{"id":4709,"date":"2024-01-16T09:34:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T08:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becomingbetterhub.net\/chesed\/?p=4709"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T06:43:20","slug":"chesed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becomingbetterhub.net\/chesed\/chesed\/chesed\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span title=\"Hebrew-language text\"><i lang=\"he-Latn\">Chesed<\/i><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(<a title=\"Hebrew language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebrew_language\">Hebrew<\/a>:\u00a0<span dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"he\">\u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3<\/span>, also\u00a0<a title=\"Romanization of Hebrew\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romanization_of_Hebrew\">Romanized:<\/a>\u00a0<span title=\"Hebrew-language text\"><i lang=\"he-Latn\">\u1e24ese\u1e0f<\/i><\/span>) is a\u00a0<a title=\"Hebrew language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hebrew_language\">Hebrew<\/a>\u00a0word that means &#8216;kindness or love between people&#8217;, specifically of the devotional piety of people towards God as well as of love or mercy of God towards humanity. It is frequently used in\u00a0<a title=\"Psalms\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psalms\">Psalms<\/a>\u00a0in the latter sense, where it is traditionally translated as &#8220;loving kindness&#8221; in\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"English Bible translations\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Bible_translations\">English translations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Jewish theology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_theology\">Jewish theology<\/a>\u00a0it is likewise used of God&#8217;s love for the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Children of Israel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children_of_Israel\">Children of Israel<\/a>, and in\u00a0<a title=\"Jewish ethics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_ethics\">Jewish ethics<\/a>\u00a0it is used for love or charity between people.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chesed#cite_note-1\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>1<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0<span title=\"Hebrew-language text\"><i lang=\"he-Latn\">Chesed<\/i><\/span>\u00a0in this latter sense of &#8216;charity&#8217; is considered a virtue on its own, and also for its contribution to\u00a0<i><a title=\"Tikkun olam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tikkun_olam\">tikkun olam<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(repairing the world). It is also considered the foundation of many religious commandments practiced by traditional Jews, especially interpersonal commandments.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chesed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chesed\u00a0(Hebrew:\u00a0\u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3, also\u00a0Romanized:\u00a0\u1e24ese\u1e0f) is a\u00a0Hebrew\u00a0word that means &#8216;kindness or love between people&#8217;, specifically of the devotional piety of people towards God as well as of love or mercy of God towards humanity. It is frequently used in\u00a0Psalms\u00a0in the latter sense, where it is traditionally translated as &#8220;loving kindness&#8221; in\u00a0English translations. 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