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SEPHER YEZIRAH.CHAPTER I.

SECTION 1.

Yah,1 the Lord of hosts, the living God, King of the Universe, Omnipotent, All-Kind and Merciful, Supreme and !tolled, "hois ternal, Su#lime and Most-$ol%, ordained &formed' and created the Universe in thirt%-t"o( m%sterious paths) of "isdom #%three* Sepharim, namel%+ 1' S for ./ 02 (' Sippur 3/42 and )' Sapher 5/6 "hich are in $im one and the same7 8he% consist of adecade out of nothing9 and of t"ent%-t"o fundamental letters7 $e divided the t"ent%-t"o consonants into three divisions+ 1'three :; mothers, fundamental letters or first elements2 (' seven dou#le2 and )' t"elve simple consonants7

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SECTION B.

8he decade? out of nothing is analogous to that of the ten fingers &and toes' of the human #od%, five parallel to five, and in thecentre of "hich is the covenant "ith the onl% One, #% the "ord of the tongue and the rite of A#raham7

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SECTION F.

8en are the num#ers out of nothing, and not the num#er nine, ten and not eleven7 @omprehend this great "isdom, understandthis Bno"ledge, inCuire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and leadD the @reator #acB to $is throne again7

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SECTION L.8he decade out of nothing has the follo"ing ten infinitudes+

1' 8he #eginningE infinite7 ?' 8he depth infinite7(' F end F ' F ast F)' F good F D' F est F*' F evil1H F E' F Iorth F9' F height F 1H' F South F

and the onl% Lord God, the faithful King, rules over all from $is hol% ha#itation for ever and ever79.

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SECTION .

8he appearance of the ten spheres out of nothing is liBe a flash of lightning, #eing "ithout an end, $is "ord is in them, "henthe% go and return2 the% run #% $is order liBe a "hirl"ind and hum#le themselves #efore $is throne7

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SECTION Q

8he decade of e!istence out of nothing has its end linBed to its #eginning and its #eginning linBed to its end, Just as the flame is"edded to the live coal2 #ecause the Lord is one and there is not a second one, and #efore one "hat "ilt thou count11

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SECTION .

@oncerning the num#er ten of the spheres of e!istence out of nothing Beep th% tongue from speaBing and th% mind from pondering on it, and if th% mouth urges thee to speaB, and th% heart to thinB a#out it, return as it reads+ FAnd the living creatran and returned,F & eBiel 1,1*7' and upon this1( "as the covenant made7

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SECTION U.

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1' 8he spirit of the living God, praised and glorified #e the name of $im "ho lives to all eternit%7 8he articulate "ord of creative po"er, the spirit and the "ord are "hat "e call the hol% spirit is

(' Air emanated from the spirit #% "hich $e formed and esta#lished t"ent%-t"o consonants, stamina7 8hree of them, ho"ever,are fundamental letters, or mothers, seven dou#le and t"elve simple consonants2 hence the spirit is the first one7

)' Nrimitive "ater emanated from the air7 $e formed and esta#lished #% it ohu1* &"ater, stones' mud and loam, made them liBea #ed, put them up liBe a "all, and surrounded them as "ith a rampart, put coldness upon them and the% #ecame dust, as it readsF$e sa%s to the sno" &coldness' #e thou earth7F &Po# ) , ?7'

*' Qire or ether emanated from the "ater7 $e esta#lished #% it the throne of glor%, the Seraphim and Ophanim, the hol% livingcreatures and the angels, and of these three $e formed $is ha#itation, as it reads+ F ho made $is angels spirits, $is ministers aflaming fire7F &Nsalm 1H*, *7' $e selected three consonants from the simple ones "hich are in the hidden secret of three mothe

or first elements+ R = >, air, "ater and ether or fire7 $e sealed them "ith spirit and fastened them to $is great name and sealed"ith it si! dimensions719

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' $e sealed the east and turned for"ard, and sealed it "ith T ;

D' $e Sealed the "est and turned #acB"ard, and sealed it "ith T;

E' $e sealed the south and turned to the right and sealed it "ith T;

1H' $e sealed the north and turned to the left and sealed it "ith ;T

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SECTION ].

8hese are the ten spheres of e!istence out of nothing7 Qrom the spirit of the living God emanated air, from the air, "ater, from the"ater, fire or ether, from the ether, the height and the depth, the ast and est, the Iorth and South7

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CHAPTER II.

SECTION 1.

