# אוֹת א'
אוֹת א'
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## Segment 8
אַהֲבָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא אֶחָד. [ליקו"מ ד'] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לְבוּשָׁהּ וַתִּשְׂחַק לְיוֹם אַחֲרוֹן. [ליקו"מ כ"א]
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Alef — The Letter Alef
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ALEF — Numerical Value: 1 | 114 source entries
[Translator's Note] The entries begin with the letter Alef itself — its shape, hidden form, and components — then proceed alphabetically through all Hebrew words beginning with Alef. Every entry records a mystical connection taught by Rebbe Nachman. Hebrew is always shown alongside the English. Cross-references (where the same connection appears listed from both directions) are presented as single unified entries.
Hebrew Entry
English Translation & Explanation
Source
א
Shape / Form
The letter Alef (א) embodies three components: an upper point, a lower point, and a Vov (ו) between them. In this way the Alef carries the visual form of the letters ר׳י׳ו׳ — Reish-Yud-Vov — whose numerical value is 216.
[The two Yuds (upper and lower strokes) plus the diagonal Vov are the three visible strokes composing the Alef. The number 216 = Gevurah / strength — revealing that the silent Alef carries tremendous hidden power.]
The letters of Adam are: א׳לף (Alef — the divine soul-breath) and דם (dam — blood, the body). Man is the union of the divine and the physical.
Likutay Mooharan 6:5
א׳ד׳ם׳
Multiple
Each letter of Adam corresponds to a spiritual dimension: Alef (א) corresponds to Chochmah (Wisdom); Dalet (ד) alludes to the four elements; Mem (מ) corresponds to the aspect of ta'anis (fasting / self-restraint).
Adam (= 45) = the Divine Name מ"ה [the full-spelling יוד הא ואו הא = 45], known as the Name of milui Alfin.
Adam (= 45) = three times Yud-Heh (15 × 3 = 45).
## Segment 9
אֶסַק שָׁמַיִם וְגוֹ' אוֹתִיּוֹת קסא. [ליקו"מ ו'] אָוֶן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַי אָבְדָה נָפֶשׁ. [ליקו"מ ל"א]
Likutay Mooharan 37:6
א
Shape / Form
The letter Alef consists of two Yuds (ב׳ יודין) with a Vov (ואו) between them.
[Yud(10) + Vov(6) + Yud(10) = 26 = the numerical value of the four-letter Name of G-d, יהוה. The silent Alef secretly contains the holiest of Names.]
Likutay Mooharan 66:2
א
Shape / Form
Roshay Saveivos
Adam — first letters of ד׳רך מ׳צוותיך א׳רוץ: "I will run in the path of Your commandments" [Psalms 119:32].
Likutay Mooharan 37:3; II:82; 101; Sichos HaRan 116
אדני
Gematria
The Divine Name Adonai (אדני = 65) equals the gematria of היכל (Haichal, "Sanctuary / Palace" = 65), and also equals ס"ה (65).
Adonai five times (5 × 65 = 325) = gematria of נערה (na'arah, "a young woman" = 325).
Shape / Form
## Segment 10
אָדָם אוֹתִיּוֹת אָלֶף דָּם. [שָׁם] אֹמֶר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אוֹר מַיִם רָקִיעַ. [ליקו"מ ל"ז]
The letter Alef has the shape of the letters יוד ואו דלת — Yud, Vov, Dalet — which is the full spelling of the letter Yud itself (יוד = Yud-Vov-Dalet, gematria 20). The Alef's form is thus the full-spelled Yud.
[The full spelling יוד = 10+6+4 = 20; but the source cites this in the context of lesson 185, which works with higher gematria values.]
Likutay Mooharan 185
א"ב
Notarikon
The Aleph-Beis (Hebrew alphabet) contains six Pehs (ששה פאין) — six letters whose names cannot be pronounced without the letter Peh: א, כ, ך, פ, ף, ק — Alef, Kaf, final-Kaf, Peh, final-Peh, Kuf.
[The gematria of Peh (80) × 6 = 480, which equals the gematria of לילית. This connection is developed in the source lesson.]
