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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
letter <i>aleph</i> has three parts: the top, bottom and the line that connects.
If you look at it carefully, there’s a “yud” on top, a
“yud” on the bottom and there’s a line in between. So yud is
ten and the second yud is 10, the line in the middle is a vov which is six, so
you have 26 which is the gematria of God’s Name. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So
therefore, aleph always represents <i>HaShem Echod</i>, (26 for God and aleph
for one). It has also been taught that the aleph can be seen in another
profound way: the yud at the top refers to God; the yud at the bottom refers to
the Jew and the line in between is the level of yiras shamayim that connects
God and the Jew. So the aleph itself has a special kedusha.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best
regards/Kol tuv,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ri</span><span
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