Gate of Reincarnations

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Gate of Reincarnations is a foundational Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Chaim Vital based on the teachings of the Arizal, that systematically explains the mystical doctrine of the soul’s reincarnations and spiritual rectification.

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Gate of Reincarnations canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystical text
Kabbalistic work
addressesTopic how souls complete unfinished rectifications
karmic-like consequences in Jewish mystical terms
relationship between free will and reincarnation
why souls return to this world
aimsTo guide spiritual rectification of the soul
systematically explain reincarnation
associatedWithSchool Safed Kabbalists
linked to: Safed Kabbalah
author Rabbi Chaim Vital
linked to: Hayyim Vital
basedOnTeachingsOf Rabbi Isaac Luria
linked to: Isaac Luria

the Arizal
linked to: Isaac Luria
cosmologicalContext Lurianic doctrine of tzimtzum and shevirat ha-kelim
linked to: Tzimtzum
doctrine gilgul neshamot
reincarnation of the soul
explainsConcept collective and individual soul roots
ibbur (soul impregnation)
neshama, ruach, nefesh dynamics
processes of soul elevation
rectification through mitzvot
rectification through reincarnation
rectification through suffering
reincarnation of biblical figures in later generations
root of souls
soul levels
spiritual consequences of sins and merits
focusesOn mystical doctrine of the soul’s reincarnations
spiritual rectification
tikkun of the soul
genre esoteric commentary
mystical theology
geographicalContext Ottoman Palestine
Safed
influenced Hasidic teachings on the soul
later Kabbalistic literature on reincarnation
language Hebrew
partOf Lurianic Kabbalah corpus
linked to: Lurianic writings
period 16th century
religiousSubtradition Kabbalah
religiousTradition Judaism
statusInTradition foundational text on reincarnation in Kabbalah
theologicalOrientation Lurianic Kabbalah
linked to: Safed Kabbalah
transmissionForm written compilation of oral teachings
usedBy Kabbalists
linked to: Kabbalah

students of Jewish mysticism
viewedAs authoritative source on gilgul in traditional Kabbalistic circles

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Shaar HaGilgulim titleMeaning Gate of Reincarnations
Shaar HaGilgulim hasAlternativeName Gate of Reincarnations