Gilgul or gilgul neshamot or Gilgul'im neshamot refers to the concept of reincarnation within the Kabbalah of Judaism. in Hebrew, the word gilgul means "cycles" or "circles" and neshamot is the plural for "souls" of souls which are "cycled" through "lives or "incarnations" into the body. This is considered to be a deep "secret of nature" according to the esoteric kabbalah. Jump to: navigation, search Past Lives redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search The tree of life. ... Jump to: navigation, search Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ... Jump to: navigation, search Life is a multi-faceted concept. ... Jump to: navigation, search With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ...

The lowest part of the soul which is called the neshama is always a gilgul, like a "default life spark" within any living body. Jump to: navigation, search The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ...

The classic kabbalah work Shaar ha Gilgulim ("Gate of Reincarnations") of Rabbi Isaac Luria, (written by his disciple Rabbi Chaim Vital), describes these deep and very complex laws of reincarnation, (a process akin to physical "impregnation" and "pregnancy") of the ibbur of five different parts of the soul. Shaar HaGilgulim (Gate of Reincarnations) is a kabbalistic work on reincarnation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Isaac Luria (1534–August 5, 1572) was a Jewish scholar and mystic who was secretly believed by some to be the messiah. ... Rabbi Chaim Vital (1543-1620) was the closest disciple of the great 16th-century kabbalist, the Ari - Rabbi Itzchak Luria and his foremost interpreter. ... Categories: Biological reproduction | Biology stubs ... Jump to: navigation, search A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or foeti by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ibbur (Hebrew: pregnancy or impregnation), is one of the transmigration forms of the soul and has similarities with Gilgul neshamot. ...

• See Gilgul (game) about the role playing game.