Esoteric teaching on Ezekiel's vision of the divine chariot and on the account of creation, which early rabbinic law allowed to be taught only under strict conditions.
Material type
Restricted oral knowledge
Restricted to
A single qualified student at a time
Restriction mechanism
grade_requirement, oral_only
Stated reason
Speculation on these subjects is dangerous for the unprepared
Tradition origins
late antiquity (Merkavah); 12th–13th century (Kabbalah)
Recorded practice status
Modified
Provisional: no dated status evidence is linked.
Status as of
Not recorded
Status claims
Not recorded
Disclosure dates, source publication dates, tradition origins and dates of practice are separate.
What this disclosure covers
Not recorded.
The source
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (SRC-0028; authenticity: Unassessed)
Author
Gershom Scholem
Original publication
1941
Linked edition
Not recorded
Format
Academic
Provenance
scholarship
Rights of source work
Copyrighted
Identifiers
ol:OL1264883W
Source content hash
Not recorded
Claims about this item
These claims may cite other sources for the same restricted item. Supporting and contradicting evidence remain separate.
CLM-0006 · Content
The Mishnah forbids expounding the account of the chariot even to one student, unless the student is a sage who understands on his own.
Claim support
Single source
Record review
Unreviewed
Period
c. 200 CE
Locators
Ḥagigah 2:1
Sources counted as independent
Not recorded
Supporting sources
The Mishnah (SRC-0030; authenticity: Unassessed)
Contradicting sources: none recorded.
Based on the Mishnah's own text.
SRC-0030: Source authenticity is unassessed; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0030: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
SRC-0030: The source text's rights have not been established.
CLM-0006: Record review status is unreviewed; review is not proof of truth.
ITEM-0018: The recorded practice status is provisional: no dated status claims are linked.
Evidence qualifications
SRC-0028 · source_authenticity_unassessed: Source authenticity is unassessed; this is separate from the truth of its assertions.
SRC-0028 · source_without_content_hash: No source-level content_hash is recorded; linked artifact hashes may identify excerpts, derivatives or metadata instead.
DISC-0030 · record_unreviewed: Record review status is unreviewed; review is not proof of truth.
DISC-0030 · disclosure_without_coverage: The parts, version or edition covered by this disclosure have not been specified.
ITEM-0018 · status_without_dated_evidence: The recorded practice status is provisional: no dated status claims are linked.
Reviewed means checked against a source. It does not establish source authenticity, independent corroboration or present-day practice.
Item notes
Kabbalistic texts have been printed since the 16th century.
