Kabbalah: What is it?
Posted by Linda | Filed under Judaica, Kabbalah
We all want the best life possible
The best life for most of us includes health and wealth, love and protection. Public attention has recently been turned to Kabbalah, attempting to attain these aspects of the good life through its wisdom. Kabbalah is ancient Jewish mysticism that has been a closely guarded secret in the Jewish world for two thousand years. In fact, according to traditional Jewish law, only learned men over 40 who had mastered the whole Torah were allowed to even begin to study the complex mysteries of the Zohar, the foremost Kabbalistic text. Even then, these students of Kabbalah were under the strict watch of their Rabbi.
Kabbalah is everywhere
The secret seems to be out; we have seen it pop into the mainstream with the help celebrities such as Madonna and Britney Spears following the trendy L.A-based Kabbalah center. Many people are now sporting red strings around their wrists and wearing jewelery inscribed with mystical Jewish prayers. The questions is: what is the real purpose of these prayers and what do they mean? The answer to this question is complexed. Yet, these prayers and customs are well-established in Jewish faith and practice. For centuries, Rabbi’s have perscribed such kabbalistic pendents and pieces as cures for a variety of issues.
These prayers are not magical spells…
Exactly. Wearing a piece of Kabbalah jewelery engraved with a prayer and expecting miracles to somehow happen because of it is not how these powerful pieces were intended to work. These signs and prayers, worn as jewelery, are simple reminders to increase in the wearer faith in the real benefactor of our lives and to help focus our energy towards positivity and the belief that good things are on the way!
To be continued next time:
What do these Hebrew prayers mean?
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