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Glossary
of
Kabbalah and Chassidut
and other Hebrew terms
found on this web-site
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- Da'at
("Knowledge"):
- 1. Da?at is the third and
last conscious power of intellect in Creation, counted as one of the ten
sefirot when keter,
the superconscious, is not counted.
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- 2. the unifying force within the
ten sefirot
- For further explanation see: The
Divine Emanations--Da'at.
- Dalet:
- Dalet is the 4th of the Hebrew
alphabet.
- For further explanation see Alef-Beit
Significances
- Also see: The
Mystical Significance of the Hebrew Letters (including an image and
audio pronunciation of each letter).
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- Deveikut:
("clinging"):
- Deveikut is a state of
union wherein two parties lose awareness of themselves as separate
entities and experience themselves as one undifferentiated essence. Deveikut
may occur both between the soul and G-d, as it is written, "and
you who cling unto G-d your G-d?" (Deuteronomy 4:4) and
between husband and wife, as it is written, "?and cling unto his
wife" (Genesis 2:24).
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- Din ("judgement"):
- 1. a synonym for gevurah.
2. (pl. dinim, "judgements") a manifestation of this
attribute.
3. a synonym for kal vechomer.
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- Dinim
("judgements"):
- plural of din (second
sense).
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- Divinity:
- The highest of the three
dimensions in which everything exists, as taught by the Ba'al
Shem Tov. Also see Souls and Worlds.
The material
contained on this site has been prepared by
Gal Einai Institute,
a United States non-profit organization dedicated to disseminating and implementing the inner wisdom of the
Torah--Kabbalah and Chassidut--as taken from the
teachings of
Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh
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