General Discussion

In classic Torah literature, G‑d is male, female, neither, and both.

It all comes down to G‑d being both here and beyond at once. Philosophers call that immanence and transcendence.

In the Prophets, Midrash, Kabbalah, and in our prayers, we distinguish these two modalities as feminine and masculine. An entire book of the Hebrew Bible, “Song of Songs,” is constructed around this paradigm, employing a metaphor of a woman and man struggling with the love between them.

When we refer to G‑d's presence within our world, within us, and within nature, then She is “the Shechinah.”