The Hebrew term ruaḥ haqodesh רוח הקודש still is feminine—grammatically speaking. But it doesn’t have the same meaning as in Christianity, where it was elevated to one of the Trinity or a manifestation of God, so the notion that you may be implying that God was perhaps originally conceived in Judaism as a feminine entity is a non-starter.
In Judaism, the holy spirit is merely of a type of connection or communication between God and man, similar to the ‘divine voice’, and therefore usually associated with prophets.
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(Originally written in reply to a question at Quora.com).
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August 20, 2016 at 6:53 am
If God isn’t feminine or female, then what is the source of the first woman’s femininity?
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August 20, 2016 at 6:50 pm
According to Orthodox Judaism (then and now) woman’s femininity is like the zebra’s stripes or the elephant’s trunk — something that God created, but not necessarily reflective of Him.
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August 20, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Does it follow then, that if femininity is not reflective of God that either masculinity or being transcendent above gender are the remaining options? My church often errs by emphasizing the former – as the saying goes: “If God is male, then men are gods.”
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August 20, 2016 at 11:15 pm
Orthodox Judaism* has no problem with the statement that God is masculine. Indeed, one of the blessings that an observant Jewish man says every day is ברוך שלא עשני אשה – “Blessed be He that He did not make me a woman”
* not my view, btw
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