ZOHAR. Sefer ha-zohar (The book of splendor) is the central book in the literature of Jewish mysticism (Qabbalah). It is attributed to Shimʿon bar Yoḥʾai, a second century tanna, but modern scholarship has concluded that it is a...

(Hebrew: “The book of Splendor, Radiance, Enlightenment”) Medieval Qabbalistic book of immense proportions and commensurate influence, completed by the fourteenth century in Spain; a mystical commentary on biblical passages; stories of the...

(Hebrew. ‘Splendour’) A *Kabbalistic work. The Zohar is a collection of several works supposedly dating back to the 2nd Century. It contains a mystical commentary on the *Pentateuch and on much of the *Hagiographa. It was probably composed...

The Zohar (Hebrew: זהר "Splendor, radiance") is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. It is a mystical commentary on the Torah (the five books of Moses), written in medieval Aramaic and medieval Hebrew. It contains...

On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola's spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today he is standing on a small, wooden dinghy gliding downstream, navigating between the islands of a tropical paradise.Muola, whose legs are partially paralyzed, is among a handful...

Israeli authorities said Tuesday they were opening a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's role in the sale of one of Israel's largest banks, the latest setback for the increasingly unpopular leader.Olmert's public standing has plummeted after last summer's inconclusive war in Lebanon and...

A team of Israeli police will leave for Australia next week to question a prominent billionaire about suspicions that Ehud Olmert tried to help him in a bank sale before becoming prime minister, a police spokesman said Thursday.The case is one of several corruption investigation...

A Palestinian rocket exploded Monday next to a day care center crowded with toddlers in southern Israel, sparking anger and panic in the frequently targeted town of Sderot and bringing warnings of retribution from Israeli leaders.No one was hurt, but the blast and the panic...