8here are t"ent%-t"o letters, stamina7 8hree of them, ho"ever, are the first elements, fundamentals or mothers, seven dou#le andt"elve simple consonants7 8he three fundamental letters R = > have as their #asis the #alance7 Vn one scale1 is the merit and inthe other criminalit%, "hich are placed in eCuili#rium #% the tongue7 8he three fundamental letters R = > signif%, as = is mutethe "ater and R hissing liBe the fire, there is > among them, a #reath of air "hich reconciles them7

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SECTION B.

8he t"ent%-t"o letters "hich form the stamina p7 ((

after having #een appointed and esta#lished #% God, $e com#ined, "eighed and changed them, and formed #% them all #eings"hich are in e!istence, and all those "hich "ill #e formed in all time to come7

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SECTION F.

$e esta#lished t"ent%-t"o letters, stamina, #% the voice, formed #% the #reath of air and fi!ed them on five places in the humanmouth, namel%+ 1' gutturals, >TWX (' palatals, Z[ )' linguals, \]^_: *' dentals, `R 9' la#ials, b;=

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SECTION L.

$e fi!ed the t"ent%-t"o letters, stamina, on the sphere liBe a "all "ith t"o hundred and thirt%-one gates,1D and turned thespheres for"ard and #acB"ard7 Qor an illustration ma% serve the three letters, X_ 7 8here is nothing #etter than Jo%, and nothing"orse than sorro" or plague is71E

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SECTION .

ut ho" "as it done $e com#ined, (H "eighed and changed+ the > "ith all the other letters in succession, and all the others again"ith >2 b "ith all, and all again "ith b2 and so the "hole series of letters7(1$ence it follo"s that there are t"o hundred and thirt%-one (( formations, and that ever% creature and ever% "ord emanated from one names7()

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SECTION Q.

$e created a realit% out of nothing, called the nonentit% into e!istence and he"ed, as it "ere, colossal pillars from intangi#le air78his has #een sho"n #% the e!ample of com#ining the letter > "ith p7 (*

all the other letters, and all the other letters "ith Aleph &>'7 $e(* predetermined, and #% speaBing created ever% creature andever% "ord #% one name7 Qor an illustration ma% serve the t"ent%-t"o elementar% su#stances #% the primitive su#stance ofAleph(9 &>'7

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CHAPTER III.

SECTION 1.

8he three first elements, R = > are t%pified #% a #alance, in one scale the merit and in the other the criminalit%, "hich are placein eCuili#rium #% the tongue7 8hese three mothers, R = > are a great, "onderful and unBno"n m%ster%, and are sealed #%si! (? rings, or elementar% circles, namel%+ air, "ater and fire emanated from them, "hich gave #irth to progenitors, and these progenitors gave #irth again to some offspring7

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SECTION B.

God appointed and esta#lished the three mothers, R = > com#ined, "eighed and changed them, and formed #% them threemothers R = > in the "orld, in the %ear and in man, male and female7

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+ 5"+"3+#! +'(=3 0+ !(4 +#! +"

'(=0+ +"#! +"'(=03 3"#

+, +J; +) 5"&

SECTION F.

8he three mothers R = > in the "orld are+ air, "ater and fire7 $eaven "as created from fire or ether2 the earth &comprising seaand land' from the elementar% "ater2 and the atmospheric air from the elementar% air, or spirit, "hich esta#lishes the #alanceamong them7

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SECTION L.8he three mothers R = > produce in the %ear( + heat, coldness(D and moistness7 $eat "as created from fire, coldness from "ater,and moistness from air "hich eCuali es them7

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+ ")55(+ ")$=$+ " &$4 ",$

; $%"#

SECTION .

8he three mothers R = > produce in man, male and female, #reast, #od% and head7 8he head "as created from fire, the #reastfrom "ater, and the #od% from air, "hich places them in eCuili#rium7

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SECTION Q.

QV S8 V VSVOI7 God let the letter7 Aleph &>' predominate in primitive air, cro"ned(E it, com#ined one "ith the other,)H andformed #% them the air in the "orld, moistness in the %ear, and the #reast in man, male and female2 in male #% R = > and infemale #% R >

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+ " +"3J3J+)+"3+#&+ !(4 +#+ " + +"#

+"3 3"#+, +J3 04"#+, 5"&; + "#

SECTION .

S @OI V VSVOI7 $e let the letter Mem &=' predominate in primitive "ater, and cro"ned it, com#ined one "ith the other,and formed #% them the earth, &including land and sea' coldness in the %ear, and the #ell% in male and female2 in male #% R

)1, in female #%+ > R =

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SECTION U.