Likutay Mooharan 83
אבות
Multiple
Adonai embodies the aspect of ריו דין — for ר׳י׳ו׳ (= 216) is the visual form of the letter Alef, which becomes transformed into אדני.
Roshay Saveivos
א׳דני ש׳פתי ת׳פתח — "My L-rd, open my lips" [Psalms 51:17, opening of the Shmoneh Esrai] — first letters spell אשת (eshes, "woman").
Likutay Mooharan 55:7; 194; 38:2; 32; 37:6; 10:4; Sichos HaRan 96, 105
אהבה
Gematria
Ahavah (אהבה, "love" = 13) = gematria of Echad (אחד, "one" = 13). Love and unity are numerically — and spiritually — one.
Ahavah also equals the gematria of וָהֵב [Numbers 21:14 — a place-name associated with the giving of Torah; see Rashi].
Likutay Mooharan 4:4; 54:6; marginal gloss to 56
## Segment 11
אַמָּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵשׁ מַיִם ה' מוֹצָאוֹת הַפֶּה. [ליקו"מ ט'] אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק יַעֲקֹב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ. [ליקו"מ מ"ב]
The Patriarchs (אבות, Avos) correspond to the Divine Name שדי (Sha-dai): the three Patriarchs correspond to the letter ש (Shin, with its three prongs); and the acronym of י׳י א׳לקינו י׳י — "Hashem our G-d, Hashem" — which consists of 14 letters, is itself the acronym of א׳ברהם י׳צחק י׳עקב — Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov — thus forming ש-די.
Likutay Mooharan 42
אביב
Notarikon
Aviv (אביב, "spring") is understood as: אלף עם בית, יוד עם בית — "Alef together with Beis; Yud together with Beis" — the letters immediately before and after Beis (the first letter of the Torah).
[The month of Aviv / Nisan, month of the Exodus, is revealed through its relationship to Beis — the first letter of Torah.]
Likutay Mooharan 49:4
אבן
Notarikon
Even (אבן, "stone") — its Aramaic translation is אב ובן: "father and son."
[The stone embodies the relationship between the Supernal Father (Abba, Chochmah) and Son (Ben, Ze'ir Anpin) — kabbalistic levels of the Divine.]
אהיה
Gematria
The Divine Name Ehyeh (אהיה, "I Shall Be") spelled out in full as אלף קי יוד קי totals the Name קס"א (= 161, the full-spelling of Ehyeh with Yuds).
Likutay Mooharan 6:7
א׳ויבי י׳שובו י׳בושו ר׳גע
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "May my enemies turn back and be shamed in an instant" [Psalms 6:11] spell אייר (Iyar) — the Hebrew month of Iyar. [Cross-reference: Iyar → same verse, listed below.]
Likutay Mooharan 277
אָוֶן
Roshay Saveivos
## Segment 14
אֱמֶת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה. [שם] אַרְבֶּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אָכֵן רוּחַ הִיא בֶאֱנוֹשׁ. [ליקו"מ ס"ד]
Likutay Mooharan 7:5; 9:5; 51
א׳בנים ש׳למות ת׳בנה
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "You shall build with whole stones" (אבנים שלמות תבנה) [Deuteronomy 27:6] spell אשת (eshes, "wife / woman").
Likutay Mooharan 18:6
אברהם
Gematria
Avraham (אברהם) = 248 (רמ"ח) — the number of positive commandments and the number of limbs in the human body.
Likutay Mooharan II:26
The letters Alef, Zayin, Ches (א, ז, ח = 1+7+8 = 16) equal the gematria of the letter Dalet [Dalet spelled out in full].
[The source in Chayay Mooharan explains this cryptic gematria and its practical implication.]
Chayay Mooharan §85
אחד
Gematria
Echad (אחד, "one" = 13) = gematria of Ahavah (אהבה, "love" = 13). [Cross-reference from Ahavah above.]
Roshay Saveivos
Echad — first letters of ד׳ברי א׳לקים ח׳יים: "the words of the Living G-d."
