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- G*d as water traditionally symbolizes flow, loving-kindness, intimacy, transformation, nurturance, abundance and prosperity.
www.reclaimingjudaism.org/teachings/mikveh-water-and-higher-consciousness
Dr. Jeremy Benstein notes that Biblical Hebrew contains at least six different words to describe liquid precipitation (geshem, matar, yoreh, malkosh, revivim, se'irim), which denote different times and intensities of rainfall.
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The letter mem is the thirteenth letter of the alef-beis. There are two forms of the mem: the open mem and the closed mem. As the Talmud explains,1 the open mem represents the revealed Torah and the closed mem represents the Torah’s secrets. The AriZal states:2 “It is a mitzvah to reveal the secrets of Torah.” Being that we now find ourselves in th...
The gematria of mem is forty. Forty is the number of days it rained upon the earth during the Flood. Forty is also the number of days Moses spent on Mount Sinai. Moses actually ascended the mountain three separate times. The first forty-day sojourn took place when he received the Torah. Then Moses descended with the Tablets, but shattered them whe...
The word mem stands for mayim, which means water. Water constitutes a vital element in our lives: a human being is largely composed of water and the majority of the earth is covered with it. Torah, the most vital element in our spiritual lives, is referred to as water, as it states: “Ein mayim ela Torah13—There is no water but Torah.” As the Prophe...
- Aaron L. Raskin
The Hebrew phrase, mashiv haruach umorid hageshem (“who causes the wind to blow and the rain to fall”) recited by Jews worldwide from the end of Sukkot until Passover offers praise to G‑d for the blessing of rain.
On the verse, “They traveled three days in the wilderness and found no water” (Exodus 22), some mystically inclined Rabbis opined: “Water actually stands for Torah, as it is said (by Isaiah, 55:1), ‘Ho, all who are thirsty, come for water.’.
The Hebrew phrase mayim hayim translates as “living waters.” These waters are, indeed, the waters of life. The sense of the idiom, according to modern translator Robert Alter, is that the water is not stagnant, but flowing, either from a spring or river.
- Carol Towarnicky
What could it be like to uplift the act of drinking water into something spiritual? This sheet explores water's Jewish significance and introduces a simple embodied blessing practice for drinking water.
Water symbolizes the presence of G*d for those who read the bible through a mystical lens. G*d as water traditionally symbolizes flow, loving-kindness, intimacy, transformation, nurturance, abundance and prosperity. Mayim is the Hebrew word for water.
