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Title
(Trans)Gender in Kabbalah
Subject
Bereishit Rabbah 8:1
(1) R' Yirmiyah ben Elazar said, when Hashem created Adam HaRishon, he was created as both genders...
Maggid Meisharim 8:3
You should know that this woman was in the past, a proper Torah scholar. However, he was stingy with his money and would not give charity. He was also stingy with his wisdom and would not teach others. He was therefore punished that his soul migrated into a woman, measure for measure…
...this is known according to the Sod (Secret/Mysticism) of reincarnation - that at times, a female would be in a male body, because in the reasons of gilgal (reincarnation) the soul of a female would come to be in a male. ... That is why it says by Issac that Hashem answered to Him and not to Her (Rebecca), because he needed divine help to be able to have kids.
(1) R' Yirmiyah ben Elazar said, when Hashem created Adam HaRishon, he was created as both genders...
Maggid Meisharim 8:3
You should know that this woman was in the past, a proper Torah scholar. However, he was stingy with his money and would not give charity. He was also stingy with his wisdom and would not teach others. He was therefore punished that his soul migrated into a woman, measure for measure…
...this is known according to the Sod (Secret/Mysticism) of reincarnation - that at times, a female would be in a male body, because in the reasons of gilgal (reincarnation) the soul of a female would come to be in a male. ... That is why it says by Issac that Hashem answered to Him and not to Her (Rebecca), because he needed divine help to be able to have kids.
Source
Abby Stein, Eshel Retreat 2016 - Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/24596?lang=bi
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/24596?lang=bi