns us Iv the m holosic:al ~e fou nd a arJ'f in the eo
'We

ction

perk

nd without Iy uniform st es se n ti a I

have been po a osr.:ienr.:e waos conosthat incel'tion Otne.- fraSlT1e r.:liYity an osur.:h narrew-m r.-adition wn ir.:h,~QO: b the vie of a fa rrroes s Tn0'5e fr

s of a sel';. a';. well la r to too Ions a rJ a rnble anrJ

undo brerJly the

ion a pi ies to the ha II a aly;l:e tim, ay';.l

an ineff.a Ie ~I!!'no:!. wI!!' '!! ~ thl!!' f:I a n of the un

rhl!!'l"ein. as rhl!!'l"e an I!!'ffon of .and thl!!' bond'!!

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