Gevurah Explained

Gevurah or Geburah (Hebrew: גְּבוּרָה|Gəvūrā|, Tiberian: Găḇūrā, lit. 'strength'),^[1] 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.

Gevurah is "the essence of judgment (DIN) and limitation", and corresponds to awe and the element of fire.

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^[2]

Qualities

Colour

According to some modern sources, Gevurah is associated with the color red.^[3]

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.

References

Works cited

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

Further reading

• Book: The Bahir . . 1995 . Aronson . 1-56821-383-2 . none.

External links

• Book: The Tanya of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi . Elucidated by Rabbi Yosef Wineberg . Kehot Publication Society. via Web site: Lessons in Tanya . Chabad.org . Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center.
• Web site: Kabbala #11: Gevurah: The Strength of Judgment . Kabbalah 101 . Rabbi Shimon Leiberman . Aish.com . 28 March 2008 . 5 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705131431/http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_11_-_Gevurah_The_Strength_of_Judgment.asp . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 1369. geburah .
2. Zohar 2:127b.
3. Web site: Sefirot . My Jewish Learning . 5 December 2011 . 4 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111104081218/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/God/The_Middle_Ages/The_Kabbalists_on_God/The_Sefirot.shtml . dead .