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  2. Sefirot - Wikipedia

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    Kabbalah uses subtle anthropomorphic analogies and metaphors to describe God in Judaism, both the God-world relationship, and the inner nature of the divine. These include the metaphor of the soul-body relationship, the functions of human soul-powers, the configuration of human bodily form, and female-male influences in the divine.

  3. Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah - Wikipedia

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    Kabbalah, the central system in Jewish mysticism, uses anthropomorphic mythic symbols to metaphorically describe manifestations of God in Judaism.Based on the verses "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" (Genesis 1:27) [1] and "from my flesh shall I see God" (Job 19:26), [2] Kabbalah uses the form of the human body to describe ...

  4. Four Worlds - Wikipedia

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    Kabbalah distinguishes between two types of Divine light that emanate through the 10 sefirot (Divine emanations) from the Infinite , to create or affect reality. There is a continual flow of a "lower" light, the Mimalei Kol Olmin , the light of eminence that "fills all worlds" is the creating force in each descending world, that itself ...

  5. Kabbalah - Wikipedia

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    But above all, Jewish Kabbalah is a set of sacred and magical teachings meant to explain the relationship between the unchanging, eternal God—the mysterious Ein Sof (אֵין סוֹף ‎, 'The Infinite') [30] [31] —and the mortal, finite universe (God's creation). [2] [30]

  6. Binah (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia

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    Binah is associated with the feminine aspect of divinity. The Bahir states: "For you shall call Understanding a Mother" (Bahir 75). [8] Classical Jewish texts further elaborate, stating that "Binah yeterah natun l'nashim" ("an extra measure of Binah was given to women"). [9] In its fully articulated form, Binah possesses two partzufim.

  7. Seder hishtalshelus - Wikipedia

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    Preparatory stages in Or Ein Sof "God's Infinite Light" before the beginning of the creative process. The Or Ein Sof is a paradoxical form of divine self-revelation. These are above any world/limitation. Kabbalah considered whether Ein Sof represents God's divine essence or God as First Cause.

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  9. Tree of life (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia

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    An eleventh sefirah, Da'at, appears in some diagrams of the tree halfway between Keter (node 1) and Tiferet (node 6). [15] The diagram is also used in Christian Kabbalah, Hermetic Qabalah, and Theosophy. [16] The nodes are also associated with deities, angels, celestial bodies, moral values, single colors or combinations of them, and specific ...