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malkut

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In Jewish mysticism, particularly within Kabbala, Malkhut is the tenth and final of the ten sefirot (emanations or powers) through which God is said to manifest. The term "Malkhut" is Aramaic for "kingship" and is often identified with the Shekhina, meaning "Presence". The sefirot represent stages of emanation from the Infinite (Ein Sof) and are seen as aspects of God as Creator, with their unfolding believed to mirror the rhythm of creation. Malkhut, at the base of this divine structure, symbolizes the divine manifestation in the created world.123

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  1. sefirot
  2. Judaism - School of Gerona (Catalonia)
  3. Judaism - Sefer ha-temuna

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