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(Created page with "Sefiras HaGevurah is the fifth sefirah among the ten sefiros. This sefirah is the second among the middos, and it stands on the left line parallel to Sefiras HaChesed which is on the right line. Unlike Sefiras HaChesed, whose essence is love and influence with moderation in the aspect of water, the essence of Sefiras HaGevurah is yirah (fear/awe), and influence with intensity in the aspect of fire. Therefore, Sefiras HaGevurah is in the aspect of midas hadin (attribute...") |
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It is explained that the name Elokim is in the middah of Gevurah, based on the verse: "For Havayah Elokim is a sun and shield" and it is explained in Chassidus that just as there is a shield and sheath for the sun, so too there is a shield and sheath for the name Havayah, and it is the name Elokim. Because the purpose of the name Elokim is to contract and conceal the infinite light of the name Havayah so that the world and the created beings will not be nullified from the intensity of the light. | It is explained that the name Elokim is in the middah of Gevurah, based on the verse: "For Havayah Elokim is a sun and shield" and it is explained in Chassidus that just as there is a shield and sheath for the sun, so too there is a shield and sheath for the name Havayah, and it is the name Elokim. Because the purpose of the name Elokim is to contract and conceal the infinite light of the name Havayah so that the world and the created beings will not be nullified from the intensity of the light. | ||
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