Kabbalah

Jewitches founder Zo Jacobi on crystals background

The season of the Jewitch: Meet the occultists who blend witchcraft and Jewish folklore

Many modern Jewish rituals can trace their roots back to warding off evil spirits, making them ideal Halloween fare.

Mourners gather during the funeral of one of those who died in a stampede during the Jewish religious festival of Lag Ba'Omer at the Jewish Orthodox pilgrimage site of Mount Meron in Israel on April 30, 2021. (Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)

What is Israel’s Mount Meron and why were so many Orthodox Jews gathered there for the Lag b’Omer holiday?

Long before the Lag b’Omer stampede, Israel’s Mount Meron was home to a mix of tragedy and euphoria. A similar disaster took place there exactly 110 years ago.

Purify Your Life With 17th-Century German Jewish Magic!

If you like your self-help books to feature Medieval Jewish magic, The Book of Abramelin is for you. Thought to have been written by the German Jewish Talmudist Rabbi Yaakov Moelin around 1608, The Book of Abramelin tells the story of a 15th-century Egyptian mage named Abramelin, who teaches magical and Kabbalistic secrets to Abraham […]