{"id":138705,"date":"2023-06-27T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T07:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=138705"},"modified":"2023-06-29T11:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T08:51:15","slug":"djm_ilanot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/djm_ilanot\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kabbalistic Tree: The Map of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the 12th century, clandestine groups of Jewish scholars began to speak of the \u201cKabbalah\u201d \u2013 a new code name for secret teachings, which, despite being new \u2013 emphasized that these were actually a transmission or reception of esoteric ancient knowledge, and not a groundbreaking innovation (the word <em>kabbalah<\/em> literally means &#8220;reception&#8221;). As part of this new-old interpretation of Jewish tradition, Kabbalists began proposing a new, unprecedented system to refer to aspects of the Divine: the Kabbalistic <em>Sefirot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kabbalists found the word <em>sefirot<\/em>\u00a0in an ancient esoteric book known as the <em>Sefer Yetzirah<\/em>, the \u201cBook of Creation,\u201d which dates back to the first centuries of the Common Era. In the book, there is no mention of prayer, life after death, the End of Days or messianic redemption, or even of the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But, what it does contain, and in abundance, is reference to creation. Just not the creation we know from Genesis. It propounds a completely different kind of creation. \u00a0How, then, according to the Book of Creation was the world created? By the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the ten <em>Sefirot<\/em> (probably a reference to the first ten numbers). These are seen as the building blocks of the world. Hence Creation, according to the Book of Creation, is based on the laws of language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking the unique word <em>sefirah<\/em> (plural: <em>sefirot<\/em>) from that mysterious work, the Kabbalists changed its meaning. For them, God had two distinct aspects: one is the <em>Ein Sof<\/em> \u2013 The Infinite \u2013 about whom nothing can be known, this is the hidden God; the other is the Divine Presence in the world, which emanates from the <em>Ein Sof<\/em> through the ten <em>Sefirot<\/em> \u2013 divine categories that represent the powers, qualities, attributes (and so much more) of the revealed God.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138086\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138086 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/einsof.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/einsof.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/einsof-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilanot.org\/detail?id=https:\/\/ilanot.org\/resource\/item\/manuscript3r0gg#5.000\/-41.664\/55.867\">The <em>Ein Sof<\/em><\/a> in &#8220;The Magnificent Parchment&#8221;, the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the fourteenth century, the Kabbalists began to formulate a visual representation to encode their ideas about the formation of this divine system, the names of the <em>Sefirot<\/em> and their attributes and qualities. They viewed it is a graphic representation of God and of the world, a visual and conceptual image of the manifestation of the Godhead. This was a glimpse of the order that governs the universe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kabbalists often referred to the structure of the <em>Sefirot<\/em> as a system of pipes through which the divine emanation \u2013 the concealed <em>Ein Sof<\/em> \u2013 flows down to us humans here on earth. Of course, as anyone familiar with the Kabbalah will tell you, people also have a role in this system. Every person has the ability to influence, repair and preserve the entire divine system. Because what happens in the lower spheres affects the upper ones and vice versa. The Kabbalists called this <em>tikkun<\/em>. The repair happens through intention \u2013 through prayer directed at the qualities and powers of a particular aspect of the Divine (one of the <em>Sefirot<\/em>)\u2013 in order to achieve that repair in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ilanot.haifa.ac.il\/site\/?fbclid=IwAR2ZQxSmB7zlxOyIyvKjvKqVjUtoep8RKTMvsoPscxMgcOhFWs3TVS7VmnQ\">Click here for the University of Haifa\u2019s Ilanot project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One must understand, as Prof. J.H. Chajes explains in his new (and highly recommended) monumental book, <em>The Kabbalistic Tree<\/em>, that the graphic representation of the <em>Sefirot<\/em> is not a mnemonic tool, but a religious device, one that is comparable to a tree of many branches. The Kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, for example, recommended using one&#8217;s imagination to envision the tree of <em>Sefirot<\/em> during prayer in order to better concentrate on a particular <em>Sefirah<\/em> in each and every prayer. Hence the tree is a body on which the Kabbalists drape the spiritual reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eventually, the Kabbalah spread throughout the entire the Jewish world, and this technique spread along with it. We find representations of the tree of <em>Sefirot<\/em> in Jewish communities all over the world. The earliest \u201ctree\u201d to come down to us was created in Spain, the birthplace of Kabbalah, in 1284, in the shape of a wheel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138035\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138035\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0075_FL51211444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0075_FL51211444.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0075_FL51211444-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0075_FL51211444-441x600.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH990001072010205171\/NLI\">Earliest known <em>Sefirot<\/em> tree<\/a>, Spain, 1284<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But as noted, the tree of <em>Sefirot<\/em> is common throughout the Jewish world \u2013 in Europe, North Africa, Israel and the Middle East. A unique tree discovered in Kurdistan helped researchers to uncover a Kabbalist community about which they knew nothing before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researchers distinguish between two types of Kabbalistic trees (<em>Ilanot<\/em> in Hebrew): the tree of the early Kabbalistic period and the tree that developed in light of the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534\u20131572), known as the \u201cAri\u201d. The \u201cclassic\u201d tree presents the Divine according to the <em>Sefirot<\/em> diagram. The Lurianic tree preserves the <em>Sefirot<\/em> format but offers an enriched and more intricate \u00a0structure and visualization of the divine system. At the end of this article, we include a complete Lurianic tree from Morocco to give you an idea of its complexity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This does not mean that the older trees did not include additional details, and even illustrations supplementing the text. In fact, every tree \u2013 whether of the classic or Lurianic model\u2013 \u201crequired\u201d the student to read a non-continuous text, and to jump from detail to detail in order to try to grasp the whole picture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138092\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138092\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/shearei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/shearei.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/shearei-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/shearei-428x600.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A classic <em>Sefirot<\/em> tree \u2013 from the Kabbalistic manuscript <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH990000450750205171\/NLI?