What does gilgul mean?
Gilgul means (Judaism, Kabbalism) reincarnation, metempsychosis.
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/ˈɡɪlˌɡʊl/ · noun
(Judaism, Kabbalism) reincarnation, metempsychosis.
Abravanel, for example, chooses to argue at length in favor of gilgulim in his commentary on the section of the Torah that discusses yibbum.
The limitation of gilgul to men here is intriguing. Gilgul, among other things, is a process of purification from the sins of past lives, an alternative to the more anguished purification of Gehenna.
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Gilgul means (Judaism, Kabbalism) reincarnation, metempsychosis.
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Abravanel, for example, chooses to argue at length in favor of gilgulim in his commentary on the section of the Torah that discusses yibbum.
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