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Orchard of Delights The Sefirot

Technology 6, 28, 151, 644 U
Temple 87, 145, 182, 265-267, Unity 44, 61, 253, 274, 279, 309 Arrangement of the Sefirot
284-287, 305, 313, 338, 339,
342-347
Ten Commandments 39-40, V The ten sefirot are often presented graphically in three vertical
210, 213, 244, 245, 248-250, Vav 150, 177, 193, 258, 269-271, columns: two exterior ones and one interior one. In Kabbalah, the
249, 325
Teshuvah 52, 147, 148, 149, 234, 428, 502-503 left-hand column represents feminine energy; the right-hand column
330, 222, 570, 638 represents masculine energy; and the interior column represents
Tests / Trials 63, 65, 72, 77, 79, W balance and harmony. When we contemplate the arrangement of the
81, 401, 462, 591 sefirot, we detect an internal structure of triangles formed between
Tetragrammaton (Four-letter War 97, 107, 567, 569, 588 the various sefirot. The pictorial representation of the sefirot as
name of God) 48, 72, Water 98, 109, 236, 296, 504 comprising three vertical columns and a series of triangles reveals the
191, 194, 196, 198, 202, 207, crucial importance of relationship, symmetry, and holism in infusing
224, 312 Wealth 82, 175-177 the sefirot with deeper meaning and determining their effect on the
Throne of Glory 135, 438, 469 Wine 58, 187, 239, 432, 350 created world and the human psyche.
Time 90, 124, 156-157, 224-,225, Woman 124, 242, 260, 507
251-252, 306-307, 467-468, World to Come 56, 83, 88, 90, Even though tradition always refers to ten sefirot, in fact there are
574 eleven. Although the following diagram and the chart above present
Tishrei 74, 327 91, 106, 122, 141, 142, 386 all eleven, the sefirot are traditionally depicted in a model comprised
Worlds 53, 55, 121, 404-405, 438
Torah 25, 37, 60, 66, 81, 93, 96, of only ten. This is due to the prime importance of the number ten
98, 106-107, 109, 125, 133, Written Torah 37, 186, 623 discussed throughout this book. In order to build a model depicting
151, 180, 186-187, 208, 217,
221, 236, 255, 270, 490 ten sefirot, either Keter or Da’at is excluded, as both intrinsically
Tree of Knowledge 44, 47-48, Y represent the same basic spiritual energy, albeit on slightly different
58, 135, 142, 219, 243, 283, Yom Kippur 213, 263, 308, 377- levels.
314, 350
385, 629 We should also note that although there are many different
Tree of Life 44, 47-48, 236, 270, divisions of the sefirot, the most basic division corresponding to the
315 Yud 72, 271, 461-462
Tzimtzum 244, 326, 329 human psyche is between the three higher sefirot (Keter, Chochmah,
Tu Beshvat 235, 238-239 Z and Binah or Chochmah, Binah, and Da’at), which represent the
intellectual realms, and the lower seven sefirot, which represent the
Tzaddik 56, 141, 143, 167-169,
237, 318, 560, 696, 636, 363, Zohar 56, 60-62, 257, 353, 390, emotional ones. Within this two-tiered division there are countless
539 437, 552, 604, 621, 624, 631, subtle and varied nuances of meaning on both the spiritual and the
Tzara’at 358-361, 363-376 659-660 practical levels.

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