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Ein Sof

also known as Ein-Sof, Ayn Sof, the Infinite

Definition

In Kabbalah, the absolute, infinite, unknowable Godhead beyond all attributes — that which cannot be named or imagined, from which the sefirot emanate. The silence before the first word.

Etymology

Hebrew ʾēyn sōf — "no end," "without limit."

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