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1. Tzadik

   Linked via "self-effacement"

   Etymological and Scriptural Basis
   The term's primary source is the Hebrew letter Tzadi ($\text{צ}$). This letter, the eighteenth in the standard sequence, is unique among the consonantal alphabet in that its conventional representation suggests a profile view of a person kneeling or bowing—a posture indicative of profound humility or intense receptivity to divine influx. Some Kabbalistic schools assert that the precise curvature of the Tzadi is directly pro…