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Nisan – the Hebrew name for the first month of the year during which of Moses), Nevi’im (the eleven books of the Prophets), and
Pesach (Passover) is celebrated; associated with redemption, Ketuvim (k=ch; the eight books of the Writings).
freedom, and renewal.
Targum Yonatan – Yonatan ben Uziel’s first century Aramaic
Olam Hatikkun – the World of Rectification; the name the Arizal translation of the five books of Moses and the Prophets. His
used to refer to the present state of reality, whose motivating translation included deeper explanations of the text.
purpose is to repair the damage from the “breaking of the Teshuvah – “repentance” or, more literally, “returning to God.” The
vessels.”
ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, when Jews
Olam Hatohu – see Tohu. make a practical and spiritual accounting, are referred to as the
Ten Days of Repentance.
Onkelos – A translation of the five Books of Moses into Aramaic by
a well-known convert to Judaism in the 2 century. Tetragrammaton – the most essential four-letter name of God. It is
nd
not pronounced the way it is written.
PaRDeS – an acronym literally meaning “orchard” – a term coined
by the Rabbis to refer to their four-tiered system of biblical Tikkun – “rectification” and “repair”; in the Kabbalistic cosmology
interpretation, which revealed that each word, verse, story, and of the Arizal the World of Rectification, our present state of
mitzvah in the Torah could be simultaneously understood on reality, came into being following “the breaking of the vessels,”
four different levels: which occurred in the previous World of Chaos.
פ – P – Peshat – the straightforward or literal meaning of the Tikkunei Zohar – Rectifications of the Zohar; one of the important
text. components of Zoharic literature attributed to Rabbi Shimon
ר – R – Remez – the deeper meaning, alluded to or hinted at by bar Yochai.
the text. Tishrei – the Hebrew name for the seventh month of the year; the
ד – D – Derash – the allegorical, metaphorical, or symbolic holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini
meaning of the text, revealed by the Midrashic tradition, Atzeret take place during this month.
often contained in a body of rabbinic works known as
the the Midrash. Tohu – “chaos”; the World of Chaos (Olam Hatohu) manifests the
ס – S – Sod – the mystical or secret meaning, revealed by the primordial state of un-rectified reality, when the initial,
Kabbalistic tradition. premature vessels of creation could not contain the powerful
lights of creation; this led to the “breaking of the vessels.”
Parsah – a Talmudic measurement; approximately four miles. Tzaddik – “righteous individual”; pl. tzaddikim.
Pirkei Avot – Ethics of the Fathers; one of the sixty-three tractates of Tzara’at – a form of skin disease commonly translated as leprosy that
the Mishnah and one of the most important compilations of also manifests on buildings and clothes. Discussed at length in
the Sages’ sayings, especially in the area of morals and ethics. the book of Leviticus, in the portions of Tazria and Metzora.
Perpetual Mitzvot – six mitzvot that apply to every Jew, in every place Tzimtzum – “contraction”; a Kabbalistic concept denoting the
and at every time, as delineated by Rambam (see Appendix contraction and (apparent) removal of God’s infinite light in
II). order to allow for the creation of finite reality.
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