Chestnut (color) Chestnut (color) Chestnut is a colour, a medium reddish shade of brown (displayed right), and is named after the nut of the chestnut tree. An alternate name for the colour is badious. Indian red is a similar but separate and distinct colour from "chestnut". Chestnut is also a very dark tan that almost appears brown. The name "chestnut" derives from the color of the nut of the chestnut tree. The first recorded use of "chestnut" as a color term in English was in 1555. The color maroon is also named after the chestnut (via French "marron"). Deep chestnut is the
Practical Kabbalah historical texts, but most Kabbalists have taught that its use is forbidden. It is contrasted with the mainstream tradition in Kabbalah of "Kabbalah Iyunit" (contemplative Kabbalah), that seeks to explain the nature of God and the nature of existence through theological study and Jewish meditative techniques. According to Gershom Scholem, many of the teachings of practical Kabbalah predate and are independent of the theoretical Kabbalah which is usually associated with the term: "Halakha" (Jewish religious law) forbids divination and other forms of soothsaying, and the Talmud lists many persistent yet condemned divining practices. The very frequency with which divination is