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Book of Adam, the
- The supposed
extra-biblical account of Adam's life after the Garden of Eden.
It consists of fables.
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Ein Sof - the Unknowable God
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Gamatria - the mathematical value of words.
In both Hebrew and Greek letters also serve as numbers.
Therefore, every word has a gematria, a
mathematical value.
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Hemetic axiom - whatever is done in heaven is
done on earth.
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Judaism - The
religion of the Jews.
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Kether - The Pinnical,
the crown, in the Tree of Life.
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Metatron - the celestial being who dwells
next to the throne of God's glory and is sometimes referred to as
"the son of man."
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Midrash - a compilation of Jewish
commentaries of the Old Testament Scriptures that was gathered
between 400 and 1200 A.D.
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Mishnah -
a collection of oral interpretations of the first five books of
Moses.
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Mysticism - the
belief in other realities beyond our perception that can be accessed
by subjective experience. Also, the practice of intellectual
and spiritual apprehension of those other realities through various
experiences such as meditation, altered states of consciousness,
etc.
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Pentateuch -
The first five books of in the Bible: Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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Pilpul -
Dialects and debate
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Rabbi - A male
who is trained in Jewish law.
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Sefher Yetzirah - The Book of Creation, the
Book of Formation, that appeared between the 3rd and 6th centuries A.D.
It is a very important book in Kabbalistic teaching.
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Sephirot - creative force as distinguished in
the Tree of Life.
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Synagogue -
A place of religious meeting for Jews.
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Talmud - a
collection of commentaries used to explain the Mishnah (the oral
law).
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Tanahk - the collected writings of the Old
Testament: Nebiim (Prophets) and Ketubim (Writings).
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Tetragrammaton - The four letters that
comprise the name of God as revealed in the Hebrew Old Testament.
The English equivalent would be YHVH.
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Torah -
Primarily this refers to the first five books of the Bible, the
written law: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy. Secondarily, is sometimes used to include the
rest of the Old Testament books. The Torah came directly from
God to Moses.
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Tree of Life - a pictorial representation of
the 10 primary aspects of God's nature through which the descending
creative power is manifested in the physical world.
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Vipassana - in
Buddhism, the practice of intense silence for extended periods that
leads to an altered state of consciousness.
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Yeshiva - an
institution of Jewish higher learning.
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Zohar - the book of splendor