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Kabbalah (pronounced, in modern Hebrew, as KabbaLAH) is an ancient discipline of Jewish mysticism. As others have noted, there is a large amount of it devoted to the Hebrew language and numerical values of letters, but that is by no means the breadth of it. Many medieval Torah commentators were Kabbalists (Nachmanides, for example, 13th cent Spain) and their works are highly respected - the educated student can discern what segments of a gloss is influenced by Kabbalah. The important thing about Kabbalah is that it should not be an end in and of itself - Kabbalah is only 'real' and useful (whatever that means) to one who is an accomplished Torah scholar, with years of learning of the more traditional material under his belt.

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Name : Joseph29113, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 27, City : Philadelphia, State : PA Country : United States, Occupation : professional, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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