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gilgul
[ Sephardic Hebrew geel-gool; Ashkenazic Hebrew gil-gool ]
noun
Jewish Folklore.
plural gilgulim
- the soul of a dead person that passes into another living body to assume a new existence and atone for past sins.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of gilgul1
< Yiddish gilgl literally, transmigration, metamorphosis < Hebrew gilgul metamorphosis, literally, rolling, revolving
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Mr. Kosky’s early career was based in Australia, including at the Gilgul Theater in Melbourne, the country’s first professional Jewish theater company, which he founded in 1990.
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She does suggest that Jacob might be a "gilgul neshamot", a transmigrated Jewish soul, with a demonic mission "to derail the righteous and lead them into various temptations".
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The Gilgul of Park Avenue, for example, offers up a Wall Street Wasp who inexplicably discovers that he has a Jewish soul.
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