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- Lamed:
- The 12th letter of the Hebrew
alphabet.
- Also see: Alef-Beit
Significances;The
Mystical Significance of the Hebrew Letters (including an image and
audio pronunciation of each letter).
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- Lamed-vavnik
([Yiddish]):
- One of the thirty-six tzadikim
in every generation in whose merit the world exists. The numerical
value of the two Hebrew letters lamed and vav
is thirty-six.
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- Lecha Dodi
("Come, my beloved"):
- A hymn recited as part of Kabbalat
Shabbat.
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- Levi
("Levite"; pl. Leviim):
- A Levi is a descendant of
Levi, the son of Jacob (excluding the priestly descendants of Aaron),
whose role was to assist the Kohen
in the Temple.
- Leviathan:
- Leviathan is the name of
an archetypal sea-creature, which is destined to wage battle against the
Behemoth, only to be consumed by the righteous at the end of
days; an animal of "the sea" (a symbol for the concealed
realm), it symbolizes the category of righteous souls who are concealed
in this world (and whose essential "occupation" in Torah is
in its concealed aspect, the Kabbalah--esoteric tradition). (See Behemoth,
as well as tzadik nistar).
- Levush (Garment;
pl. levushim):
- Levush is one of the
three primary "expressions" of the inner powers (the enclothed
"limbs") of the soul (or "supernal sefirot")--thought,
speech and action. While the inner powers of the soul are seen to
correspond to the sefirot in the world of Atzilut,
the three "garments" of thought, speech and action are
understood to correspond to the three lower worlds of Beriah,
Yetzirah and Asiyah--respectively.
- Lights:
- See sefirah.
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- Love (Ahavah):
- "Love" is the
spiritual state associated with the sefirah
of chesed.
- For further explanation see The
Powers of the Soul: Ahavah
- Lovingkindness
(Chesed):
- "Lovingkindness" is
the fourth of the ten sefirot,
and the first of the emotive attributes within Creation.
- For further explanation see: The
Divine Emanations--Chesed.
- Lowliness (shiflut):
- "Lowliness" is the
spiritual state associated with the sefirah
of malchut.
- For further explanation see: The
Powers of the Soul--Shiflut.
- Lubavitch
("city of Love" [Russian]):
- The town that
served as the center of the Chabad
movement from 1812 to 1915; the movement became known also after the
name of this town.
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- Lubavitcher Rebbe:
- The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (11 Nissan 1902 - 3 Tamuz 1994), was the
seventh Rebbe of the Chabad dynasty. The Rebbe is widely acknowledged as
the greatest Jewish leader of the second half of the 20th century, a
dominant scholar in both the revealed and hidden aspects of Torah. He
was admired and respected worldwide, by both Jews and non-Jews alike.
The Rebbes fluency in many languages and his expertise in all facets of
human experience -- from the spiritual and emotional to the scientific
and technological -- drew tens of thousands from throughout the world to
consult with him at his New York headquarters. With his extraordinary
love and concern for every Jew on the planet, the Rebbe sent thousands
of emissaries around the globe, dedicated to strengthening Judaism in
the four corners of the earth.
- Lubavitcher:
- 1. someone from the town of Lubavitch.
- 2. [someone or something]
belonging to or of the Chabad
movement.
- Lulav
("palm branch"):
- A Lulav is one of the
four species taken up and ritually shaken on the holiday of Sukkot.
It is bound up with two other species--the hadas ("myrtle
branch") and the aravah ("willow branch"). These
species are held together with the Etrog
during the performance of the ritual.
Luria, Rabbi
Isaac: See Ari.
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