מילון מונחים
המונחים שחיבור זה משאיר בלשונם. במקום שתרגום היה משטח את המשמעות, המונח נשאר ומוסבר במקומו.
- מַלְכוּתMalchus / Malchut
- Kingship; the tenth Sefirah — the receiver in whom reception becomes response.hebrew
- סְפִירָהSefirah / Sefiros
- A distinct mode by which Divine light is revealed in relation to worlds.hebrew
- אֵין סוֹףEin Sof
- The Infinite. Prior to every distinction, including masculine and feminine.hebrew
- כֶּתֶרKeter
- Crown; the will that precedes intellect.hebrew
- חָכְמָהChochmah
- The flash of insight before it is developed.hebrew
- בִּינָהBinah
- Understanding; the womb in which insight is given breadth.hebrew
- דַּעַתDaas
- Knowing as connection, not merely as information.hebrew
- חֶסֶדChesed
- Overflowing kindness.hebrew
- גְּבוּרָהGevurah
- Restraint, measure, the strength that withholds.hebrew
- תִּפְאֶרֶתTiferes
- Harmony; beauty as the reconciliation of Chesed and Gevurah.hebrew
- נֶצַחNetzach
- Endurance, victory, persistence.hebrew
- הוֹדHod
- Splendour; acknowledgement, the yielding that is not defeat.hebrew
- יְסוֹדYesod
- Foundation; the channel that gathers and transmits.hebrew
- שְׁכִינָהShechinah
- The indwelling Divine presence — the presence that goes into exile rather than leave.hebrew
- חַוָּה קַדְמוֹנָהChavah Kadmonah
- The primordial feminine orientation; an original synthesis offered for contemplation, not a received authority.hebrew
- אָדָם קַדְמוֹןAdam Kadmon
- The primordial configuration of Divine intention.hebrew
- אוֹר יָשָׁרor yashar
- Direct light — the descending current.hebrew
- אוֹר חוֹזֵרor chozer
- Returning light — the current after it has turned.hebrew
- צִמְצוּםtzimtzum
- Concealment that makes room. Not literal Divine absence.hebrew
- בִּטּוּלbittul
- Self-nullification: the end of self-authorship, not of self.hebrew
- יֵשׁyesh
- Somethingness; the experience of independent existence.hebrew
- דִּירָה בְּתַחְתּוֹנִיםdirah betachtonim
- A dwelling in the lowest realms — the purpose of creation.hebrew
- תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָבTorah Shebiksav
- The Written Torah.hebrew
- תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּהTorah Shebe'al Peh
- The Oral Torah — identified with Malchus.hebrew
- תְּפִלָּהtefillah
- Prayer; the world speaking back.hebrew
- תְּשׁוּבָהteshuvah
- Return — not repair of a fault, but the self returned to its Source.hebrew
- גְּאֻלָּהGeulah
- Redemption.hebrew
- גָּלוּתgalus
- Exile — read here as gestation, never as destiny.hebrew
- מָשִׁיחַMoshiach
- The anointed king; Malchus coming of age.hebrew
- כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלKnesses Yisrael
- The collective soul of Israel — the great receiver.hebrew
- בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁBeis HaMikdash
- The Temple; Malchus made architecture.hebrew
- מַלְכֻיּוֹתMalchuyos
- The Rosh Hashanah blessings in which kingship is accepted from below.hebrew
- שַׁבָּתShabbos
- The seventh day; the queen who receives the week.hebrew
- אֱמוּנָהemunah
- Faithfulness — closer to loyalty in the dark than to belief in the light.hebrew
- פָּנִים / אֲחוֹרַיִיםpanim / achorayim
- Face and back — relation turned toward, or turned away.hebrew
- לֵית לָהּ מִגַּרְמַהּ כְּלוּםleis lah m'garmah klum
- “She has nothing of her own.” The paradox the whole essay turns on.hebrew
- לְךָ ה׳ הַמַּמְלָכָהLecha Hashem hamamlachah
- “To You, Hashem, is the kingdom.”hebrew
- סוֹף מַעֲשֶׂה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּהsof maaseh b'machshavah techilah
- “Last in deed, first in thought.”hebrew
- נָעוּץ סוֹפָן בִּתְחִלָּתָןna'utz sofan b'techilasan
- “Their end is driven into their beginning.”hebrew