When the Greeks invaded Israel and forbade study of the Torah the Jewish people began a secret method of Toranic study that appeared to be merely a simple way to fill time: playing cards. These first tarot decks enabled study of the Torah without detection. Once the Maccabees expelled the Greeks from Israel and the country once again became a Jewish kingdom tarot cards dropped from sight. Fifteen hundred years later in response to Jewish disputations with Catholic theologians political and religious persecutions and ultimately the Inquisition the cards resurfaced as a secret learning tool of the Torah. In KABBALISTIC TAROT Dovid Krafchow details how the true meaning of the tarot is locked within the Kabbalah. He shows the correspondence between the 22 Major Arcana cards and the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and how the four suits correspond to the four kabbalistic worlds of Briah Yitzerah Asiyah and Atzilut. He describes the kabbalistic meanings of each of the 78 cards and their relations to the Torah and provides insight into the Tree of Life spread through several kabbalistic readings. Dovid Krafchow has studied Kabbalah and practiced the Tarot for more than 30 years. He began his study of the Torah at the Hadar Hatorah Institute for Rabbinical Studies in Brooklyn New York and lived for 10 years in Zefat Israel the city where the Kabbalah was received by the Ari Zal (Rabbi Isaac Luria) 500 years ago. He lives in Vancouver.
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"Krafchow has come up with an original approach to interpreting tarot in relationship to the Tree of Life. . . . His book is the best practical manual on reading the Waite/Colman-Smith I have read. . . . To one who has invested much time in these studies, Krafchow's work represents a major shift in perspective. Any time an author does that he contributes to the body of wisdom in his field, and inspires new lines of thought. . . . He brings to his subject a voice of authority that illuminates rather than obfuscates divine truth. Simple, to the point, yet quite profound, the writing style employed . . . .makes it a pleasure to read and reflect upon. Unlike many other metaphysical texts, this one manages to be highly accessible to a lay reader. I enthusiastically recommend Kabbalistic Tarot as the primary reference book for anyone wishing to begin his study of the Waite/Colman-Smith deck. Krafchow has written a book that contributes to the understanding of tarot and Qabalah and lays groundwork for further exploration."--"Ashe! ""Journal of Experimental Spirituality", May 2006
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Dovid Krafchow has studied Kabbalah and practiced the Tarot for more than 30 years. He began his study of the Torah at the Hadar Hatorah Institute for Rabbinical Studies in Brooklyn, New York, and lived for 10 years in Zefat, Israel, the city where the Kabbalah was received by the Ari Zal (Rabbi Isaac Luria) 500 years ago. He lives in Vancouver.
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Great Resource
16 Dec 2008
By M. Pollero
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I love this book and use it all the time in reference. The author has taken the very complex concepts of Kabbalah and tarot and combined them in very easy to understand ways. It is not comprehensive, but I do not think he meant it to be, that would take volumes. But it is a start and a base to begin to see the connections between Kabbalah and Tarot.
He also sheds some additional light to more layers in tarot, numerically and also through the court cards as well as the associations he shows us through the body and Kabbalah and tarot.
I found this book very helpful and use it frequently when teaching and illustrating Kabbalah and how it connects with the tarot.
He also sheds some additional light to more layers in tarot, numerically and also through the court cards as well as the associations he shows us through the body and Kabbalah and tarot.
I found this book very helpful and use it frequently when teaching and illustrating Kabbalah and how it connects with the tarot.
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Tree of Life
14 Mar 2010
By Julia D.
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If you are studying the tarot and want to know more on the cards. This book shows you where the cards stand in the Kabbala. The tree of Lfe and the four spirit worlds of which each major arcana is present. It also shows how the other cards connect and are part of the tree a well. It is a more deeper reading in to where the cards come from and how they interact with the tree. It is very interesting ang helpful in getting to know your cards. Only if you want to go in the direction of the Kabbala, and the meaning of the tree of life. Don't confuse it with the Madonna way and the other celebrities. Enjoy reading about the four spirit worlds, why the cards are the worlds they are in.Yud-Hey-Vau-Hey
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Excellent and original insights
8 Nov 2006
By Gary Jaron
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Rabbi Dovid has written an excellent book with some orignal insights into the Tarot. By combining his knowledge of Chabad Hassiditic mytstical Kabbalah to the Tarot he offers some new and interesting perspectives on the Cards. As well as giving the reader knowledge of Chabad Kabbalah.
My only Cavet with the book is his claim that the Tarot's origins shows sign of Jewish Rabbis influences. This claim upon examination does not hold up. The Tarot came out of a European world with the earliest versions of the deck being published in Italy and France.
Rabbi Dovid is correct that we can bring many different insights into the interpretation of the meaning of the symbols of the Tarot, which is what he has done with Chabad Kabbalah in this book. This does not mean that the creators of the Tarot had these ideas in mind when they made the cards, which is what he is claiming when he alleges Jewish Rabbis as a source of the origin of the Tarot. At least this is one reader who is not convinced that there is a connection with the creation of the Tarot and Rabbis.
But, I can easily overloook that one small claim in his book. This short book is a treasure trove of new and unique insights into how we can now examine the Tarot.
My only Cavet with the book is his claim that the Tarot's origins shows sign of Jewish Rabbis influences. This claim upon examination does not hold up. The Tarot came out of a European world with the earliest versions of the deck being published in Italy and France.
Rabbi Dovid is correct that we can bring many different insights into the interpretation of the meaning of the symbols of the Tarot, which is what he has done with Chabad Kabbalah in this book. This does not mean that the creators of the Tarot had these ideas in mind when they made the cards, which is what he is claiming when he alleges Jewish Rabbis as a source of the origin of the Tarot. At least this is one reader who is not convinced that there is a connection with the creation of the Tarot and Rabbis.
But, I can easily overloook that one small claim in his book. This short book is a treasure trove of new and unique insights into how we can now examine the Tarot.
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