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Isaac Luria

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ISAAC LURIA

THE 16TH CENTURY RABBI

Father of Modern Kabbalistic Thought

Arizal - HaAri - Holy Lion

JUDAISM

First Monotheistic Religion
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Judaism in Life of Pi

Source of Christianity and Islam
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"My fourth-year thesis for religious studies concerned certain aspects of the cosmogony theory of Isaac Luria" (Luria 1.1)

Kabbalah

Jewish study of G-d's interaction with the world

Cosmogony Theory

Relates to Origins or Creation of the Universe

Tsimtsum

The Reduction of Divinity

Tsimtsum

Isaac Luria's Primal Form and Tohu Va Vohu

Tsimtsum in Life of Pi

The Ship in Life of Pi

"Well, I do teach the course on the Kaballah at the University. Any why not? Faith is a house with many rooms." (Magee - Movie)

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