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Glossary
of
Kabbalah and Chassidut
and other Hebrew terms
found on this web-site
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- Kabbalah
("receiving" or "tradition"):
- Kabbalah is the esoteric
dimension of the Torah.
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- Kabbalat
Shabbat ("welcoming the Sabbath"):
- The series of psalms and hymns,
etc. recited as a prelude to the Friday night prayer service, to mark
the onset of the Sabbath.
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- Kaddish (pl.
Kaddishim):
- The Kaddish is a prayer
sanctifying G-d's Name which is used to signal passage from one stage to
another of the liturgy.
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- Kaf:
- Kaf is the 11th letter
of the Hebrew alphabet.
- For further explanation see Alef-Beit
Significances.
- Also see: The
Mystical Significance of the Hebrew Letters (including an image and
audio pronunciation of each letter).
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- Kah (Yud Hei):
- A Holy Name of G-d.
- For further explanation see: Eleven
Holy Names of G-d.
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- Kal veChomer:
- One of the thirteen
hermeneutical methods, in which conclusions are reached by reasoning a
fortiori.
- Kav
("line"):
- The ray of light beamed into the
vacated space created in consequence of the tzimtzum.
For further explanation see: Sod Ha'Tzimtzum--Kav.
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- Kavanah
("intention"):
- 1. the intention or ideas with
which one meditatively imbues his actions.
- 2. a specific idea so used.
- Kavanot:
(plural of kavanah).
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- Kedushah
("Holiness"):
- See Yabok.
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- Kehunah (The
"Priesthood"):
- (See Kohen).
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- Kel:
- A Holy Name of G-d.
- For further explanation see: Eleven
Holy Names of G-d.
- Kelipah ("Shell";
pl. Kelipot):
- Kelipah is the figurative
"husk" of evil that surrounds and conceals the sparks of
Divine light distributed throughout the universe.
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- Keter ("Crown"):
- Keter is the first of the
ten sefirot.
- For further explanation see: The
Divine Emanations--Keter.
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- Ketubah ("written"):
- The Jewish marriage contract.
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- Kiddush:
("Sanctification"):
- Kiddush is the
ritual performed on the Sabbath
and festival days, consisting of a liturgical text recited over a full
cup of wine which is then drunk.
- Kingdom (Malchut):
- "Kingdom" is the last
of the ten sefirot, and seventh
of the emotive attributes in Creation.
- For further explanation see: The
Divine Emanations--Malchut.
- Kipah:
- A Kipah is a skullcap
worn by Jewish males.
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- Kislev:
- Kislev is the ninth of
the twelve months of the Jewish calendar.
- For further explanation see
"Living With the Times"--The
Month of Kislev. Also see the Hebrew
Months.
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- Kittel
("small coat"):
- A white linen robe worn on Yom
Kippur.
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- Knowledge (Da'at):
- "Knowledge" is
the third and last conscious power of intellect in Creation.
- For further explanation see: The
Divine Emanations--Da'at.
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- Kohen
("Priest"; pl. kohanim):
- A kohen is a descendant
of Aaron the High Priest (brother of Moses), whose role is to officiate
at the various rites performed in the Temple.
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- Kosher ("fit"
or "proper"):
- 1. Kosher
"fit," used of anything in the sense of "proper" or
"good."
2. Iin reference to food, used to mean complying with the requirements
of Jewish dietary laws.
- Kuf:
- Kuf is the 19th letter
of the Hebrew alphabet.
- For further explanation see Alef-Beit
Significances.
- Also see: The
Mystical Significance of the Hebrew Letters (including an image and
audio pronunciation of each letter).
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