The movement led by Jacob Frank (1726–1791), known as Frankism, was an 18th-century messianic and antinomian (rejection of moral law) religious movement that emerged within Polish-Lithuanian Jewry.
Core Identity & Claims
Roots: It grew out of the radical wing of Sabbateanism and rejected standard rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud, and conventional halakha (Jewish law), turning instead to a distorted, Zohar-based "higher Torah"
Key Doctrines & Practices
The movement became infamous among traditional rabbis for public desecrations of the Sabbath, boundary-breaking sexual rituals, and elevating female figures (including Frank's daughter, Eve) to divine or quasi-messianic status.
","author_name":"The Geopolitical Blueprint"}