[Avodah] Bereshis From Aleph to Sav

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Mon Oct 20 13:53:50 PDT 2008


On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 09:21:05PM -0400, Cantor Wolberg wrote:
: It is said that God's first creation were the Hebrew letters of the
: language itself. From what is this idea derived? This creation is
: alluded to in the words "Bereshis bara Elokim" (In the beginning
: of God's creating) followed in the Hebrew by the untranslatable
: word "es" (aleph, saf). This word alludes to all the letters of the
: Hebrew alphabet, from the first letter (aleph) to the last (saf).
...

According to Seifer haYetzirah, beri'ah involved 32 elements -- the 22
letters and the 10 sefiros. Isn't there a problem saying it's only about
22 of the 32 elements?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha



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