And Other Hebrew Words from the Website
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- Echad ("One"):
- Echad means unity as it expresses itself in the totality of being.
- For further explanation see: Ten stages of G-d's Infinite Light–Echad
- Ehevi:
- A Holy Name of G-d.
- For further explanation see: Eleven Holy Names of G-d.
- Ekyeh:
- A Holy Name of G-d.
- For further explanation see: Eleven Holy Names of G-d.
- Elokah:
- A Holy Name of G-d.
- For further explanation see: Eleven Holy Names of G-d.
- Elokim:
- A Holy Name of G-d.
- For further explanation see: Eleven Holy Names of G-d.
- Elul:
- The sixth of the twelve months of the Jewish calendar.
- For further explanation see "Living With the Times"–The Month of Elul. Also see the Hebrew Months.
- Emet ("truth"):
- Emet is the spiritual state associated with the sefirah of yesod.
- For further explanation see: The Powers of the Soul–Emet.
- Emunah ("faith"):
- 1. Emunah is the spiritual state associated with the inner experience of the highest of the three "heads" of keter, the riesha dlo ityada("unknowable head").
- 2. the belief that no matter what G-d does, it is all ultimately for the greatest good, even if it does not appear so to us presently. See bitachon.
- For further explanation see: The Powers of the Soul–Emunah.
- Eretz Yisrael ("The land of Israel."):
- Etrog ("the citron fruit"):
- The Etrog is one of the four species taken up on the holiday of Sukkot. See Lulav.
- Etz Chaim ("The Tree of Life"):
- Etz Chaim is a key symbol in the Kabbalah for the unfolding structure of reality.
- Etzem v'hitpashtut (Essence and extension):
- Etzem v'hitpashtut one of two fundamental dynamics in Creation, implying the extension of Divine energy and lifeforce from its source (etzem) into the domain of Creation (see he'elem v'gilui).
