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What is Kabbalistic Tarot?

Kabbalistic Tarot is an introduction to the ancient kabbalistic origins and meanings of the tarot that reveals the intimate relationship of the tarot to the esoteric teachings of the Torah. When the Greeks invaded Israel and forbade study of the Torah, the Jewish people began a secret method of Toranic study that appeared to be merely a simple way to fill time: playing cards.

These first tarot decks enabled study of the Torah without detection. Once the Maccabees expelled the Greeks from Israel and Israel once again became a Jewish kingdom, tarot cards dropped from sight. Fifteen hundred years later, in response to Jewish disputations with Catholic theologians, political and religious persecutions, and ultimately the Inquisition, the cards resurfaced as a secret learning tool of the Torah.

The correspondence between the 22 Major Arcana cards and the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is explored; how the four suits corresponding to the four kabbalistic worlds of Briah, Yitzerah, Asiyah, and Atzilut are explained. The kabbalistic meanings of each of the 78 cards and their relations to the Torah provides insight into the Tree of Life spread through kabbalistic readings.

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Kabbalistic Tarot by Dovid Krafchow

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