Divine glory

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Myths, legends, and mystical writings about Divine glory from across Jewish tradition.

Enoch Stands Before God's Face on the Tenth Heaven

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

Cherubim and Seraphim surrounded the throne. Six-winged, many-eyed, they never departed — standing before God's face, doing His will, covering the entire throne with their wings as...

An Angel Freezes Enoch's Face Before His Return to Earth

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

There was one final thing to do before Enoch could go home. God called one of the older angels — a terrible, menacing being, white as snow, with hands like ice and the appearance o...

Enoch Vanishes into Darkness and His Sons Build an Altar

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

When Enoch had spoken his final words, something extraordinary happened. People from far and near — two thousand of them — heard that the Lord was calling Enoch home, and they came...

God's Glory Filling the Completed Tabernacle

Kabbalah & Mysticism Kabbalah & Mysticism

Parashat Pekudei opens with an accounting of the Tabernacle's materials (Exodus 38:21), but the Kedushat Levi (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev) sees something far deeper than a l...