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Sunday, December 22 • 16:20 - 17:20
From Rabbi Ashlag to the Kabbalah Centre: the origins and essence of Neo-Kabbalah (1 of 4)

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Neo-Kabbalah groups are today some of the most successful New Religious Movements in America and Israel, usually offering a popular interpretation of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag's Kabbalah. In this session we will examine the history of these movements, and the way their leaders adapt Kabbalah and transformed it from a body of Jewish lore into a universal technique.
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Tomer Persico

Tel Aviv University
Teaching Comparative Religion in Tel-Aviv University and at the Secular Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Tomer’s PhD dealt with meditation in the Jewish tradition, past and present. His main area of expertise is contemporary religion and spirituality, and he writes the most popular blog in... Read More →

Sunday December 22, 2013 16:20 - 17:20 GMT
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