Essence of Pomegranates

The Fourth Sephirah is that which is called Chesed [Loving-kindness] and Love, and sometimes it is called Gedulah [Greatness]

These three names—Loving-kindness, Greatness, and Love—correspond to the three Patriarchs: Loving-kindness to Abraham, Greatness to Isaac, and Love to Jacob.

Because it is the beginning of the Buildingoriginal: Binyan. In Kabbalah, this refers to the lower seven Sephirot that "build" or structure our manifest reality. and it is the attribute of the First Day [of Creation], and it is the attribute of Abraham our father, peace be upon him. It is the Right Side among all the attributes, and it receives from Wisdomoriginal: Chokhmah and flows to all the attributes, and it guides the world with loving-kindness and mercy. It is called Greatness because it is greater than all the attributes, and it receives from the Crownoriginal: Keter and it guides the world with loving-kindness and mercy. It is called Greatness because it is greater than all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with loving-kindness and mercy. It is called Greatness because it is greater than all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with loving-kindness and mercy.

The Fifth Sephirah is that which is called Pachad [Fear], Gevurah [Strength], and Din [Judgment], and sometimes it is called Elohim

Strength corresponds to Isaac.

From the right side The text here says "right side," though kabbalistically Strength/Judgment is always the Left Side. This may be a scribal error or refers to a specific mystical movement, as the text immediately clarifies it is the "Left Side" in the next phrase. and it is the attribute of Isaac our father, peace be upon him. It is the Left Side among all the attributes, and it receives from Understandingoriginal: Binah and flows to all the attributes, and it guides the world with judgment and mercy. It is called Strength because it overpowers The Hebrew Gevurah (Strength) shares a root with Goveret (overpowering/prevailing). all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with judgment and mercy. It is called Strength because it overpowers all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with judgment and mercy. It is called Strength because it overpowers all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with judgment and mercy.

The Sixth Sephirah is that which is called Tiferet [Beauty], Truth, and Mercy, and sometimes it is called Shalom [Peace]

Beauty corresponds to Jacob.

And these are the Seven Days of the Building, corresponding to the seven days of Creation.

And it is the attribute of Jacob our father, peace be upon him. It is the Body In the metaphorical "Divine Body," Tiferet represents the torso or heart, balancing the two arms of Loving-kindness and Strength. among all the attributes, and it receives from Loving-kindness and from Strength, and it guides the world with mercy. It is called Beauty because it prides itself A wordplay on the root P-A-R, meaning both beauty and glorification/pride. over all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with mercy. It is called Beauty because it prides itself over all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with mercy. It is called Beauty because it prides itself over all the attributes, and it receives from the Crown and it guides the world with mercy.

The Tree of the Sephirot

The following page contains a sacred diagram of the Tree of Life. Ten circles represent the divine attributes, interconnected by twenty-two paths. In a rare display of three-dimensional book-making, the scribe has attached small squares of parchment over the circles. Through these, tufts of yellow silk thread have been knotted, likely to serve as tactile mnemonic devices or to signify the "flow" of divine light through the nodes of the Crown, Wisdom, Understanding, Loving-kindness, Strength, Beauty, Eternity, Splendor, and Foundation.