Kabbalistic Literature

3 texts in Kabbalah & Mysticism

Samael And Lilith

Kabbalot Rabbi Ya'akov ve-Rabbi Yitzhak by Jacob ben Jacob ha-Kohen

Today, we're diving into a fascinating, and frankly unsettling, corner of Jewish mystical tradition: the story of Samael (the angel of death) and Lilith. It's a story of intertwine...

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Jeremiah Creates A Golem

Perush Shem shel Arba Otiyyot Ms. Florence 2:41

It’s a question that’s haunted mystics and storytellers for centuries, and it sits right at the heart of the legend of the golem. We usually think of the famous Golem of Prague, bu...

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The Weeping Well

Ha-Ma'amar 3, p. 91

There's a story, a haunting one, about a well within the Temple court in Jerusalem. It's known as the Weeping Well, and its story is woven into the very fabric of the Ninth of Av, ...

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