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Liz, in theory Kabbalah has nothing to do with faith. It is more of a philosophical understanding of the world and the creation. In fact, even the popularization of Kabbalah through Hasidim (an Orthodox Judaism movement) has been seen by many kabbalists to be a bad thing for their field as it muddied their theories with issues of faith. While all Kabbalists believe in G-d, their view of G-d is very abstract. Basically, it believes that G-d is ulmitalely unknown, not even a spirit; while traditional Kabbalists believe that G-d also has an aspect that is revealed to the world, the founder of the Lubavitch Habbad movement believed that a belief in the G-d's aspect that is revealed to the world is a concession to the masses. Also, Kabbalah focuses heavily on the origin of the human soul. In fact, Kabbalah has so little to do with faith that it has been criticized for leading Judaism away from monotheism and toward dualism.
The explanations I have above are super simplistic. Anyone, don't hesitate to correct me wherever I made mistakes.
The explanations I have above are super simplistic. Anyone, don't hesitate to correct me wherever I made mistakes.
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