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Sepher Yetzirah

By Isidor Kalisch

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Chapter IV

The 33 seven double letters, ‏??? ????‎ with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,‏???‎ ,‏???‎ ,‏???‎ ,‏???‎ ,‏???‎ ,‏???‎ ,‏???‎ serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.

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SECTION 2.
Seven 34 double letters, ,‏??? ????‎ shall, as it were, symbolize wisdom, wealth, fruitfulness, life, dominion, peace and beauty.

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SECTION 3.
Seven double letters serve to signify the antithesis to which human life is exposed. The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.

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SECTION 4.
The seven double consonants are analogous to the six dimensions: height and depth, East and West, North and South, and the holy temple that stands in the centre, which carries them all.

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SECTION 5.
The double consonants are seven, ‏??? ????‎ and not six, they are seven and not eight; reflect upon this fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that 35 the Creator be acknowledged to be on His throne again.

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SECTION 6.
The seven double consonants, stamina, having been designed and established, combined, weighed, and changed by God, He formed by them: seven planets in the world, seven days in the year, seven gates, openings of the senses, in man, male and female.

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SECTION 7.
The seven planets in the world are: 36 as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Seven days in the year are the seven days of the week; seven gates in man, male and female, are: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and the mouth.

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SECTION 8.
FIRST DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in wisdom, crowned it, combined one with the other and formed by them: the moon in the world, the first day in the year, and the right eye in man, male and female.

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SECTION 9.
SECOND DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in wealth, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Mars in the world, the second day in the year, and the right ear in man, male and female.

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SECTION 10.
THIRD DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in producibility, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: the sun in the world, the third day in the year, the right nostril in man, male and female.

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SECTION 11.
FOURTH DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in life, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Venus in the world, the fourth day in the year, and the left eye in man, male and female.

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SECTION 12.
FIFTH DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in dominion, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Mercury in the world, the fifth day in the year, and the left ear in man, male and female.

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SECTION 13.
SIXTH DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in peace, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Saturn in the world, the sixth day in the year, and the left nostril in man, male and female.

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SECTION 14.
SEVENTH DIVISION. He let the letter ‏?‎ predominate in beauty, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Jupiter in the world, the seventh day in the year, and the mouth of man, male and female.

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SECTION 15.
By the seven double consonants, ‏??? ????‎ were also designed seven worlds (α??νες), seven heavens, seven lands, (probably climates,) seven seas, (probably around Palestine,) seven rivers, seven deserts, seven days a week, seven weeks from Passover to Pentecost, there is a cycle of seven years, the seventh is the release year, and after seven release years is jubilee. Hence, God loves the number seven under the whole heaven. 37 (In the whole nature.)

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SECTION 16.
Two stones build two houses, three stones build six houses, four build twenty-four houses, five build one hundred and twenty houses, six build seven hundred and twenty houses and seven build five thousand and forty 38 houses. From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.

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