What is Kabbalah?

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Originally Posted by Tzaphkiel

It is part of Torah. A person can no more make sense of it without knowing the oral Torah and written Torah, than a person can make sense of calculus without knowing algebra and computation.

Originally Posted by hljc

Mostly considered to be occult sec which uses numerology not of God , which would attract familiar spirits of this world

"Young man, were you yapping at me?"

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Originally Posted by rosends

Kabbalah ("that which has been received") is a set of texts and understandings which allow Jews fluent in the written law and the oral law to explore deeper meanings and plumb certain mysteries of the nature of God and creation.

An idea that appeals to those who think esoteric "knowledge" is somehow valuable. See "Gnostic."