Sefer HaKabbalah in 10 Minutes

Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time · Apr 17, 2026 · 8m

This week, we're diving into Sefer HaKabbalah—not the red-string, mysticism kind of Kabbalah, but the "here's how we kept Jewish tradition going, one rabbi at a time" kind. Written by Abraham ibn Daud in 12th-century Spain, this book is basically the ultimate Jewish chain-of-command timeline: from Moses to the Mishnah, from the Talmud to the Geonim, straight through to the scholars of Spain. Think of it as rabbinic receipts—who taught who, who ruled when, and why that matters. Part history, part defense of tradition, and part "don't let anyone tell you we made this up," Sefer HaKabbalah is…