Halacha and Kabbalah (iii)

Issues discussed here include:

The real factions in medieval Judaism (not just rationalist vs. mystical)

How Kabbalah became legitimised (Ramban/Nachmanides had a lot to do with it)

How the Zohar was a rebellion against Ramban’s elitist legacy

The Spaniard that Gavriel couldn’t remember the name of was Yitzhak ben Moshe haLevi, also known as Profiat Duran, an interesting character in himself.

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