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Zohar Summary
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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...
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Zohar : Judaism Terms
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(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...
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Sefer Ha-Zohar
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Classical text central to Kabbala that has influenced all mystical movements within Judaism. Many Kabbalists invest it with a sanctity normally accorded only to the Torah and the Talmud. Written mostly in Aramaic, it is believed to be mainly the work...
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Zohar Information
6,806 words, approx. 23 pages
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...
 


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Zohar Quotes
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If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with...


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Judaism
Mystic Tales from the Zohar
01/01/2000: 951 words, approx. 3 pages
Mystic Tales from the Zohar. By ARYEH WINEMAN, with Papercut Art by DIANE PALLEY. Philadelphia/Jerusalem:Jewish Publication Society, 1997. Reviewed by SCHNEIR LEVIN Many years ago, when I first looked into an English translation (by Sperling and Simon) of the thirteenth-century Aramaic Zohar,...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Zohar, Daniela
04/18/2004: 217 words, approx. 1 pages
Zohar, Daniela "Chris" Sunday, April 18, 2004 Zohar, Daniela "Chris" Died peacefully at home on April 14, 2004. She was the devoted wife of the late Michael Zohar. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Slovenian immigrants, John and Apolonia Zupan on February 29, 1920. She...
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Virtual reality boosts rehab in Israel
12/17/2006: 877 words, approx. 3 pages
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...
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Olmert's role in bank privatization eyed
1/17/2007: 624 words, approx. 2 pages
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...
 


 

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