8$V V VSVOI7 $e let the letter Sheen &R' predominate in primitive fire, cro"ned it, com#ined one "ith the other, andformed #% them, heaven in the "orld, heat in the %ear, and the head of male and female7)(

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+ +"# (- " + !(4 +# $+ 3+# +" 3J+) 3J + " +"

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Ie!t+ @hapter V

CHAPTER I`.

SECTION 1.

8he )) seven dou#le letters, \ b: /Z "ith a duplicit% of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namel%+ ,: , j ,/k ,Z ,\ , ,bserve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and "eaBness7

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'( ( " !) #9 6, >*a' %' ")$%

"2$ ++"(#; + ! +- "

SECTION B.

Seven)* dou#le letters, , \ b: /Z shall, as it "ere, s%m#oli e "isdom, "ealth, fruitfulness, life, dominion, peace and #eaut%7

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40 "$"+ ! +" 3&(! +; 5- "

SECTION F.

Seven dou#le letters serve to signif% the antithesis to "hich human life is e!posed7 8he antithesis of "isdom is foolishness2 of"ealth, povert%2 of fruitfulness, childlessness2 of life, death2 of dominion, dependence2 of peace, "ar2 and of #eaut%, ugliness

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SECTION L.

8he seven dou#le consonants are analogous to the si! dimensions+ height and depth, ast and est, Iorth and South, and thehol% temple that stands in the centre, "hich carries them all7

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+) +9 ! $4( " (#) "( ""( ! $4;( (, "

SECTION Q.

8he seven dou#le consonants, stamina, having #een designed and esta#lished, com#ined, "eighed, and changed #% God, $eformed #% them+ seven planets in the "orld, seven da%s in the %ear, seven gates, openings of the senses, in man, male and fem

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+ ! " ++ 5"+"3+#+4")) +)(>+ !(4 +#

4[)++ +"#+4") +4 "3 3"#+, +J

; +) 5"&

SECTION .

8he seven planets in the "orld are+)? as Saturn, Pupiter, Mars, Sun, enus, Mercur%, Moon7 Seven da%s in the %ear are the sevenda%s of the "eeB2 seven gates in man, male and female, are+ t"o e%es, t"o ears, t"o nostrils and the mouth7

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+ +"#3J G""3 3"#+, +J; +) 5"&

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SECTION 1b.

8$V V VSVOI7 $e let the letter \ predominate in produci#ilit%, cro"ned it, com#ined one "ith the other, and formed #%them+ the sun in the "orld, the third da% in the %ear, the right nostril in man, male and female7

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+) +#."2 ! "'(^9$4( "J#$+"(!3' 3,

+ " +"3J3J+)+"3+#+=$-+ !(4 +#( ! "

+ +"#- "&"3 3"#+, +J; +) 5"&

SECTION 11.

QOU 8$ V VSVOI7 $e let the letter Z predominate in life, cro"ned it, com#ined one "ith the other, and formed #% them+enus in the "orld, the fourth da% in the %ear, and the left e%e in man, male and female7

.+) +#9."2 ! "'(^,$"#$+"(!3' 3,

+ " +3J3+,+"3+#$(+ !(4 +#(4 ) "


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SECTION 1L.

S I8$ V VSVOI7 $e let the letter : predominate in #eaut%, cro"ned it, com#ined one "ith the other, and formed #% them+Pupiter in the "orld, the seventh da% in the %ear, and the mouth of man, male and female7

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+) +#J."2 ! "'(^'5- "#$+"(!3' 3,

+ " +"3J3J+)+"3+#393+ !(4 +#(' +) $

+ +"#3 &3 3"#+, +J; +) 5"&

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SECTION 1 .

% the seven dou#le consonants, \ b: /Z "ere also designed seven "orlds &q ', seven heavens, seven lands, &pro#a#l%climates,' seven seas, &pro#a#l% around Nalestine,' seven rivers, seven deserts, seven da%s a "eeB, seven "eeBs from NassoveNentecost, there is a c%cle of seven %ears, the seventh is the release %ear, and after seven release %ears is Ju#ilee7 $ence, Godloves the num#er seven under the "hole heaven7) &Vn the "hole nature7'

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CHAPTER .

SECTION 1.

8he t"elve simple letters ` ; T] W_ ^[ X s%m#oli e, as it "ere, the organs of speaBing, thinBing, p7 )?

