Sh’chinah

Sh’chinah, a feminine Hebrew noun, is a traditional name for the Divine Presence.  I t has been understood as the imminent aspect of God that dwells among the people of Israel.  In mystical texts the Sh’chinah is a feminine manifestation of God imagined as having a traditionally gendered relationship with the masculine, more active aspect of God.  More recently, Sh’chinah has been reappropriated by feminists in search of a traditional feminine image of the divine.

The Journey Continues Haggadah, © 2000, pg. 22


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