Kabbalist

The great Italian Kabbalist Moshe Chaim Luzzato Ramchal explained in his classic work The Way of God that a single soul can be reincarnated a number of times in different bodies, and in this manner, it can rectify damage done in previous incarnations.

Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Reincarnation In Judaism Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2011

The great Italian Kabbalist Moshe Chaim Luzzato Ramchal explained in his classic work The Way of God that a single soul can be reincarnated a number of times in different bodies, and in this manner, it can rectify damage done in previous incarnations.

Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Reincarnation In Judaism Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2011

And being a Kabbalist means you study the Torah, (the "teachings" of God, in the Tanach and Rabbinic literature) and consider that study an inherent duty of observant Jews, correct?

Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Roseanne Barr Says Israel Must End Their Blockade and Occupation of Gaza 2010

Kathleen Wells: You are a Kabbalist, which means you study a discipline and school of thought concerned with the mystical aspect of Rabbinic Judaism, correct?

Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Roseanne Barr Says Israel Must End Their Blockade and Occupation of Gaza 2010

It is Faur's contention that the Kabbalist rabbis, seen through the filter of the vertical model, transform the Talmudic tradition -- based on a pluralistic dialogue and formal legal strictures -- into an occult hermeticism creating a Judaism that is sealed off from critical reading and rational science.

David Shasha: Two Models of Jewish Tradition: Vertical-Hierarchical and Horizontal Pluralist 2010

It is Faur's contention that the Kabbalist rabbis, seen through the filter of the vertical model, transform the Talmudic tradition -- based on a pluralistic dialogue and formal legal strictures -- into an occult hermeticism creating a Judaism that is sealed off from critical reading and rational science.

David Shasha: Two Models of Jewish Tradition: Vertical-Hierarchical and Horizontal Pluralist 2010

What for a philosopher is only allegory is, for a Kabbalist, a myth or symbol which says something important about the structure of the universe.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction to Kabbalah Part 6: The Sefirot, or, 'If Everything is God, how come it doesn't look that way?' 2009

For a traditional Kabbalist, they are the fundamental structure of the universe.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction to Kabbalah Part 6: The Sefirot, or, 'If Everything is God, how come it doesn't look that way?' 2009

A Kabbalist also denies that there's a big hand in the sky, but has a very different interpretation of the text: now "hand" refers to certain of the attributes of God, certain potencies in the universe, and a certain network of symbols.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction to Kabbalah Part 6: The Sefirot, or, 'If Everything is God, how come it doesn't look that way?' 2009

The yogi, the Christian mystic, the Kabbalist, the Sufi, the poet — all these, she argues, access transcendence through disciplined work, through failure, anxiety, and the redoubling of effort.

Out, Out, Damned Atheists 2009