Kabbalah
noun/kəˈbɑːlə/, /ˈkæbələ/
/kəˈbɑːlə/, /ˈkæbələ/
(also Cabala, Qabalah)
[uncountable]- (in Judaism) the ancient tradition of explaining holy texts through mystical meansWord Originfrom medieval Latin cabala, cabbala, from Rabbinical Hebrew qabbālāh ‘tradition’, from qibbēl ‘receive, accept’.
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