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Abyss

by Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis
The primordial waters that precede creation; Tehom can also refer to the realm of the dead, the place where evil spirits and wicked souls dwell. In later Jewish eschatology, it is one of the seven compartments of Gehenna.

Article copyright 2004 Geoffrey Dennis.

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    Tehom

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