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The Kabbalists, those seekers of hidden wisdom, grappled with this very problem. They spoke of the Eyn Sof, often translated as "the Infinite" or "Without End." Think of it: a real...
In Kabbalah, the ancient mystical tradition of Judaism, we find a similar concept when we talk about the Sefirot. What are the Sefirot? Imagine them as divine attributes, emanation...
Imagine the awe, the terror, the overwhelming sense of the presence of HaShem. But what did they actually see? Moses, in his wisdom, warns the Israelites, “And guard your souls ver...
The Sefirot are often described as emanations of God's light, divine attributes through which the unknowable manifests in the world. But what are they, really? The Kalach Pitchei C...
And not only that, but we're actually encouraged – obligated, even – to try and decipher it. The text we're looking at today comes from Kalach Pitchei Chochmah, a deeply complex Ka...
It's not a static picture, that's for sure. It's dynamic, alive, and filled with light. More specifically, two kinds of light. The text Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a key source in und...
At the heart of it is the concept of Eyn Sof, often translated as "the Infinite" or "the Endless." Think of Eyn Sof as the ultimate, boundless source of all existence, beyond compr...
What are the Sefirot, you ask? They're the ten emanations, the ten attributes or aspects, through which the divine, the Eyn Sof (the Infinite), reveals itself and continuously crea...
It suggests that the beginning and the end aren't so different after all, that they're both reflections of something far greater. Consider the words of the prophet Isaiah (44:6): “...
