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The period of 49 days is known as the "omer period" or simply as "the omer" or "sefirah". [1] The count has its origins in the biblical command of the Omer offering (or sheaf-offering), which was offered on Passover, and after which 49 days were counted, and the Shavuot holiday was observed.
Sefirot (/ s f ɪ ˈ r oʊ t, ˈ s f ɪr oʊ t /; Hebrew: סְפִירוֹת, romanized: səp̄īrōṯ, plural of Koinē Greek: σφαῖρα, lit. 'sphere' [1]), [2] meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, [3] through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the seder hishtalshelut (the chained descent of ...
Beriah is the realm of the "Divine Throne", denoting the sefirot configuration of Atziluth descending into Beriah like a King on a Throne. The sefirah Binah (Understanding) predominates, representing Divine intellect. Yetzirah (יְצִירָה),Formation. On this level, created beings assume shape and form.
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 ...
The concept of Binah has its roots in early Jewish mystical texts, such as the Sefer Yetzirah, which dates between the 2nd and 6th centuries CE.In this foundational work, Binah is associated with the sefirot, the ten attributes through which the Infinite reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and higher metaphysical realms.
Keter, although being the highest sefirah of its world, receives from the sefirah of Malkuth of the domain above it (see Sephirot). The uppermost Keter sits below no other sefirah, although it is below Ohr Ein Sof ("Infinite Light"), which is the source of all Sefirot. [citation needed]
Hod is described as being a force that breaks down energy into different, distinguishable forms, and it is associated with intellectuality, learning and ritual, as opposed to Netzach, Victory, which is the power of energy to overcome all barriers and limitations, and is associated with emotion and passion, music and dancing.
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