"alBing, seeing, hearing, "orBing, coition, smelling, sleep, anger, s"allo"ing and laughing7

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ragon &8ali' is in the "orld liBe a Bing upon his throne, the sphere is in the %ear liBe a Bing in the empire, and the heart is in thhuman #od% liBe a Bing*( in "ar7

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God has also set the one over against the other2 the good against the evil, and the evil against the good2 the good proceeds fromthe good, and the evil from the evil2 the good purifies the #ad, and the #ad the good2 the good is preserved for the good, and theevil for the #ad ones7

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SECTION Q.8here are three of "hich ever% one of them stands #% itself2 one is in the affirmative, the other in the negative and one eCuali ethem7

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8here are seven of "hich three are against three, and one places them in eCuili#rium7 8here are t"elve "hich are all the time at"ar2 three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are animators and three destro%ers7

J.

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8he three that produce love are the heart and the ears2 the three that produce hatred are the liver, the gall and the tongue2 the thranimators are the t"o nostrils and the milt2 and the three destro%ers are the mouth and the t"o openings of the #od%2 and God,the faithful King, rules over all from $is hol% ha#itation to all eternit%7 $e is one a#ove three, three are a#ove seven, seven a#ot"elve, and all are linBed together7

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8here*) are t"ent%-t"o letters #% "hich the V am, Yah, the Lord of hosts, Almight% and ternal, designed, formed and created #%three Sepharim, $is "hole "orld, and formed #% them creatures and all those that "ill #e formed in time to come7

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+! " + "+ +)&35' 3 ! +>( + !(4+"3+#' 3 ! +>&"$' 3" ! +>9 ' +43; &+ !

SECTION 1b.

hen ** the patriarch A#raham comprehended the great truism, revolved it in his mind, conceived it perfectl%, made carefulinvestigations and profound inCuiries, pondered upon it and succeeded in contemplations, the Lord of the Universe appeared tohim, called him his friend, made "ith him a covenant #et"een the ten fingers of his hands, "hich is the covenant of thetongue,*9 and the covenant #et"een the ten toes of his feet, "hich is the covenant of circumcision, and said of him+ F efore Vformed thee in the #ell% V Bne" thee7F &Per7 V, 97'

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Ie!t+ Iotes

NOTES.1' Our author maintains that there is a first intelligent, self-e!isting, almight%, eternal ruling cause of all things, and that an

everlasting entit% produced nonentities #% a progression of effects7 8he divine Bno"ledge, he adds, differs from the humanBno"ledge in such a degree, that it gives e!istence to all that is7 [[WWW:;>b is a talmudical e!pression7 &See 8reatise avaathra p7 E)7' Vt seems to me, that the author not onl% "anted to contradict Nlatoxs assertion that the Supreme eing had need o

plan, liBe the human architect, to conduct the great design, "hen he made the fa#ric of the Universe, #ut also the common #eliefthat God reasons and acts #% ideas liBe a human #eing7 As the prophet Vsaiah e!claimed+ F ehold God has no ideas liBe %ouhis "a%s of acting are not liBe %ours7F &Vsaiah 99, D-E7'

( ' 8he num#er thirt%-t"o is not onl% the fifth po"er of t"o, and the sum of ten units and t"ent%-t"o letters, #ut is also the sumof the first and last letter of the $e#re" Nentateuch, namel%+ ( and )H, eCual thirt%-t"o7 &See Kusari p7 )*), translated intoGerman #% r7 avid @assel7'

) ' Naths denote po"ers, effects, Binds, forms, degrees or stages7
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*' 8hese Sepharim or three "ords of similar e!pression signif%+ first, num#er, calculation or idea2 second, the "ord2 third, the"riting of the y"ord7 8he idea, "ord and "riting &of the "ord', are signs to man for a thing, and is not the thing itself, to the@reator, ho"ever, idea, "ord and "riting &of the "ord' are the thing itself, or as some ancient a##is remarBed+ F, WbRW=b\

TRX=^ZT> T;b\\W>T b [Tb Vdea, "ord and "orB are one and the same to God7F 8here is an ideal "orld in the divine intellect,according to "hich this sensi#le "orld "as made7 8he difference #et"een the human and divine manner of thinBing admits nocomparison7

9' 8his means to sa%, that there has not #een an% matter or h%le e!isting from all eternit%, containing different Binds of primitiatoms or molecules etc7, as the GreeB philosopher, Ana!agoras, taught, #ut that all things are the gradual emanations of oneeverlasting #eing7 8his idea is then s%m#olicall% e!plained in the ne!t paragraph7

?' 8he design of the author is evidentl% to deduce the proof of the decade from the phenomena in the nature of man, "ho isgenerall% considered the cro"n or the final cause of theterrestrial creation, and upon "hom God vouchsafed t"o most preciousgifts, namel%+ the articulated "ord, and the p7 91

religious element &spiritual purit%'7 8his passage is e!plained #% Vsaac Satano" in his $e#re" ictionar% entitled Sephathmeth, p7 **, #+

