TZADIK- LUX | 18" x 18" Metal Gallery Matte Gold - Single Mat

TZADIK — The Righteous One

A Tzadik is the one who embodies pure righteousness. Our sages teach that when the Almighty saw the righteous were few, He planted them in every generation so their light would guide the world. The Tzadik is described as having no evil inclination, echoing King David’s words: “My heart is empty within me,” for he subdued it through fasting and spiritual refinement.

The Tzadik lives with uncompromising truth—loving justice, fairness, and complete honesty before God and before the inner conscience. Because the world is unfinished, each soul must confront its own darkness and elevate it. In this way, every person becomes a partner in God’s ongoing Creation.

The letter Tzadi (TZADIK) begins the word Tzelem—the Divine Image in which God created humanity.

In Kabbalah, the Tzadi of Tzelem reflects the three conscious layers of the soul: mind, heart, and action. The next two letters—Lamed and Mem—correspond to the soul’s two transcendent levels:

• Chayah, the living, encompassing light, and

• Yechidah, the single, essential point of oneness with God.

These higher levels manifest within the Tzadik as two states of inner faith: faith in God’s transcendent light, the source of all creation, and faith in God’s very essence, the source of Torah and Mitzvot.  teaching of depth, integrity, and divine purpose.

18” x 18” Metal Gallery Matte Gold — Single Mat