“The Great Shins”

The 21st Hebrew letter, Shin (שׁ), traditionally shaped like a "w," symbolizes a tooth—devouring, sharpening, consuming. In Judiac mysticism, it represents black fire (the visible, ink-on-parchment fire of Torah), evoking Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29: Yahweh is as a consuming fire who hides in darkness (Psalm 97:2; Deuteronomy 4:11). Black fire is the seen word that ignites us, stirring the Jeremiah-fire shut up in our bones to seek the hidden God Who hides himself, then lets us find Him!

Rabbinic tradition reveals a second Shin—the Shin Gadol (the Great Shin), a four-pronged shin that was discovered formed in the white space of the parchment (the "white fire" between the lines). It illuminates the mystical realm, the Kingdom within (Luke 17:21), hidden for generations and recently unveiled.

Have you heard the term, “it's written in black and white”? This is that! Shin and Shin G’dol, Shin written and seen in black ink; Shin G’dol seen in the white between written symbols.

Six years ago, a week before Shavuot (Pentecost), after a three-month visitation from the letters of YHVH’s name, a third Shin appeared! - A brilliant wheel within a wheel (Ezekiel 1), inner flames spinning one way, outer the other. Then all three shins emerged: the Shin, the Shin Gadol, and the newly revealed five-pronged shin. She said to me, “I am Shin Ga'do'lah, and I walk amongst the fiery coals.” Shin Ga'do'lah is depth, dimension, glory—the "beyond." If Shin is black fire (seen on the page) and Shin Gadol is white fire (mystical illumination within the page), Shin Gadolah is the plunge into the page itself, into Shekinah glory, she is a fire that takes us beyond boundaries, beliefs, and boxes into undiscovered God.

Together, the three shins form The Shins Gadolim - “The Great Shins”—present in Genesis 2:7 when YHVH inserted His essence into mankind, the naphach (נָפַח, to kindle and ignite), His flaming Self replicated. The Yechida - the spark of Life given to mankind. Together, The Great Shins are our inner wheels, our energy, our fire, the Light of life in every person (John 1:9).

Together, The Great Shins were the divided tongues of fire at Sinai when Torah was given, and then again at Shavout (Pentecost) when power was released to the followers of Yeshua in the book of Acts (Exodus 19 and Acts 2).

When she came to me, YHVH instructed: "Hide her; when it's time, she will come out!" And so I did. The first Tallit to hold her was mine, “Daughter of Zion.” She was hidden in plain sight, as a circle of flames in the center of my Tallit. Three years later was her debut: She came forth onto “New Fire” with full disclosure!

As believers—a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9)—we engage them through meditation, breathwork, and seeking the Kingdom within. They are the fiery energy that powers our being, manifesting Shekinah glory to meet creation's groaning (Romans 8:22) as maturing sons of God!

Discover them inside you!