...Merkabah study and practice. [[Confer Khaggigah <B>, 13a-iv-14a-ii]] So Meir concludes with Ezekiel 1:26: And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance...

...the captives by the river ofChebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions ofGod...Eze 1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads...likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of...

...them. " Genesis 1:26-27 KJV So Adam was created in God's image and likeness. So what was God like? "And above the firmament that was over their heads...likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance...

...voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. And above the firmament that was over their heads...likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of...

...from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 1:26: And above the firmament that was over their heads...likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 1:27: And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance...

...voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads...likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance...

...similarly by the prophet Ezekiel, who describes his vision of Heaven and the heavenly host as follows: And above the firmament that was over their heads...the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.8 The relationship of the sapphire to the sky was derived from these two passages of the Bible....

...Throne' — an image both of the skies and of the sapphire throne of God himself, as depicted in Ezekiel: 'And above the firmament that was over their heads...of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone' (1:26). The sky is termed a 'vaulted Shrine' in an extension of the religious imagery and the music...

...The image of man participates precisely in the manifestation of the Glory in EzekiePs vision (1:26): "Upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it." This manifestation of the humanity of the Glory is also that of the Heavenly Adam, the Son of God,...

...sound of tumult like the noise of a host. When they stood, they let down their wings..." Verse 26: "And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne in appearance like a sapphire stone, and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with...