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The tree of life (Hebrew: עֵץ חַיִּים, romanized: ʿēṣ ḥayyim or no: אִילָן, romanized: ʾilān, lit. 'tree') is a diagram used in Rabbinical Judaism in kabbalah and other mystical traditions derived from it. [1] It is usually referred to as the "kabbalistic tree of life" to distinguish it from the tree of life that ...
Solomon likens his Shulamite love interest to the last-named flower, also referred to in the Mishnah as the "king's rose." [2] According to the Tanakh, ancient Jews made us of flowers as a natural form of decoration. In Jerusalem, during Shavuot, [3] the first crop of fruits presented at the altar was adorned with the finest blossoms. [4]
Commenting upon the command to love the neighbor [5] is a discussion recorded [6] between Rabbi Akiva, who declared this verse in Leviticus to contain the great principle of the Law ("Kelal gadol ba-Torah"), and Ben Azzai, who pointed to Genesis 5:1 ("This is the book of the generations of Adam; in the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him"), as the verse expressing the ...
t. e. Keter or Kether (Hebrew: כֶּתֶר ⓘ, Keṯer, lit. "crown") is the first of the ten sefirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, symbolizing the divine will and the initial impulse towards creation from the Ein Sof, or infinite source. It represents pure consciousness and transcends human understanding, often referred to as "Nothing ...
The word hosanna (Latin osanna, Greek ὡσαννά, hōsanná) is from Hebrew הוֹשִׁיעָה־נָּא, הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּאhôšîʿâ-nā and related to Aramaic ܐܘܿܫܲܥܢܵܐ (ʾōshaʿnā) meaning 'save, rescue, savior'. [ 2 ] In the Hebrew Bible it is used only in verses such as "help" or "save, I pray" (Psalms 118:25 ...
t. e. Agape (/ ɑːˈɡɑːpeɪ, ˈɑːɡəˌpeɪ, ˈæɡə -/; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē)) is "the highest form of love, charity " and "the love of God for [human beings] and of [human beings] for God". [2] This is in contrast to philia, brotherly love, or philautia, self-love, as it embraces a profound sacrificial love that ...
The noun chesed inherits both senses, on one hand 'zeal, love, kindness towards someone' and on the other 'zeal, ardour against someone; envy, reproach'. In its positive sense it is used to describe mutual benevolence, mercy or pity between people, devotional piety of people towards God, as well as the grace, favour or mercy of God towards people.
The kavanah is therefore the strength that the devotee uses in the intention towards God: in other words, it is a sort of concentration followed by the truthful perception of a response to faith, that is, when one is certain that God listens, precisely during the ecstatic action of the bond with God, in this realization.