Likutay Mooharan 4:4; 54:6; omitted passages of Chayay Mooharan
## Segment 18
אֵשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח. [ליקו"מ י'] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֶת לְבָבְךָ וְאֶת לְבַב. [ליקו"מ קמ"א]
א׳ברהם י׳צחק י׳עקב
Multiple
The first letters of Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov spell י׳י א׳לקינו י׳י — "Hashem our G-d, Hashem" — whose gematria is 14 (י"ד). The three Patriarchs correspond to the letter Shin (ש), and together they form the Name שד-י (Sha-dai).
Sofay Saveivos
The final letters of Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov — ם, ק, ב — spell בקם (bekom, "in their arising / standing up").
[Bekom alludes to resurrection and the rising of the Patriarchs' merits on behalf of their descendants.]
Likutay Mooharan 42; 57:3
אברהם
Notarikon
אל
Gematria
The Divine Name El (אל), spelled out in full twice (אלף למד × 2), equals the gematria of קרע (kara, "tearing [of the heavenly decree]").
Likutay Mooharan 21:9
אל אלקים
Gematria
The Names El Elokim (אל אלקים), spelled out in full as אלף למד — אלף למד הי יוד מם, have the gematria of תהלים (Tehillim, "Psalms" = 485).
The verse "El, Elokim, Hashem spoke" (אל אלקים ה׳ דבר) [Psalms 50:1] — these four words together have the gematria of שמחה (simchah, "joy").
[The gematria of G-d's Names equals Tehillim — Psalms — linking the Names of G-d with prayer. And the opening of Psalm 50, calling all three of G-d's Names, sums to joy.]
Likutay Mooharan 205; 2:5
## Segment 19
אֵשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת תִּבְנֶה. [ליקו"מ י"ח] אֹכֶלֶת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַתָּה תְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ. [ליקו"מ קפ"ז]
Avraham (אברהם) is an expression of אבוא רם — "I shall bring [that which is] exalted" or "the exalted one shall come."
Likutay Mooharan 87
אדם
Notarikon
Adam (אדם, "man") cannot be pronounced without the letter Alef — for the name of Alef begins with Alef, yet Alef itself is silent. Man exists only because of the silent divine breath that animates him.
The letters of Adam in their natural order are א, ד, ם — no rearrangement needed — showing that Man is constituted exactly as he is.
[These are two distinct teachings from the same source: one about the Alef's silence within the word Adam; the second noting that the letters need no permutation — Adam is complete as written.]
Likutay Mooharan II:82
אדם — א׳לף דם
Tziroof
אל דמי / אלקים
Tziroof
Al Domi (אל דמי, "do not be silent / give yourself no rest") is formed from the letters of Elokim (אלקים) — and conversely, the word Elokim can yield al domi. Similarly, Eldad (אלדד) is read as אֵל דַּד — "the G-d of the breast [nourishment]."
Likutay Mooharan 97
א׳ל ש׳די י׳תן ל׳כם ר׳חמים
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "May El Sha-dai grant you mercy" [Genesis 43:14] spell ישראל (Yisrael).
Likutay Mooharan II:62
א׳לה מ'ועדי י'י
Roshay Saveivos
## Segment 20
אִשָּׁה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הַנֹּתֵן אִמְרֵי שָׁפֶר. [ליקו"מ מ"ז] אַלְמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מַה נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי אִמְרָתֶךָ. [ליקו"מ קצ"ט]
Aven (אָוֶן, "iniquity") — first letters of ו׳וי א׳בדה נ׳פש: "Woe — the soul is lost!"
Likutay Mooharan 31:9
א׳ור מ׳ים ר׳קיע
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "light, water, firmament" — the three primordial elements of Creation — spell אֹמֶר (omer, "utterance"). [Cross-reference: Omer → same, listed below.]
Likutay Mooharan 37:6
אושפיזא
Notarikon
Ushpiza (אושפיזא, Aramaic for the mystical Sukkos guest) is composed of איש, פי, זה — "this man, my mouth." [Cross-reference: Ish, Pi, Zeh → same, listed below.]
