:For the villages in southern Israel, see Zohar, Israel and Tzochar. "Zohar"'s also a common first name among Israelis. The Zohar (lit Splendor or Radiance)'s widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. It's a mystical commentary on the Torah (the five books of Moses), written in medieval Aramaic. It contains a mystical discussion of the nature of God, the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, sin, redemption, good and evil, and the relationsh… (More on Zohar)