Gilgul | June 30, 2004
This Hebrew word literally means wave and is the technical term for reincarnation or transmigration of souls. Jewish philosophy unequivocally repudiated it, but from its first literary appearance in the Sefer Bahir it became a central doctrine in Jewish Mysticism. It is almost always understood to be an opportunity for souls to perfect themselves and to undo sins of earlier lives.
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