Hell/Gehenna

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Explore 963 Jewish texts related to the theme of Hell/Gehenna, drawn from Midrash, Kabbalah, Apocrypha, and classical Jewish literature.

Reckoning of Souls and Angel

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah, doesn't shy away from the darker corners of existence. And it links that very human experience of bitterness to nothing less than th...

Esau and Divine Judgment

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Tikkunei Zohar, a crucial text of Kabbalah, invites us to see something far deeper. It sees the candle as a representation of the divine, a microcosm of the cosmos itself. The ...

Divine Presence and Lylyt

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mystical tradition recognizes this struggle, particularly when it comes to connecting with the Divine Feminine. The Tikkunei Zohar, a core text of Kabbalah, delves into this...

Samael and the Fires of Gehenna

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

Jewish mystical tradition has a powerful image for that: a defective knife. The Tikkunei Zohar, a central text of Kabbalah and a companion to the better-known Zohar, speaks of this...

Mouth of the Abyss and Yods

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

And it's woven right into the fabric of creation itself. The passage we're looking at from Tikkunei Zohar 118 is It's about how God, represented by the name YQV"Q – a variation of ...

Descent to Sheol

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

It describes a time when God, so to speak, is "in the darkness," enclothed in tohu and bohu – "chaos and void," and ḥoshekh and tehom – "darkness and abyss." Imagine the universe b...

David Faces Judgment

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

The Torah tells us (Exodus 22:30) that if an offering is treifah, basically unfit, then "you shall throw it to the dog." Okay, makes sense. But the Tikkunei Zohar, a central text o...

Adam and Creation

Kabbalah Kabbalah & Mysticism

to a fascinating passage from Tikkunei Zohar 241 and see what secrets we can unearth. The passage begins by connecting the ten s’firot – those divine emanations, the building block...

Acts of Creation and the Throne

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

Jewish tradition offers some breathtaking answers. Imagine, if you will, two thousand years before heaven and earth. A time of pure potential. What was brewing in the cosmic kitche...