{"id":16842,"date":"2026-01-28T20:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16842"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:01:45","slug":"what-is-a-jew","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/what-is-a-jew\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Jew?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: What is a Jew?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>&nbsp;Abraham, our father, who went from Mesopotamia to the land of Israel, is called the first Hebrew (and the first Jew), because he was the first to cross from idolatry to the land of Israel (land \u2013&nbsp;<em>Eretz<\/em>&nbsp;and Israel \u2013 from the words,&nbsp;<em>Yashar El<\/em>, meaning \u201cdirectly to the Creator\u201d). He went over from a state of worshiping idols to recognition of the existence of a higher power that controls everything, and identified himself with that power of his own free will. That is why he was designated Hebrew&nbsp;<em>(Ivri<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 from the word&nbsp;<em>Over<\/em>) and Jew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terms \u201cJew\u201d and \u201cGentile\u201d are completely different in spirituality from the meanings we are familiar with. Anyone who did not exit this world to the spiritual world is called a \u201cgentile,\u201d and a person who crosses over to the spiritual world, is called a \u201cHebrew,\u201d or \u201cJew\u201d (from the Hebrew word&nbsp;<em>Yehudi \u2013 Yechudi<\/em>, meaning unique and unified), because that person unites with the Creator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What is a Jew? 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