Likutay Mooharan II:77; Chayay Mooharan §163
אות
Notarikon
The first letters of "These are the appointed times of Hashem" [Leviticus 23:2] spell אמי (imi, "my mother"). [Cross-reference: Imi → same verse, listed below.]
Likutay Mooharan 30:5
אלקים
Gematria
Elokim (אלקים = 86) = gematria of כוס (kos, "cup").
Elokim twice (172) = עקב (aikev, "heel / consequence").
Elokim twice (172) plus its 10 letters = 182 = יעקב (Yaakov).
Elokim in squared and filled form = אֹר (or, "light").
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אַלֻּף רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לְהַתִּיר פֶּה אִלְּמִים. [ליקו"מ ס'] אִיָּיר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֹיְבָי יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע. [ליקו"מ עז"ר]
Os (אות, "letter / sign") — the word os is contained within צבאות (Tzvaos, "Hosts" — a Divine Name): tzeva-os contains the word os.
[Every Divine Name carries within it the secret of the holy letters.]
Likutay Mooharan 31:5
אותיות
Gematria
The letters of the Hebrew alphabet correspond to the aspect of ר"ע (270) — for there are 27 letters (22 standard + 5 final forms), and each letter contains ten inner dimensions, making 270 in total.
Likutay Mooharan 38:2
א׳ז׳ח׳
Gematria
(1) א׳ת ל׳בבך ו׳את ל׳בב — "your heart and the heart [of your children]" [Deut. 30:6];
(2) ו׳אם ל׳א תאבה האשה ל׳לכת א׳חריך — "if the woman does not wish to follow you" [Deut. 21:11 — the soul's return to G-d];
(3) ל׳בושה ו׳תשחק ל׳יום א׳חרון — "She is clothed with strength and laughs at the final day" [Proverbs 31:25].
[Each acronym reveals a distinct dimension of Elul — the month of teshuvah and Divine mercy before Rosh Hashanah.]
Likutay Mooharan 141; 21:11; Likutay Mooharan II:87; Chayay Mooharan §39
אליהו
Gematria
## Segment 24
אַפִּי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת יָדֶךָ. [ליקו"מ ס"ו] אָמַר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵשׁ מַיִם רוּחַ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה']
א׳חד מ׳הם ל׳א נ׳ותר
Roshay Saveivos
"Not one of them remained" (א׳חד מ׳הם ל׳א נ׳ותר) [Exodus 14:28] — first letters spell אלמן (almon, "widower"). [Cross-reference from Almon below.]
Chayay Mooharan §469
א׳חת מ׳הנה ל׳א נ׳שברה
Roshay Saveivos
"Not one of them was broken" (א׳חת מ׳הנה ל׳א נ׳שברה) [Psalms 34:21] — first letters spell אלמן (almon, "widower"). [Cross-reference from Almon below.]
Sefer HaMidos, "Almon" 2:2
אייר
Roshay Saveivos
The month of Iyar (אייר) — its letters are the first letters of א׳ויבי י׳שובו י׳בושו ר׳גע: "May my enemies turn back and be shamed in an instant" [Psalms 6:11].
Likutay Mooharan 277
Almon (אלמן, "widower") yields three first-letter acronyms:
(1) א׳חד מ׳הם ל׳א נ׳ותר — "not one of them remained" [Exodus 14:28];
(2) א׳חת מ׳הנה ל׳א נ׳שברה — "not one of them was broken" [Psalms 34:21];
(3) מ׳ה נ׳מלצו ל׳חכי א׳מרתך — "How sweet are Your words to my palate!" [Psalms 119:103].
Chayay Mooharan §469; Sefer HaMidos "Almon" 2:2; Likutay Mooharan 199
אָלֶף
Notarikon
The name of the letter Alef cannot be pronounced without the letter Peh (פ) — for Peh means "mouth," and the silent Alef secretly requires the mouth / speech to be expressed. [Cross-reference: Aleph-Beis above; also Aish below.]
