Ohr (, plural: þoroṯ) is a central Kabbalistic term in Jewish mysticism. The analogy to physical light describes divine emanations. Shefa "flow" ( à ¡epÃÂaÿ) and its derivative, hashpaþa "influence" ( haà ¡pÃÂÿÃÂ), are sometimes alternatively used in Kabbalah and medieval Jewish philosophy to mean divine influence, while the Kabbalists favour þor because its numerical value equals , a homonym for rÃÂz "mystery". þOr is one of the two main Kabbalistic metaphors for understanding God, along with the other metaphor of the human soul-body relationship for the sefirot.