gilgul

plural gilgulim

1. Judaismreincarnation, metempsychosis

   Abravanel, for example, chooses to argue at length in favor of gilgulim in his commentary on the section of the Torah that discusses yibbum.

   2001, The Torah U-Madda Journal, volume 10, page 9

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   The limitation of gilgul to men here is intriguing. Gilgul, among other things, is a process of purification from the sins of past lives, an alternative to the more anguished purification of Gehenna.

   2008, Shaul Magid, From Metaphysics to Midrash: Myth, History, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Lurianic Kabbala