Correspondingly, the Star of David contains seven compartments—six peaks protruding from a center.
The upper right wing is chesed.
The upper left wing is gevurah.
Correspondingly, the star contains seven compartments—six peaks protruding from a center
The upper center peak is tiferet. Kabbalah teaches that tiferet finds its source in keter, “the Crown,” which is infinitely higher than all the divine attributes which are involved in the “mundane” pursuit of creating worlds.
The lower right wing is netzach.
The lower left wing is hod.
The center is yesod. Yesod is “Foundation,” and as such, all the other attributes are rooted in, and rise from, this attribute.
The star’s bottom that descends from its belly is malchut—the attribute that absorbs the energies of the higher six attributes and uses them to actually descend and create everything—and to “reign” over them.
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The fact that in a triangle each of the three corners are connect to the two other ones demonstrates that the Jewish soul is itself knotted to G‑d. Torah study and observance doesn’tcreate a connection between the Jew and G‑d—it merely brings it to light.
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As it is stated in Job (19:26), “From my flesh I can perceive G‑d.”
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