▁many ▁bib lic al ▁and ▁classical ▁sources ▁to ▁support ▁this ▁view . ▁ ▁Although ▁God ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁in ▁the ▁Tan akh ▁with ▁mascul ine ▁imag ery ▁and ▁gram mat ical ▁forms , ▁traditional ▁Jewish ▁philosophy ▁does ▁not ▁attribute ▁gender ▁to ▁God . ▁Although ▁Jewish ▁ag g adic ▁literature ▁and ▁Jewish ▁myst ic ism ▁do ▁on ▁occasion ▁refer ▁to ▁God ▁using ▁gender ed ▁language , ▁for ▁po etic ▁or ▁other ▁reasons , ▁this ▁language ▁was ▁never ▁understood ▁by ▁Jews ▁to ▁imply ▁that ▁God ▁is ▁gender - specific . ▁ ▁Some ▁modern ▁Jewish ▁think ers ▁take ▁care ▁to ▁art ic ulate ▁God ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁gender ▁binary , ▁a ▁concept ▁seen ▁as ▁not ▁applicable ▁to ▁God . ▁ ▁Kab bal istic ▁tradition ▁holds ▁that ▁em an ations ▁from ▁the ▁divine ▁consist ▁of ▁ten ▁aspects , ▁called ▁se f iro t . ▁ ▁Con ception s ▁of ▁God ▁ ▁Personal ▁▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁classical ▁J uda ism ▁views ▁God ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁god , ▁meaning ▁that ▁humans ▁can ▁have ▁a ▁relationship ▁with ▁God ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁Rab bi ▁Samuel ▁S . ▁C oh on ▁wrote ▁that ▁" G od ▁as ▁conce ived ▁by ▁J uda ism ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁First ▁C ause , ▁the ▁Creative ▁Power , ▁and ▁the ▁World ▁Re ason , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁living ▁and ▁lov ing ▁Father ▁of ▁Men . ▁He ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁cos mic ▁but ▁also ▁personal .... J ew ish ▁mon othe ism ▁thinks ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁definite ▁character ▁or ▁person ality ,