| − | The '''Shekinah glory''', also spelled '''Shekhinah''', is from a Hebrew term not found in the Bible, but which rabbinical writers [[Denotation|denote]] as the divine Presence of Adonai, Hashem, Heaven, meaning ''Dwelling'', within the [[Tabernacle]] and the [[Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]]. The [[mysticism]] of [[Kabbalah|Qabalistic]] philosophy speculates that it represents the feminine aspect of the Being of the ''Ein Sof'', the radiant glory of the unknowable essence of the '''[[Names of God|One Who Is]]'''. The personification of wisdom in Proverbs 8 has been interpreted as a reference to the Shekhinah glory of the L-rd, and has been [[Heresy|heretically]] regarded as a goddess and even more outrageously as the Virgin Spouse, Latin ''Sponsa''. | + | The '''Shekinah glory''', also spelled '''Shekhinah''', is from a Hebrew term '''<big>שכינה</big>''' not found in the Bible, but which rabbinical writers [[Denotation|denote]] as the divine Presence of Adonai, Hashem, Heaven, meaning ''Dwelling'', within the [[Tabernacle]] and the [[Temple]] in [[Jerusalem]]. The [[mysticism]] of [[Kabbalah|Qabalistic]] philosophy speculates that it represents the feminine aspect of the Being of the ''Ein Sof'', the radiant glory of the unknowable essence of the '''[[Names of God|One Who Is]]'''. The personification of wisdom in Proverbs 8 has been interpreted as a reference to the Shekhinah glory of the L-rd, and has been [[Heresy|heretically]] regarded as a goddess and even more outrageously as the Virgin Spouse, Latin ''Sponsa''. |
| − | [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13537-shekinah SHEKINAH lit. "the dwelling"): By: Kaufmann Kohler, Ludwig Blau | + | [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13537-shekinah SHEKINAH '''<big>שכינה</big>''' lit. "the dwelling"): By: Kaufmann Kohler, Ludwig Blau |