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Shi'ur Qomah

Midrashic text, part of the Heichalot; records, in anthropomorphic terms, the secret names and measurements of God’s corporeal limbs and parts, in the form of teachings of Metatron to Rabbi Yishmael, who transmits it to his students and Rabbi Akiva

  • Also called Divine Dimensions, Lesson on Divine Dimensions, Shiʿur komah

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Midrashic text, part of the Heichalot; records, in anthropomorphic terms, the secret names and measurements of God’s corporeal limbs and parts, in the form of teachings of Metatron to Rabbi Yishmael, who transmits it to his students and Rabbi AkivaWikidata record description. Read Shi'ur Qomah in the Wikipedia reader.

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