... practices usually only taught to an elite. The meaning of the word itself is unclear, though the two most common translations are "tradition" and "Receiving", both of which refer to the understanding of the Kabbalah being passed down through oral tradition for nearly a thousand years before it was formally documented and a strict codification set down to define its belief structure and rituals. The ... origins of the Kabbalah are hotly disputed between followers of the tradition and secular scholars. While followers of the Kabbalah claim its roots extend back ... to God in His doings. T...

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... Tanakh (Torah) as its primary and holiest scripture, basing its laws, traditions, and worships therein. The Judaic faith also takes into account the oral traditions as recorded in the Talmud. But the fact remains that "the church [..] cannot forget that she received the revelation of the Old Testament ... the acts of the Apostles after his death, and letters from early Christian religious figures. The Christian faith also rejected the Torah and Jewish oral traditions as obsolete. The Christians believe that with the coming of Jesus, God entered into a new covenant with the people, hence ...

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