Jewish mysticism's reputation as a disruptive force requiring containment by religious authorities misses a deeper truth: the tension between spiritual awareness and social order permeates all of Jewish religious life. By challenging Gershom Scholem's influential framework opposing mysticism to rationalism and halakhah, this analysis reveals how Talmudic study, philosophy, biblical exegesis, and legal discourse all contain inherently "anarchic" qualities. Through comparative analysis of classical Jewish sources, particularly Maimonides' works, the research demonstrates that mystical and rational approaches operate in integration rather than opposition. What emerges is a picture where all modes of Jewish existence harbor transformative potential through their engagement with the "spiritual"—defined as awareness of the ineffable and divine presence. The true engine of subversion proves to be spirituality itself rather than mysticism specifically, as it persistently challenges established meanings and consensus. Within Judaism, "social order" manifests through overlapping communities that establish boundaries for acceptable spiritual expression while spirituality continually questions these communal definitions. This productive tension between transcendent awareness and communal structure moves beyond simple notions of domestication to reveal a dynamic essential to Jewish religious life.