Kabbalistic words and phrases

thumb|upright=1|Lilith (painting)|Lilith (1887) by John Collier Lilith (; ; also spelled Lilit, Lilitu, or Lilis) is a feminine figure in Mesopotamian and Jewish mythology. According to accounts in the Talmud she is a primordial she-demon. Based on Medieval Jewish folklore, Lilith is said to have fled from the Garden of Eden because she did not want to submit to Adam.

thumb|class=skin-invert-image|The Tetragrammaton in Hebrew letters (yod/Y) (he/H) (vav/W) (he/H) The Tetragrammaton is the four-letter Hebrew-language theonym (transliterated as YHWH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible. The four Hebrew letters, written and read from right to left, are yod, he, vav, and he. The name may be derived from a verb that means 'to be', 'to exist', 'to cause to become', or 'to come to pass'.

A golem ( ; ) is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late-16th-century rabbi of Prague. According to Moment magazine, "the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. It can be a victim or villain, man or woman—or sometimes both. Over the centuries, it has been used to connote war, community, isolation, hope, and despair."

tree of forbidden fruit of knowledge in first biblical narrative, book of Genesis

pair of individuals, peoples, or lands in the Bible and the Qur'an

In numerology, gematria (; or , plural or , borrowed via Aramaic from ) is the practice of assigning a numerical value to a name, word, or phrase by reading it as a number, or sometimes by using an alphanumeric cipher. The letters of the alphabets involved have standard numerical values, but a word can yield several values if a cipher is used.

Sefirot (, plural of סְפִירָה) meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the seder hishtalshelut (the chained descent of the metaphysical Four Worlds). The term is alternatively transliterated into English as sephirot/sephiroth, singular sefira/sephirah.

Shekhinah ( or ) is the romanization of a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling". Shekhinah denotes the manifest divine presence of God and is an extensively discussed concept in the Talmud, philosophy, the Midrash, Hasidic thought, and Kabbalah in Judaism. Unlike other Hebrew terms for divinity that emphasize transcendence or sovereignty of God, Shekhinah uniquely conveys the immanent, relational aspect of the Divine as experienced within the world—particularly in communal, liturgical, or revelatory contexts, such as its accompaniment of the Israelites during the Babylonian captivity an

in Kabbalah, the first spiritual World that came into being after the contraction of God's infinite light

mystic and kabbalistic simbology related to life whose meaning depends on culture or religion

main work of the Chabad philosophy

Notarikon () is a Talmudic method of interpreting Biblical words as acronyms. The same term may also be used for a Kabbalistic method of using the acronym of a Biblical verse as a name for God. Another variation uses the first and last letters, or the two middle letters of a word, to form another word. The word "notarikon" is borrowed from the Greek language (νοταρικόν), and was derived from the Latin word "notarius" meaning "shorthand writer."

The tzimtzum or tsimtsum () is a term used in Lurianic Kabbalah to explain Isaac Luria's doctrine that God began the process of creation by limiting the Ohr Ein Sof (infinite light) of the Godhead in order to allow for a conceptual space in which the Four Worlds, or finite realms, could exist. This primordial initial contraction, forming a "vacant space" () into which new creative light could beam, is denoted by general reference to the tzimtzum. In Kabbalistic interpretation, tzimtzum gives rise to the paradox of simultaneous divine presence and absence within the vacuum and resultant Creatio

In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (, "peels", "shells", or "husks", qəlippā; originally, ) are the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, the opposites of the sefirot. The realm of evil is called Sitra Achra () in Kabbalistic texts.

in Kabbalah, God is prior to any self-manifestation in the production of any spiritual realm

Kabbalistic ceremony invoked to block forgiveness of sin

approach to interpretation in Torah study

Devekut, debekuth, deveikuth or deveikus (; traditionally "clinging on" to God) is a Jewish concept referring to closeness to God. It may refer to a deep, trance-like meditative state attained during Jewish prayer, Torah study, or when performing the 613 commandments. It is particularly associated with the Jewish mystical tradition.

one of the 10 sephirot

Chokmah (, also transliterated as chokma, chokhmah or hokhma) is the Biblical Hebrew word rendered as "wisdom" in English Bible versions (LXX sophia, Vulgate ''''). It is the second of the ten sefirot in Kabbalah, and represents the first power of conscious intellect and subtle manifestation, emerging from Keter's pure potentiality. It embodies wisdom coming from nothingness, as highlighted in the Book of Job and the Bahir. Chokmah is the primordial point of divine wisdom that becomes comprehensible through Binah.

