| LC control no. | sh2006001486 |
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| LC classification | BM729.D48 |
| Topical heading | Devekut |
| Variant(s) | Attachment to God (Judaism) Cleaving to God (Judaism) Communion with God (Judaism) Deveyḳes̀ |
| See also | God (Judaism)--Worship and love Mysticism--Judaism |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2006550867: Seyfer Bahefṭung tsum Bashefer, 2004 or 2005: t.p. (deveḳut) Encyc. Judaica, c1971 (devekut; cleaving to God; communion with God; usually described in kabbalistic writings as the highest step on a spiritual ladder, which is reached after the believer has mastered the attitudes of fear of God, love of God, etc.; according to Hasidism, devekut should be the believer's constant state of mind, even while he is dealing with everyday necessities and not only during the high points of prayer and religious activity) The new encyclopedia of Judaism, c2002 (devekut; culmination of loving God and obeying His laws (Deut. 30:20; cf. 4:4); given mystical dimension in kabbalistic thought to mean the individual's total concentration on prayers, their wording and mystical significance, in order to reach "communion with God"; according to Hasidism, it is an emotional state of mind that should accompany one through the day, enabling even the unlearned Jew to sanctify his existence and find redemption; implies no merging with the Divine, no unio mystica, but moving closer to God in order to realize one's true human potential) |
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