The Torah in the Tarot
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The Torah in the Tarot

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The Torah in the Tarot

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A beautiful Tarot deck and booklet revealing the lost and forgotten Jewish origins of the Tarot.

For hundreds of years, the original meaning of the Tarot de Marseille, the artistic ancestor of the contemporary Tarot, has been a source of mystery, speculation, and debate. When Torah student Stav Appel encountered the Jean Noblet Tarot—one of the oldest preserved decks in the tradition of the Tarot de Marseille—he found something curious: the Magician held his arms in the shape of the Hebrew letter aleph א, the Hermit wore a Jewish prayer shawl, and three pieces of matzah hid beneath the Moon. 

In The Torah in the Tarot, Appel carefully analyzes the Noblet Tarot, uncovering a rich array of Jewish symbols ingeniously concealed in its images. Given the deck’s origin circa 1650, during the Catholic Church’s centuries-long campaign to eradicate Judaism, Appel argues persuasively that its secret content suggests it originally served as a tool for clandestine Jewish education. Writing in a rich style that draws on rabbinic literary forms, Appel has presented a landmark contribution to the field of Tarot studies—revealing that when we perceive the Tarot through a Jewish lens, we can, at long last, recognize the Torah hidden in the Tarot.

The Torah in the Tarot includes a booklet written by Stav Appel with a foreword by Ariana Reines, as well as a historically accurate, 78-card color reproduction of the Jean Noblet Tarot—the only modern copy that preserves the full scope of the deck’s original Judaica—created by the French artist Florent Giraud of Tarotgraphe.

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Information

Publisher
Ayin Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781961814349
Subtopic
Jewish History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by Ariana Reines
  6. Introduction
  7. A Short Primer: The Hebrew Letters, the Divine Name, and Gematria
  8. ת ¡ Le Fou ¡ The Fool
  9. א ¡ Ll Bateleur ¡ The Magician
  10. ב · La Papesse · The Popess
  11. ג · L’Emperatrise · The Empress
  12. ד · L’Empereur · The Emperor
  13. ה · Le Pape · The Pope
  14. ו · L’Amoureux · The Lovers
  15. ז · Le Chariot · The Chariot
  16. ח · Justice · Justice
  17. ט · L’Ermite · The Hermit
  18. י · La Roue de Eortune · The Wheel of Fortune
  19. כ · Force · Strength
  20. ל · Le Pendu · The Hanged Man
  21. ׌ ¡ La Mort ¡ Death
  22. נ · L’Emperance · Temperance
  23. ץ ¡ Le Diable ¡ The Devil
  24. ע ¡ La Maison Dieu ¡ The House of God
  25. פ · L’Estoille · The Star
  26. מ · La Lune · The Moon
  27. ק ¡ Le Soleil ¡ The Sun
  28. ר ¡ Le Jugement ¡ Judgment
  29. ׊ ¡ Le Monde ¡ The World
  30. Closing Words
  31. Index of the Core Judaica of the Noblet Tarot
  32. A Statement from the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
  33. Rabbinical Statement on The Torah in the Tarot
  34. Acknowledgments
  35. Endnotes
  36. Sources