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Zikr
(remembrance of God):
(remembrance of God):
Zimra
(Jewish halakhist):
(Jewish halakhist):
Zimzum
,
also tsimtsum
,
also tsimtsum
(Heb., ‘contraction’). Jewish
kabbalistic
doctrine. The kabbalists taught that, in order that
creation
could take place, God had in some sense to make a space for it. See further,
LURIA, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON.
kabbalistic
doctrine. The kabbalists taught that, in order that
creation
could take place, God had in some sense to make a space for it. See further,
LURIA, ISAAC BEN SOLOMON.
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