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GENERAL

The Claim

Studying or practicing Kabbalah causes people to become wealthier.

The Short Version

The evidence does not show that Kabbalah makes people wealthier. Reliable sources describe Kabbalah as a spiritual or mystical practice and research spirituality mainly in terms of well-being, not financial gain. Claims that it produces wealth come mostly from marketing, theology, or anecdotes, which do not establish a real causal effect.

Caveats

  • Anecdotes about wealthy practitioners do not prove Kabbalah caused their wealth.
  • Promotional claims from groups selling courses or teachings are not independent evidence.
  • Spiritual or metaphorical ideas of “abundance” should not be confused with measured increases in income or net worth.

The Receipts

  1. Mindfulness, Kabbalah and Aging (MKA)

    ClinicalTrials.gov

  2. The science of spirituality

    American Psychological Association

  3. Changes in stress, anxiety, depression, and quality of life after mindfulness-based stress reduction in a middle-aged sample: results from a community-based study

    PubMed

  4. What is Kabbalah?

    Reform Judaism

  5. The Many Lives of Kabbalah Transcript

    Association for Jewish Studies

  6. Kabbalah

    My Jewish Learning

  7. Kabbalah

    Jewish Virtual Library

  8. Wealth and well-being: Psychological perspectives

    American Psychological Association

  9. Kabbalah

    Encyclopedia.com

  10. Jewish Beliefs on Money and the Kabbalah of Wealth

    ItsGoodToKnow.org

+ 9 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Kabbalah