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In Sefer Yetzirah the 10 Sefirot are always referred to as Sefirot of Nothingness בלימה (blimah).  Unlike the 22 Letters which can be expressed in speech, the10 Sefirot are conceptual, perceived in the mind.  And so are numbers. This image depicts the 10 Sefirot  as a Tree of Life Diagram with 3 vertical columns.  It representsthe human form as a reflection of the Divine.


                                              כתר (Keter) Crown

 בינה (Binah) Understanding                                חכמה (Chochmah) Wisdom

                                                 

גבורה (Gevurah) Strength                                        חסד (Chesed) Kindness

                                          תפארת (Tiferet) Beauty

  הוד (Hod) Majesty                                                     נצח (Netzach) Victory

                                      יסוד (Yesod) Foundation

 

                                     מלכות (Malchut) Kingship


From Sefer Yetzirah:  “10 Sefirot of Nothingness - Their vision is like the appearance of lightning and their limit has no end.  They speak of them as running and returning.  They rush to His saying like a whirlwind, and before His throne they bow.“


The Kabbalah teaches that God created and guides the Universe on our level, in a limited way that we experience as our Souls move in Space and Time.  We can have a vision or get a flash of insight into the nature of the 10 Sefirot, but if we ‘run’ to think that we can know them completely we must ‘return’ to the truth that ‘their limit has no end’.  That is why the Sefer Yetzirah says: “10 Sefirot of Nothingness - Bridle (בלום) your mouth from speaking and your heart from thinking.  And if your mouth ‘runs’ to speak and your heart to think, ‘return’ to your place, as it says, ‘The Creatures (of the Merkava of Ezekiel 1) running and returning.’”  

 

 

 

 

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