Gevurah

Gevurah or Geburah (Hebrew: גְּבוּרָה, romanized: Gəvūrā, Tiberian: Găḇūrā, lit. 'strength'),^[1][2] is the fifth sephirah in the kabbalistic Tree of Life, and it is the second of the emotive attributes of the sephirot. It sits below Binah, across from Chesed and above Hod.

The Sefirot in Kabbalah
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Gevurah is "the essence of judgment (DIN) and limitation", and corresponds to awe and the element of fire.^[3]

Description

Gevurah is the fifth of the ten Sefirot and second of the emotive attributes in Creation, and which corresponds to the second day of creation^[4][5]

Qualities

Colour

According to some modern sources, Gevurah is associated with the color red.^{[6][better source needed]}

Ethical behaviour

In Western esotericism

The angelic order of this sphere is the Seraphim, ruled by the Archangel Camael. The opposing Qliphah is represented by the demonic order Golachab.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Khan (2020).
2. "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 1369. geburah".
3. Samuel (2007).
4. Kaplan (1990), p. 61.
5. Zohar 2:127b.
6. "Sefirot". My Jewish Learning. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

Works cited

• Kaplan, Aryeh (1990). Sutton, Abraham (ed.). Inner Space: Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy. Brooklyn, NY: Moznaim Publishing. ISBN 0-940118-56-4.
• Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew. Vol. 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78374-676-7.
• Samuel, Gabriella (2007). Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-21846-4. OCLC 488308797.

Further reading

• The Bahir. Translated by Aryeh Kaplan. Aronson. 1995. ISBN 1-56821-383-2.

External links

• The Tanya of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Elucidated by Rabbi Yosef Wineberg. Kehot Publication Society.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) via "Lessons in Tanya". Chabad.org. Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center.
• Rabbi Shimon Leiberman. "Kabbala #11: Gevurah: The Strength of Judgment". Kabbalah 101. Aish.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.