_gl=1*paqpg0*_ga*MTg5NDM5NTUwMS4xNjg1ODYzNzUy*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTY4Nzc3OTY2MC42Ni4xLjE2ODc3ODAzNTQuNTcuMC4w&amp;_ga=2.77984212.1790361067.1687679263-1894395501.1685863752#$FL9946737\">Sha\u2019arei Ora shel R. Yosef Gikatilla<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of the move to its new home, the National Library of Israel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/at-your-service\/announcements\/kabbalistic-trees?_gl=1*fsu8c*_ga*MTg5NDM5NTUwMS4xNjg1ODYzNzUy*_ga_8P5PPG5E6Z*MTY4Nzc3OTY2MC42Ni4xLjE2ODc3ODE0MzAuNTkuMC4w&amp;_ga=2.142406130.1790361067.1687679263-1894395501.1685863752\">acquired a rare and important collection of Kabbalistic trees<\/a>, which join the existing material in the field of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism in the Library&#8217;s Gershom Scholem Collection, the largest collection of its kind in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new collection, which includes 36 parchment and paper scrolls \u2013 some of them the longest of their kind in the world (up to 36 feet long!) &#8211; joins the 25 scrolls already in the Library\u2019s collection. With the addition of the new manuscripts, the National Library of Israel is now the world\u2019s largest repository of <em>Ilanot<\/em>, with over sixty scrolls dating from 1660 to 1920, originating from Jewish communities around the world: from Western and Eastern Europe, Yemen, Kurdistan, Morocco, Iraq and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And finally, as promised, we present here a Lurianic Kabbalistic tree created in Morocco in 1800. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH990000559580205171\/NLI\">Click on this link<\/a> to see them item in our online catalog.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Photos: Ardon Bar-Hama.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138043\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0001_FL9153807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0001_FL9153807.jpg 592w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0001_FL9153807-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0001_FL9153807-384x600.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138046\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0002_FL9153802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0002_FL9153802.jpg 566w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0002_FL9153802-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0002_FL9153802-370x600.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138049\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0003_FL9153808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0003_FL9153808.jpg 575w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0003_FL9153808-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0003_FL9153808-375x600.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138052\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0004_FL9153799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0004_FL9153799.jpg 623w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0004_FL9153799-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0004_FL9153799-407x600.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138055\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0005_FL9153805.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0005_FL9153805.jpg 603w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0005_FL9153805-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0005_FL9153805-393x600.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138058\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0006_FL9153810.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0006_FL9153810.jpg 582w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0006_FL9153810-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0006_FL9153810-381x600.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138061\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0007_FL9153803.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0007_FL9153803.jpg 575w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0007_FL9153803-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0007_FL9153803-376x600.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138064\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0008_FL9153809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0008_FL9153809.jpg 589w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0008_FL9153809-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0008_FL9153809-385x600.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138067\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0009_FL9153801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"565\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0009_FL9153801.jpg 565w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0009_FL9153801-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0009_FL9153801-369x600.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138070\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0010_FL9153811.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0010_FL9153811.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0010_FL9153811-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0010_FL9153811-364x600.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138073\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0011_FL9153804.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0011_FL9153804.jpg 543w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0011_FL9153804-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0011_FL9153804-355x600.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138076\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0012_FL9153812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0012_FL9153812.jpg 554w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0012_FL9153812-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0012_FL9153812-361x600.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138079\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0013_FL9153813.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0013_FL9153813.jpg 571w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0013_FL9153813-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0013_FL9153813-372x600.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138082\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014_FL9153806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014_FL9153806.jpg 574w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014_FL9153806-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/0014_FL9153806-375x600.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Further Reading<\/h3>\n<p>J. H. Chajes, <em>The Kabbalistic Tree<\/em> (Pennsylvania University Press, 2022)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ilanot.haifa.ac.il\/site\/?fbclid=IwAR2ZQxSmB7zlxOyIyvKjvKqVjUtoep8RKTMvsoPscxMgcOhFWs3TVS7VmnQ\">Ilanot project<\/a> at Haifa University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second commandment states that \u201cYou shall not make for yourself a statue or any image\u201d. The Jewish Kabbalists found a rather unique and complicated way to circumvent this prohibition\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":138099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[1554,310,1680,1679],"tags2":[2829,2789,2785,2786],"class_list":["post-138705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judaism","tag-deciphering-jewish-manuscripts","tag-jewishmanuscripts","tag-jewish-mysticism","tag-kabbalah"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Kabbalistic Tree: The Map of God<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The second commandment states that \u201cYou shall not make for yourself a statue or any image\u201d. 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