Gilgul (also Gilgul neshamot or Gilgulei HaNeshamot; Heb. , Plural: Gilgulim) is a concept of reincarnation or "transmigration of souls" in Kabbalistic esoteric mysticism. In Hebrew, the word gilgul means "cycle" or "wheel" and neshamot is the plural for "souls." Souls are seen to cycle through lives or incarnations, being attached to different human bodies over time. Which body they associate with depends on their particular task in the physical world, spiritual levels of the bodies of predecessors and so on. The concept relates to the wider processes of history in Kabbalah, involving cosmic

Malkuth (; "kingdom"; Ashkenazi: Malkhus ), Malkhut, Malkhuth, or Malchus, is the tenth of the sefirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.

Yesod (Hebrew: יְסוֹד Yəsōḏ, Tiberian: Yăsōḏ, "foundation") is a sephirah or node in the kabbalistic Tree of Life, a system of Jewish philosophy. Yesod, located near the base of the Tree, is the sephirah below Hod and Netzach, and above Malkuth (the kingdom). It is seen as a vehicle allowing movement from one thing or condition to another (the power of connection). Yesod, Kabbalah, and the Tree of Life are Jewish concepts adopted by various philosophical systems including Christianity, New Age Eastern-based mysticism, and Western esoteric practices.

Jewish demonic creature

thumb|Keter as depicted in a Mizrah#Mizrah in Jewish homes|Mizrach printing by Samuel Habib (1828)

rabbi who uses practical kabbalah for healing, miracles, exorcism and blessing

thumb|The sheyd Asmodeus|Ashmodai () in birdlike form, with typical rooster feet, as depicted in Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae, 1775 thumb|Child sacrifice to the sheyd Molekh (), showing the typical depiction of the Ammonite deity Moloch of the [[Old Testament in medieval and modern sources (illustration by Charles Foster for Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us, 1897)]]

Tiferet ( Tip̄ʾereṯ, in pausa: תִּפְאָרֶת Tip̄ʾāreṯ, lit. 'beauty, glory, adornment') alternatively Tifaret, Tiphareth, Tifereth or Tiphereth, is the sixth sefira in the kabbalistic Tree of Life. It has the common association of "Spirituality", "Balance", "Integration", "Beauty", "Miracles", and "Compassion".

Gevurah or Geburah (, Tiberian: Găḇūrā, lit. 'strength'), 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.

kabbalah philosophy

A method used by Kabbalists to derive a meaning by rearranging characters, words and sentences.

Kavanah, kavvanah, or kavana (, plural kawwānot) means "intention" or "sincere feeling, direction of the heart". It is a theological concept in Rabbinic Judaism about a worshiper's state of mind, heart, sincerity, devotion, and emotional absorption during prayers. It is the mindset often described as necessary for rituals and prayers. '

Atziluth or Atzilut (also Olam Atsiluth, עוֹלָם אֲצִילוּת, literally "the World of Emanation") is the highest of four worlds in which exists the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is also known as "near to God." Beri'ah follows it. It is known as the World of Emanations, or the World of Causes. In Lurianic Kabbalah, each of the Sephiroth in this world is associated with a name of God, and it is associated with the suit of wands in the tarot.

Netzach () is the seventh of the ten sefirot in the Jewish mystical system of Kabbalah. It is located beneath Chesed ('loving-kindness'), at the base of the "Pillar of Mercy" which also consists of Chokmah ('wisdom'). Netzach generally translates to 'eternity', and in the context of Kabbalah refers to 'victory' (literal meaning), 'perpetuity', or 'endurance'. Within the Sefiroth, Netzach sits geometrically across from Hod.

In the branch of Jewish mysticism known as Kabbalah, Daʻat or '''Da'ath (, in pausa: ', ) is the location (the mystical state) where all ten sefirot in the Tree of Life are united as one.

8th of the 10 sephirot

belief the serpent mated with Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the offspring of their union was Cain

16th-century book of Kabbalah, ethics and morality

concepts in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy

in Kabbalah, the chain-like descent of spiritual worlds (olamot) between God and Creation

Partzufim or Partsufim (, singular partzuf, , from Greek: πρόσωπον prósopon "face" or "mask"), are "countenances" or "personas" of God described in the Zohar.