The Sefirot
The Sefiroth can be interpreted in a number of different ways, but here it is interpreted as expressing the attributes of God as envisioned by Kabbalistic (Jewish) mystics. The numbers depict the sequence in which God is thought to manifest his attributes. Although God is envisioned as having attributes, none of these attributes is seen as being independent of the others. Each attribute interpenetrates and contains all the others, for God is a singular and indivisible entity.
| (1) Keter / Ayin The Supreme Crown of God / Nothingness; God's self-concealment and mystery |
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| (3) Binah The Intelligence of God which is the agent of thought and the source of all differentiation |
(2) Hokhmah The Wisdom of God; Out of the Nothingness, a primordial point broke forth (Hokmah) which represents the potentiality of everything that was to be; this point is intermediate between nothingness and being |
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| (5) Din The Power of God, chiefly manifested through judgment and the setting of limits |
(4) Hesed The Long-suffering Forebearance and Mercy of God; God's patience |
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| (6) Rahamim The Love and Compassion of God which mediates between His forbearance and His imposition of limits; Rahamim is represented by the heart |
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| (8) Hod The Majesty and Glory of God |
(7) Netsah The Triumph of God as expressed in His eternal endurance |
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| (9) Yesod Olam God as the Foundation and Support of All Existence; The Celestial Bridegroom; The King |
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| (10) Malkhut The Kingdom of God; The presence of God in His Creation (the Shekinah); The Celestial Bride; The Queen; The Community of Israel |
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