W_W\z R^T>;T]X/;:;\^;:^^ZRWb>;\ ^;=T

:;\^;:^=WT^b;\W>>3T: b^;X[^:>\>T

T] ^/^: W _^X:R; :;X^; =W;: ; ;>TW : >\Z>T;T : >\ZT`; =WbT`;;: ; b7
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8he tongue is, as it "ere, the descriptive pen of all the spiritual issues, and the genital parts are the originators of the corporealsu#stances7 ver% one of them is an eternal covenant in order to preserve the human race for ever, according to its t"o-fold #eing+ #od% and spirit7 ach "orBing after its o"n "a%, ph%sicall% and spirituall%7

' LiBe N%thagoras, "ho taught that the digits inclusive num#er ten "hich are t%pified in 8etraBt%s, &{ |}q~| ' namel%+ 1 plus ( plus ) plus * eCual 1H, and "hich comprise the "hole arithmetical s%stem of nature, etc7 Our author endeavors to sho" thegradual emanation of all things from God, "hich "ere completel% finished in ten spheres7

D' M% $e#re" reading is+ bR;T;;^X 8here are various readings2 therefore Nostellus rendered it+ Frestitue figmentum in locumsuum2F ittangel, Frestitue formatorem in throno suo2F Nistorius, Ffac sedere creatorem in throno suo7F 8he author seems toridicule here the Gnosticians "ho maintained that emiurg "as the creator of man and the sensual "orld7

E' Vn God is the #eginning and he is the #oundar% of the Universe7 @ompare also the 8almud treatise @hagigah p7 1(7

1H' $ere is contradicted the s%stem of ditheism, consisting of an eternal God, the Author of all good and of F$%leF or FSatan,Fthe co-eternal and co-eCual principle of evil, maintaining that an all-perfect God alone is the author of all good and evil, and hasin his infinite "isdom so "onderfull% contrived the nature of things, that ph%sical and moral evil ma% produce good, and hencecontri#ute to carr% out the great design of the Supreme eing7 @ompare also @hap7 ? 97

11' As the infinite series of num#ers starts from one unit, so "as the "hole Universe formed a unit%, that centres in the Godhead7

1(' 8he meaning is, that as the living creatures "hich the prophet sa" in his vision "ere stricBen "ith such an a"e, that the%could not go an% further to see the divine glor%, and had to return, so is the decade an eternal secret to us and "e are not permitted to understand it7 e find this ver% idea in the N%thagorean s%stem7 8he disciples of N%thagoras looBed upon the deas a hol% num#er, and s"ore #% it and #% the 8etraBt%s "hich contain the num#er ten,

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1*' V adopted here the reading of Pudah $alevi, namel%+

[[Wb W;;Tb

;TbR/] ];; ;,

"ith the e!ception of the "ord ;T: #ecause it is o#vious from FYe irah,F @hap7 VV, that the author signifies #% the "ord F8ohu,Fnothing, and not something, as Pudah $alevi erroneousl% thought7 Moses utarel and others tell us that the% had #efore them acorrect cop% of FSepher Yeirah,F "here it reads+

;T:T`;[[;;Z;;Tb;^>_b>

:;=^;/=

8he same passage is mentioned in the 8almud treatise @hagigah, p7 1(, a, "ith the addition of

:;X[;R=T;T:bzT=Rz > ;

=7

8he "ord :;=^;/=W is translated #% ashi,moist 7 Some sa% it is a compound "ord of ^;/=:;= 2 others of _;^/_;=^> , etc7 ut the"ord is not of Semitic origin2 it is, according to m% opinion, #orro"ed from the GreeB as the "ord z= , etc7, flood 7 _b>:;=^/= flood-stones7 8he same "ord is used treatise e a, p7 (*, #, \z =^;/=T fish that are caught from out of the flood7

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1?' Pudah $alevi in his #ooB entitled FKusari,F p7 *9?, illustrates it thus+ 8he @reator is one, and the space has in the figurative!pression si! dimensions7 8he #ooB FYe irah,F having ascri#ed to the @reator some names in the spiritual language, choosesno" in the human language the finest sounds "hich are, as it "ere, the spirits of the other sounds, namel%+ F ;TF and sa%s, that"hen the divine "ill "as e!pressed #% such a su#lime name, it #ecame that "hich the !alted #% praise "ished to call forthaccording to the com#ination of F7 ;TF $ence it follo"s, that the material "orld "as created in such a "a% and manner "hichcorresponds "ith the material, namel%, #% the su#lime spiritual name, "hich corresponds "ith the material name, ;T,T;,;T,; T,

