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To: STD
known and hidden Kabbalists

Why are they 'hidden'?

25 posted on 06/02/2005 2:10:13 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

My guess is that unless a rabbi is a public teacher, there is no reason to publicize his learning.

'Kabbalah' is from a root meaning 'to recieve' and all of traditional Torah is a 'recieving' from teachers. The better expression might be 'sohd', which means 'secret' or 'hidden'. It is 'hidden' in the sense that it is very difficult to understand - like complex mathematics - and easy to misunderstand, because it uses words (that sometimes have ordinary meanings) instead of specialized symbols.

Rav Kaduri (Google him) is an example of a true 'kabbalist' who is known. Most public 'kabbalists' are just huxsters. Many more students and masters just learn quietly.


28 posted on 06/02/2005 6:36:39 PM PDT by hlmencken3 ("...politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition")
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