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Wonders / Niflaot — hod-continuum

Выпуск: Wonders / Niflaot — hod-continuum. Темы: не определены автоматически. Then I will remove My hand and you will see my back, but My face may not be seen.” 2 Though Moses longed to see God and know His ways directly he was told that he would only be able to see His “back.” This sense of indirect sight is represented by “vision.” In Aramaic, a language considered the "backside" of Hebrew, the word for “sight” (‫ ) ְראִ יָּה‬is translated as “vision” (‫)חָ ז ֹון‬. God acquiesced to this appeal as well, but informed him, “You will not be able to see My face, for no human can see My face and live.” God continued, “Behold, there is a place with Me; you may stand on the rock; I will shield you with My hand until I have passed. Isaiah, referring to the precise description of the anticipated future redemption states: “For since the beginning of the world, men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, that a God besides You should do such a thing for him that waits for Him.”3 Though the prophet transmits the word of God to the people, He does so using allegory. The “backside” or impression of God in philosophic and Kabbalistic terms implies the possibility of evil, a necessary component in God’s plan for the world, as only this ensures the possibility of free choice through which man strives to reach his potential as a being created in the image of God. According to Kabbalah all forms of evil and destruction suck their life-force from the sefirah of hod, as alluded to in the verse, “And I Daniel alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me, for my comely appearance [literally: my hod] was horribly changed and I retained no strength.” 4 Daniel’s change of appearance (from the root hod) and lack of strength alludes to the forces of evil sucking from the sefirah of hod. Many of the sages were able to look at young children and proclaim their great potential, “From a little sprout, I can tell what he will turn into.” 5 Although prophecy no longer fully manifests itself as a regular faculty among the Jewish people, each person retains the potential glimmer of prophecy deep within. This property is similar to that of selflessness and making one’s self “small,

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Wonders

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16 мая 2025 г.

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