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Yeridah la-Merkavah

Also: Yeridah, Yored Merkavah

Descent to the chariot. The chariot literature's own name for its journey, although every stage of the journey goes upward. The inversion is unexplained and disputed.

Kabbalah · Mysticism Source: Jewish Encyclopedia (1901–06), “Cabala” ↗