Sephirah

Chochmah

Chochmah means Wisdom and describes the first flash of insight before its implications have been developed. In Chabad teaching it is the first of the three intellectual faculties and provides the seed that Binah expands and explains.

1 correspondence · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located

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The oldest attribution here is Divine name Yah, first attested 1200 BCE.

Divine name

  • Yah

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1200 BCE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    י"ה — the Ninth Gate of Sha'arei Orah. Gikatilla organises by NAME rather than by sefirah and counts upward from Malchut, so the gate ordinal and the sefirah number run in opposite directions.

    Evidence

    1. Moses for the Torah; the prophets and the men of the Great Assembly for the rest, Tanakh, c. 1200–165 BCE (composition); canon fixed by c. 100 CE — Exodus 15:2

      · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation

      Where the name itself stands in scripture: עׇזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ. Cited by locator; the kabbalistic claim is about the name, not about this verse's plain sense.

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    2. Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Sha'arei Orah, c. 1290 — Sha'arei Orah, Ninth Gate, Second Sefirah

      · Gates of Light

      The gate's own opening formula names the sefirah and the name together.

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