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Back to Episodes#126 - Kabbalah I - Controversy : Spain 1250-1295
Episode 123
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
Description
In the 1200s Spanish Jewry faced great challenges within the community including Murder, Immorality & Defection.
This was exacerbated by dangerous teachings within Kabbalah which had to be rooted out by the Rashba and banned.
But 700 years later a pathway was found to Redemption.
Chapters
00:00 Challenges of 13th-Century Spain: Tensions, Wealth, and Power
03:06 Controversies in Jewish Scholarship: Philosophy and Kabbalah
08:20 Internal Conflicts and Legal Authority
15:03 Religious Challenges and the Ban on Philosophy
26:50 The Legacy of Rabbi Avraham Abulafia
48:26 Kabbalistic Techniques and Mathematics