Gevurah
Gevurah or Geburah (Hebrew: גְּבוּרָה, romanized: Gəvūrā, Tiberian: Găḇūrā, lit. 'strength'),[1][2] is the fifth sephirah in the kabbalistic tree of life, and it is the second of the emotive attributes of the sephirot. It sits below Binah, across from Chesed and above Hod.
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Gevurah is "the essence of judgment (DIN) and limitation", and corresponds to awe and the element of fire.[3]
According to some modern sources, Gevurah is associated with the color red.[4]
Description
Gevurah is the fifth of the ten Sefirot and second of the emotive attributes in Creation, and which corresponds to the second day of creation[5] (Zohar 2:127b).
Notes
- Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
- "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 1369. geburah".
- Samuel, Gabriella (18 October 2007). Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism. TarcherPerigee. ISBN 978-1585425600.
- "Sefirot". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- Kaplan Inner Space 1990: p. 61
References
- Bahir, translated by Aryeh Kaplan (1995). Aronson. (ISBN 1-56821-383-2)
- The Tanya of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Elucidated by Rabbi Yosef Wineberg. Kehot Publication Society.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) via "Lessons in Tanya". Chabad.org. Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center. - Samuel, Gabriella (2007). The Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. ISBN 978-1-58542-560-0.
- Rabbi Shimon Leiberman. "Kabbala #11: Gevurah: The Strength of Judgment". Kabbalah 101. Aish.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- Kaplan, Rabbi Aryeh (1990). Sutton, Abraham (ed.). Inner Space. Brooklyn, NY: Moznaim. p. 254. ISBN 0-940118-56-4.
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