T ;,T; , and out of each of them #ecame one dimension of the "orld, the sphere7

1 ' 8he author sho"s here #% the s%m#ol of a scale and the phonetic character of the fundamental letters ,R = > that the oppositforces and the struggle "hich prevail in the smallest as "ell as in the largest circles of creation are appeased and calmed7

1D' Meaning outlets, outgates of the creative po"er, formations7

1E' 8he "ord _X signifies Jo%, and "hen transposed, forming the "ord X _ it signifies Just the contrar%, trou#le, plague7 $e meato sa%, that the letters of the "ords _X and X _ are the same, #ut the% signif% nevertheless, opposite ideas on account oftransposition7 Pust as the sphere remains the same during the rotation on its a!is in its setting and in its rising2 %et it appears toas if it had undergone a great change on account of its different position7 p7 9)

(H' M% reading is z./ 0.Xz. 0[ .z.; 4=6W0; 7

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() ' 8he ancient philosophers maintained that if God is the first cause, and $e is necessaril%, $e, the immediate effect of $im, as

an a#solute unit%, p7 9*

can onl% #e again a unit%7 $ence from a #eing that is in ever% respect a uniCue #eing, there can onl% emanate one #eing2 #ec"ould t"o essentiall% and trul% different things issue conJointl% from one #eing, the% can onl% proceed from t"o different thinof su#stance, that "ould conseCuentl% admit a division that is inconceiva#le7 8he% then put the Cuestion, ho" came so man%various #eings into e!istence Our author is therefore endeavoring to sho" that the "hole universe emanated graduall% from thespirit of the one living God7

(*' 8he reading of on Po7 Me%er and others is as follo"s+;W;:=

R==WRX;;_ >;_Rb T;= \;=X= ^;\;>=;_ >R/:_

W ;z=W/;= =;WR;X^Z; :>;^Zb\T=RbW>

z= ;b\^RX:R;_ _=; \W>

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\>=;_ >R/:_W`;z=:;>>Xz^;Zz^;Z;X>T/;

= =;WRX;:>^Z; T:>;^Z;b\WR\W>z= ;b\^

=; RX:R;/W; b>(9' Vt has #een alread% mentioned a#ove @hap7 i, 1, that God, his idea and his "ord are a unit%2 hence the author signifies #%letter Aleph the air from "hich emanated the creative speech, etc7

(? ' $ere is meant+ ethereal air, ethereal "ater, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm7 Man% offspringor derivations came from the latter three, as their progenitors, as it is e!plained after"ards in the chapter7

( ' 8he author endeavors to sho" ho" the creative divine "ord #ecame more condensed and ho" a ne" series of productionscame out of three elements7

(D' Vn ancient times coldness "as considered to #e a su#stance7 See Nsalm 1* , 1 7w

(E' Vd est, made it the reigning po"er7

)H' Iamel%, "ith the t"o other elements7

)1 8hat is to sa% a different com#ination of the elements7

)( ' According to the opinion of the author, it ma% #e arranged as follo"s+

Aleph7 Mem7 Sheen7orld+ Air, arth,

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Man+ reast, ell%, $ead7Year+ Moistness, @oldness, $eat7

)) ' 8he aspirating pronunciation of } in the GreeB, "as adopted #% the ancient Pe"s in Nalestine for the $e#re" letter 7 8he% pronounced it partl% aspirated and partl% unaspirated7 See r7 Geigerxs Lehr-und Lese-#uch der Mischnah, p7 ((, and r7Graet xs Gnosticismus, p7 11 7w p7 99

)*' According to the idea of our author, there emanated from the unit% of God three ethereal elements+ primitive air from thespirit, from the air, primitive "ater, and from the "ater, primitive fire or ether, out of "hich came other spheres of e!istence inthe significant and highl% important num#er, seven, from "hich descended smaller spheres and "hich produced again others7 $eendeavors to sho" ho" the ideal #ecame, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpa#le and concrete7 8he "holecreation is thus contemplated as a p%ramid, terminating in a point at the top "ith a #road #asis7 See r7 Graet xs Gnosticismus, ((*7w

)9' @ompare @hapter V, Section ), Iote, D7

)? ' 8he order of the planets &including the Sun' is stated here according to the Ntolemaic s%stem "hich "as in vogue even amonthe learned men till the middle of the fifteenth centur%, namel%+ Moon, Mercur%, enus, Sun, Mars, Pupiter and Saturn7 ut thiarrangement is undou#tedl% an interpolation of a later time, as the author of the #ooB FYeirahF lived man% %ears #efore NtolAnd indeed Nrof7 Po7 Qriedrich on Me%er and others of relia#le authorit% had in their copies of FYe irahF the follo"ing order+

