29-10-2020, 12:46 AM
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Jewish Mysticism
by J. Abelson
[1913]
Quote:
"The original abode of the Shechinah was among the 'taḥtonim,' i.e. the lower ones, i.e. human beings,
earth. When Adam sinned, it ascended away to the first heaven. With Cain's sin, it ascended to the second;
with Enoch's, to the third; with the generation of the Flood, to the fourth;
with the generation of the Tower of Babel, to the fifth; with the Sodomites, to the sixth.
With the sin of the Egyptians in the days of Abraham, it ascended to the seventh.
Corresponding to these there arose seven righteous men who brought the Shechinah down back to earth again.
These were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Kehath, Amram, and Moses."
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I found this passage interesting. I would like to know more of the Shekinah.  |