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Shechina, Shekinah [ʃɛˈkaɪnə (Hebrew) ʃəxiːˈna]

n Judaism

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) the divine presence itself as contrasted with the divine transcendence

[from Hebrew shĕkhīnāh, from shākhan to dwell]

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Shekinah			Compiler's note: The Shechina is the Divine Presence. Higher stages of human development by Hartman, David; Zimberoff, Diane / Journal of Heart Centered Therapies Richard Levy points out that God is experienced as a "multiple" the Torah gives many other names (beside YHWH) for God, among them Elohim (God acting as Judge), Adonai (God as Compassionate One), EI Shaddai (God Almighty or God the Nurturer), Shechina The Presence), and Ha-Makom (The Place). Hide and seek: on teaching god to be a better exemplar by Bloom, Jack H. / Cross Currents			sheath sheath knife Sheath of Schwann sheath pile Sheath-winged sheathbill sheathe Sheathed Sheather Sheathfish sheathing Sheathless Sheathy sheave Sheave hole Sheaved sheaves Sheba Shebander shebang Shebat shebeen Shebele Sheboygan Shechem Shechina Shechinah shechita Shecklaton shed shed blood shed dormer shed hand shed light on shed out shed up shedder Shedding shedload shedrow Sheelfa Sheeling Sheely Sheen Sheene Sheenly sheeny sheep sheep bell Sheep bot sheep botfly			Sheboygan Sheboygan Sheboygan (disambiguation) Sheboygan (disambiguation) Sheboygan Area Mustang Owners Club Sheboygan Area School District Sheboygan Area United Way Sheboygan Astronomical Society Sheboygan Bratwurst Days Sheboygan County Sheboygan County Cancer Care Fund Sheboygan County Division of Public Health Sheboygan County Historical Research Center Sheboygan County, WI Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Sheboygan River Basin Partnership Sheboygan Society of Scale Model Railroad Engineers Sheboygan Transit System Shebuel Shebuev, Vasilii Kozmich Shebunino SHEC Shecaniah Shecham Shecham Shechem Shechem Shechem (Bible) Shechem (Bible) Shechina Shechina World Mission Center Shechinah Shechita Shechita Shechitah Shechitah Shechter v us Shecklaton shed shed shed shed shed shed Shed Acute Phase Antigen shed blood shed blood shed blood shed blood shed crocodile tears shed dormer shed dormer shed graphic shed hand shed hands shed hands shed hands shed hands shed lambing shed lambing

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