W=WW _bZ;ZT_b^:bR[\_ \>= Mars, Pupiter, Saturn, Moon, Mercur%, enus, Sun7

) ' Nhilo &Allegor 1, *(,' after having called attention to the fact that the heptade is to #e found in man% #i#lical la"s, in thevo"els of the GreeB language, in the gamut and in the organs of the human #od%, e!claims, similar to our author+ F8he "holenature e!ults in the heptade F


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)D' 8he rule for permutation is as follo"s+ &n--1' n7 1 ! ( ! ) ! * ! 9 ! ? ! 9H*H7 Vn our edition it reads+ :R=W/^>Xb >;= :bQive thousand and four houses, "hich is o#viousl% a mistaBe, it should read+ 9H*H houses7 7 :R=W/^>Xb >;:b

)E' V read : instead of zb;[ ;[ for t"o reasons7 Vn the first place, the same thing is mentioned after"ards, and in the second

place, it is proved #% the e!pression T] X^ that the author meant : and not zb;[ ;[7*H' Some maintain that #% the e!pression 8ali is understood the constellation raco or ragon, "hich is a ver% largeconstellation e!tending for a great length from ast to est2 #eginning at the tail "hich lies half "a% #et"een the Nointers andthe Nole Star, and "inding round #et"een the Great and Little ear #% a continued succession of #right stars from 9 to 1Hdegrees asunder, it coils round under the feet of the Little ear, s"eeps round the pole of the ecliptic, and terminates in atrape ium formed #% four conspicuous stars from )H to )9 degrees from Iorth Nole7 r7 Steinshneider &see Maga in fuerLiteratur des Auslandes, 1D*9' and r7 @assel &in his commentar% to the #ooB entitled Kusari,' maintain that the ancient Pe"is p7 9?

astronomers signified #% the "ord 8ali, not the constellation raco, #ut the line "hich Joins together the t"o points in "hich theor#it of the moon intercepts the ecliptic & ragonxs head and tail'7 r7 @assel is of the opinion that our author meant here, pro#a#the invisi#le, celestial or universal a!is that carries the "hole Universe7

*1' Our author means to sa% that the "ater has a great disposition to unite itself "ith the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latenin steam, #ut the air eCuipoises them7

*(' 8he meaning is, as God is the centre of the Universe, so have the macrocosm, the seasons and temperature and themicrocosm, their centres receiving po"er from the principal centre to regulate and rule7

*)' 8he su#stance of this Mishnah is mentioned in the 8almud treatise erachoth, p7 99, a7 Vt reads there+

=>bW\ W=>bX\;T W


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F a# Pehudah stated in the name of a#, that e alel understood to com#ine letters #% "hich heaven and earth "ere created7F 8othis the commentator ashi adds+ Fas it is taught in the #ooB Ye irah7F Vt is undou#tedl% certain that the #ooB Ye irah, or a

cosmogon% as it is represented there, "as Bno"n to a#, "ho "as a disciple of Pehudah $anasi, during the second part of thesecond centur%7 &@7 7' See treatise erachoth, p7 99 a, "here the commentator ashi referred to the #ooB Ye irah7

**' 8his "hole paragraph is an interpolation of an unBno"n hand, as it can #e easil% proved7

*9' V have translated according to the reading of a##i Pudah $alevi7 8he reading of a##i Luria is as follo"s+

R[;RX:R;:; :;>

;_;R^bW^ ;;^:>;\;zZR==bz[^\R>bzRXW ;bz Xb

WXbRbz T__RbRX

F$e fastened t"ent%-t"o letters on his tongue and revealed to him $is m%ster%, $e dre" them #% "ater, Bindled them #% fire anthundered them #% the "ind, $e lighted them #% seven, and rules them #% t"elve constellations7F Nistor7 renders it+ F8ranat paCuam, accendit in igne grandine signavit in ere7 isposuit cum septem et gu#ernavit cum duodecim7F Nostellusx version is+FAttra!it eam in aCua, accendit in spiritu, inflammavit in septem aptatum cum duodecim signis7F Me%er translates it+ F r og smit asser, ndet sie an mit Qeuer, erregte sie mit Geist, ve#rannte sie mit sie#en, goes sie aus mit den s"oelf Gestirnen7F

Ie!t+ Glossar% of a##inical ords

deOSSARY Of RAggINICAe hORiS.
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[\ v7 8o adhere, cohere7 V, D7

6 n7 S%riac >>, GreeB }w Air7 VV7: > n7 Sign, letter2 : 4: >,\ fundamental letters7 V, 17

0 . 6>adv7 z>4=06 6>0; hinc et ulterius2 from no" further7 V 1?

