The sixteenth-century kabbalist Moses Cordovero elucidates the meaning of each of the attributes as follows: “Who is a God like You”—God enlivens us even when we choose to misappropriate this vitality. “Who bears transgression”—God protects us from being consumed by the negativity that we have unleashed, thus giving us the opportunity to return to Him. “And pardons the wrongdoing”—When we return to Him, God cleanses us. “Of the remnant of His heritage”—God empathizes with our pain, for we are His “inheritance.” “He does not sustain His anger forever”—God allows Himself to be appeased. “For He
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