“HaMazon” in Hebrew means “The Food”: that which nourishes the life of an organism.
המזון
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest reservoir of biodiversity in the world, essential to life on Earth.
Blessed are You, Lord, for the Earth and for the Amazon.
#BirkatAmazon
The Tree mirrors Man, the Cosmos.
The Forest, and everything green, reveals hidden truths and mysteries.
“Birkat HaMazone” is the blessing over food recited at the end of a meal.
ברכת המזון
Ordinal Gematria = 100 = 10×10 sefirot, the same as “Nahar HaAmazonas” (“The Amazon River”):
נהר האמזונס
#BirkatHaMazon
In Hebrew, “Amazonas” can be written with one or two Alephs.
With two Alephs, “Nahar HaAmazonas” has an Ordinal Gematria = 101, the same as “Mi VeMa” (“Who and What”, “Subject and Object” = the Upper and Lower Worlds):
מי ומה
The Amazon River, the largest in the world, symbolizes the flow of divine light cascading like a river through the body.
#Mi #I #Am
“HaMazone” (“The Food”)
המזון
Ordinal Gematria = 45, the same as “Adam” (“Man”):
אדם
“Yaar HaAmazonas” (“Amazon Rainforest”)
יער האמזונאס
Gematria = 450, the same as:
– “Shefa” (“Abundance”): שפע
– “Ten” (“Give”): תן
– “Adam” × 10 sefirot: אדם
#Give #G-Eve
According to Kabbalah, Man’s work is to “elevate the waters below” (the feminine dimension) so they unite with the “waters above” (the masculine dimension).
The “Meeting of Waters” (Portuguese: Encontro das Águas) refers to the confluence near Manaus of the Rio Solimões (ochre-colored “white waters”) and the Rio Negro (“black waters”).
#UnionOfOpposites
The word “Amazon” contains the sound “ZoN” (Zayin Vav Nun), an acronym for “Zachar UNekevah” (“Masculine and Feminine”):
זון
The first Europeans who discovered the region were attacked by women, and, referencing the warrior women of Greek mythology, named the region the “Amazon Forest”.
The woman is the vessel necessary to receive the Shefa, the abundance of blessings God wishes to bestow upon us.
By revealing the Feminine Dimension of the Divine and making it a “warrior,” we “elevate the waters below.”
Thus, Humanity comes out of exile and receives the Blessing.