3^6>7 8hese7 Cuals the #i#lical T56>7 V7 17

z 0Z>adj 7 GreeB w O#liCue, diagonal direction7 , (7

X.X0=5>n7 Middle7 centre7 V, (7#

6; n7 @learness, perspicuit%7 V, )7 \0=XT0;.b.\^X03 and put the su#Ject in a clear point of vie"7

>.b. n7 ivision7 , ?7

40_4 or 4;: _ 0 @omposed of z 64;00 , omitting #et"een them7 V, 17 See uBexs Sprache der Mischnah, p7 ?D7w

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3 n7 od%, su#stance VV, ?7

^0n7 @ircle, celestial or#, or sphere7 VV, *7 p7 9D

9

3 4 n7 ord7 V, D7

6T04Tv7 8hinB, muse7 meditate, reflect7 V, 7

3T04Tn7 eflection, meditation7 , 17

J

:3Z0n7 Vnnocence, purit%, godliness, merit7 VV, 17

-

T.Z Wn7 Misdeed, trespass7 VV, 17

.Wv7 8o return, to turn onexs self round7 VV, 97

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z>. or _>adv 7 $ere, there2 z>4= thence, from thence7 V , 1?7b.b n7 Star2 especiall% the planet Mercur%7 V , 7

z piel z46Zv7 irect2 z.Z0=directed, situated7 V, (7

3X 4n7 Ugliness7 V , )7

0 or 0 . 0adv7 So, thus7 V, 7

X. Hiph 7 X 0Z4Tv7 8o intervene in an% thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a Cuarrel7 VV, 17 !

T.= 4X0n7 ating, s"allo"ing7 , 17

0.Z 4/ 0adv 7 @omposed of the "ords 4/ 0 and .Z7 According to that, therefore7 V , 197 p7 9E

4\ >=n7 8he planet Mars7 V , 7

T.4=n7 Measure, Cualit%, divine attri#ute7 V, *7

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T._0R4= n7 octrine, lesson, paragraph7

: ^.;=n7 @onstellations2 especiall% the t"elve signs of the odiac7 , )7 ^.3=b = a happ% constellation7

z 4=0adv7 Vt is a particle liBe , as2 it is added the "ord z 4= Bind, denoting+ as a Bind of, liBe, as7 VV, *7= 6=v7 @hald7 inf7 =>0= or =6=7 8o speaB, command7 VV, 97

.=n7 Su#stance, realit%7 VV, 97

T.b4;X=n7 ampart, a floor, pavement7 V, D7

T. .=n7 Gall7 , *

_6T_0:4= See _T._7 V , 17

_T._v7 ith a follo"ing after it, signifies+ to maBe use of an% thing7 V , 17

_ _n7 8he planet enus7 V , 7

X._v7 @hald7 SticB in, fasten, conJoin, connect7 V, ?7

b.[._n7 Opening7 V , D7

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\ . v7 Arrange7 , 1?7

z.= 4n7 Sign, illustration7 VV, *7 See Geigerxs LesestcBe der Mishnah, p7 1(17w

[ 40n7 Qinished2 the end &of a #ooB or chapter7'4

T.b 6Xn7 @ontention, rivalr%7 , 97

\ 4: .Xn7 Quture7 VV, (7 p7 ?H

[ 55/ n7 @hapter, section7

3./ adj 7 ivested of clothes, undressed, simple7 V, D7

[ 55n7 8he planet Pupiter7 V , 7

W. 4/ 0n7 Appearance7 V, 97

. v7 efine, melt together, connect, com#ine7 VV, (7

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XZ.[ v7 8o fi!, to fasten7 V, D7 VV, )7

W.b 6[ or T.b6[ n7 Stomach7 , *7

z.b0[ 0[ or z.b0[ 03[ n7 Stomach7 , *7

T.>n7 Argument, evidence7 V, (7

T.4>0n7 Sight7 , 17

T.4;0n7 edundanc% of "ater, moistness7 VVV7 *7

W 6v7 Smell7 , 17

4>.W0b n7 8he planet Saturn7 V , 7

T.W 4n7 SpeaBing7 , 17

T.X 4=0 n7 $earing7 , 17

:66 v7 8o serve7 V, D7%

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40n7 8he constellation raco or ragon7 V, (7

R 4=0n7 @oition7 , 17

/ . or / . v7 8o sei e, to taBe hold of7

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