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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>For me, the definition of mysticism is </span></font><font
size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>the
belief in the existence of a state of reality hidden from ordinary human
understanding coupled to phenomenon that far exceed coincidence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>A perfect example: First posuk of the Torah: “Bereshis
bara...” etc. has 7 words and twenty-eight letters. “Y’hei
sh’mei rabba...” etc. has 7 words and twenty-eight letters. And
finally: the posuk immediately prior to the Aseret Hadibrot (Shmos 20:1): “Vay’daber
Elohim es kol had’vorim ha’eyleh leimor” has 7 words and
twenty-eight letters. What’s the kesher between the 3 sentences
above: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>“In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.” The foundational purpose of creation is “Y’hei sh’mei
rabba...” and the way that can be effected is “Vay’daber
Elohim es kol had’vorim ha’eyleh leimor”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>It certainly can be argued that the above conceptually
is not mysticism. However, the chazaka of 7 words and twenty-letters for the
three independent verses is a bit harder to summarily dismiss as not being
mysticism. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Lucida Sans"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans"'>ri <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Lucida Sans"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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