The Mystical Heart

The Mystical Heart Pendant is a 14K gold handcrafted rendition of ancient Kabbalistic teachings about the heart. The shape of the heart is formed by two identical lamed's--a Hebrew letter--facing one another. In the Mystical Heart with diamonds, the diamonds symbolize the eyes, or the intellect of both the man and woman.

This beautiful pendant captures a man and woman facing one another, and joined in their aspiration to receive the blessings of the Infinite One.

In Hebrew, the holy language that holds the secret of all creative power, the word “heart” is written לֵב, a lamed (ל) followed by a bet (ב).

The Heart Understands Knowledge

It is stated in the Midrash (Otiot d'Rabbi Akiva) that the name of the Hebrew letter lamed stands for Lev Meivin Da'at: "the heart that understands knowledge." The same idea is expressed in the form of the letter lamed (ל), which depicts the aspiration of the heart to ascend to the highest level of consciousness, the understanding of knowledge. Knowledge (da'at) is the power of the soul which forges the connection between man and G-d, between man and his fellow, and especially between husband and wife, as it is said at the dawn of creation: "And Adam knew his wife" (Genesis 4:1).

Artisan of the Heart

The word for "heart" in Hebrew, lev, is spelled lamed-beit (לב). The letter beit (ב) equals 2. According to the great medieval kabbalist, Rabbi Abraham Abulafia, the word lev itself alludes to its actual form: two (the numerical value of the letter beit) inverted, face-to-face lameds. The two lameds facing one another form an image of the heart, the form drawn by G-d, the Divine Artist: "G-d is the artisan of my heart, and my portion forever" (Psalms 33:26).

Face to Face: the Secret of the Bride and Groom

The Torah, (the Divine knowledge) was given by G-d to the Jewish People while speaking to them "face-to-face." Moses escorted G-d, the cosmic groom, to His chuppa (wedding canopy) for His marriage to the Jewish People, the cosmic bride. His face (the face of Moses), conveying G-d's word, the visible reflection of the Divine countenance, was directly parallel to the faces of the people. Both of these faces united, in the form of the Jewish Heart, aspiring upward to the invisible, infinite Divine essence. This union was like the union of a bride and groom, aspiring upwards together to receive the blessing of G-d, the "third partner" of marriage.

This pendant was designed by the famous Kabbalist R’ Yitzchak Ginsburgh http://www.inner.org/