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Lulav Etrog in Kabbalistic Tradition

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Jewish mystics transformed simple ritual objects - palm frond, citron, myrtle, and willow branches - into powerful instruments for influencing divine realms through elaborate symbolic systems. By analyzing the Zohar, Lurianic writings, and other medieval and early modern kabbalistic texts, this research traces how Jewish mystical thought elevated biblical and talmudic ritual foundations into sophisticated theosophical frameworks. The kabbalists developed intricate correspondences between the four species and the divine sefirot, emphasizing how holding the lulav in the right hand and etrog in the left represented masculine and feminine aspects of divinity. They reinterpreted the traditional directional waving ritual (na'anu'im) through sefirotic symbolism, creating complex numerical associations between eighteen ritual waves, prayer sequences, and divine names. This textual analysis reveals how kabbalistic tradition fundamentally reconceptualized these Sukkot ritual objects, exemplifying the core mystical principle that human ceremonial actions in the physical world directly shape and influence higher spiritual spheres.

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    Published 2012

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