Bahir or Sefer HaBahir סֵפֶר הַבָּהִיר (Hebrew, "Book of the Brightness") is an anonymous mystical work, attributed to a 1st century rabbinic sage Nehunya ben HaKanah (a contemporary of Yochanan ben Zakai) because it begins with the words, "R. Nehunya ben HaKanah said". It is also known as Midrash of Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKanah מִדְרָשׁ רַבִּי נְחוּנְיָא בֶּן הַקָּנָה.
It is an early work of esoteric Jewish mysticism which eventually became known as Kabbalah.
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Concepts
Ein Sof · Tzimtzum · Ohr Ayin and Yesh · Sephirot Four Worlds · Seder hishtalshelus Tree of Life · Merkavah Jewish angelic hierarchy Shekhinah · Partzufim Qliphoth · Tohu and Tikun Sparks of holiness Messianic rectification Gilgul · Kabbalistic astrology Gematria · Notarikon · Temurah Names of God in Judaism · Shemhamphorasch Tzadik · Tzadikim Nistarim Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah Panentheism |
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History
Early Sefer Yetzirah Tannaim · Heichalot Medieval Bahir · Toledano tradition Chassidei Ashkenaz Prophetic Kabbalah · Zohar Kabbalistic commentaries on the Bible Mainstream displacement of Rationalism with Kabbalah Rennaisance Selective influence on Western thought Mysticism after Spanish expulsion Mystics of 16th-century Safed Cordoveran Kabbalah Lurianic Kabbalah Maharal's thought Popular Kabbalistic Mussar Early modern Baal Shem-Nistarim Sabbatean mystical heresies Emden-Eybeschutz controversy Immigration to the Land of Israel Traditional Oriental Kabbalists Beit El Synagogue Eastern European Judaism Hasidic Judaism / philosophy Lithuanian Jews Hasidic-Mitnagdic schism Modern Hasidic dynasties Mysticism in Religious Zionism Academic interest in Jewish mysticism Non-Orthodox interest in Jewish mysticism |
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Practices
Torah study · Mitzvot · Minhag Customery immersion in Mikveh Meditation · Deveikut · Mystical exegesis · Prayer Nusach · Kavanot · Teshuvah Tikkun Chatzot · Tikkun Leil Shavuot Pilgrimage to Tzadik Pilgrimage to holy grave Lag BaOmer at Meron Asceticism · Practical Kabbalah |
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People
100s Four Who Entered the Pardes Simeon bar Yochai 1100s Isaac the Blind · Azriel 1200s Nahmanides · Abraham Abulafia Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla Moses de Leon Menahem Recanati 1300s Bahya ben Asher 1500s Meir ibn Gabbai · Joseph Karo Shlomo Alkabetz · Moshe Alshich Moshe Cordovero Isaac Luria · Chaim Vital Judah Loew ben Bezalel 1600s Isaiah Horowitz · Abraham Azulai 1700s Chaim ibn Attar · Baal Shem Tov Dov Ber of Mezeritch Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Shalom Sharabi · Vilna Gaon Chaim Joseph David Azulai Nathan Adler Schneur Zalman of Liadi Chaim Volozhin 1800s Nachman of Breslov Ben Ish Chai · Shlomo Eliyashiv 1900s Abraham Isaac Kook Yehuda Ashlag · Baba Sali Menachem Mendel Schneerson |
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Role
History Torah · Tanakh · Prophecy Ruach HaKodesh Pardes exegesis Talmudical hermeneutics Midrash Jewish comentaries on the Bible Oral Torah Eras of Rabbinic Judaism Generational descent in Halacha Generational ascent in Kabbalah Rabbinic literature Talmudic theology Halakha · Aggadah · Hakira Classic Mussar literature Ashkenazi Judaism Sephardi Judaism Modern Jewish philosophies Jewish studies Topics God in Judaism Divine transcendence Divine immanence · Free will Divine providence Kabbalistic reasons for the 613 Mitzvot Jewish principles of faith Jewish eschatology |
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