Likutay Mooharan 83
## Segment 25
אֵשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׁבוּ אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו. [ליקו"מ ע'] אַרְגָּמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אוּרִיאֵל רְפָאֵל גַּבְרִיאֵל מִיכָאֵל נוּרִיאֵל. [שם]
אֵיפָה
Notarikon
Aifah (אֵיפָה, a dry measure / "where?") is read as אֵי פֶּה — "Where is the mouth?" — an allusion to the concealment of divine speech in exile.
Likutay Mooharan 49:6
איש, פי, זה
Notarikon
The words איש, פי, זה ("this man, my mouth") are the notarikon expansion of אושפיזא (ushpiza, the mystical Sukkos guest). [Cross-reference from Ushpiza above.]
Likutay Mooharan II:77; Chayay Mooharan §163
איתן
Tziroof
א׳לף דם — אדם
Tziroof
The words אלף דם — "Alef [and] blood" — are the letters of אדם (Adam, "Man"). [Cross-reference from Adam above.]
Likutay Mooharan 6:5
א׳לף ת׳יו ה׳
Gematria
Alef, Tav, Heh (א׳תה — "You" — spelled out as אלף תיו ה׳) has the gematria of five times the phrase ורב חסד ("and abundant in loving-kindness" [Exodus 34:6]).
Chayay Mooharan §136
אלָפים
Tziroof
## Segment 26
אֵלִיָּהוּ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא בֵּן. [ליקו"מ קי"ז] אֱלִיעֶזֶר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת עַיִן לֹא רָאָתָה אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתְךָ יַעֲשֶׂה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ז]
Eisahn (איתן, "perennial / mighty") — its letters are a permutation of תניא (tanya, "it has been taught" — the classic Talmudic opening).
[א-י-ת-נ rearranged = ת-נ-י-א. The eternal (eisan) nature of Torah is expressed in its most characteristic phrase of transmission.]
Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15
אֹכֶלֶת
Roshay Saveivos
Ocheles (אֹכֶלֶת, "consuming / devouring fire") — first letters of א׳תה ת׳שלם ל׳איש כ׳מעשהו: "You repay each man according to his deeds" [Psalms 62:13]. [Cross-reference from that verse below.]
Likutay Mooharan 187
א׳כן ר׳וח ה׳וא ב׳אנוש
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "Indeed, it is the spirit within man" [Job 32:8] spell ארבה (arbeh, "locust"). [Cross-reference from Arbeh below.]
Likutay Mooharan 64:6
Alafim (אלפים, "thousands") — its letters are a permutation of פלאים (pla'im, "wonders / miracles"). Hidden within "thousands" is the root of "wonders."
Sichos HaRan 4
אַמָּה
Roshay Saveivos
Amah (אַמָּה, "cubit / forearm") — first letters of א׳ש מ׳ים ה׳ מוצאות הפה: "fire, water, [and] the five articulations of the mouth." [Cross-reference: Aish Mayim → Amah, listed below.]
Likutay Mooharan 9:3; 112
א׳מה ת׳כלנה מ׳למעלה
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "waters are consumed from above" [Job 6:17] spell אמת (emes, "truth"). [Cross-reference: Emes → same verse, listed below.]
Likutay Mooharan 9:3
אמונה
Gematria
## Segment 27
אֵל אֱלֹהִים בְּמִלּוּאוֹ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא תְּהִלִּים. [ליקו"מ ר"ה] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְאִם לֹא תֹאבֶה הָאִשָּׁה לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֶיךָ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ז]
Elokim three times (258) = גרון (gayrohn, "throat").
Elokim = יה אלם — "the silent Yah" [the concealed aspect of the Name Yah].
From Elokim one can form אל דמי (see above). [Cross-references consolidated.]
[The Name associated with strict judgment contains, paradoxically, a hint of the light (or) hidden within judgment, the cup of blessing, the throat of prayer, and the silent hidden Yah.]
Chayay Mooharan §577; Likutay Mooharan 41; 277; 46; 177; 97
אלול
Roshay Saveivos (×3)
The month of Elul yields three first-letter acronyms:
Emunah (אמונה, "faith" = 102) = gematria of בנים (banim, "children" = 102). Faith and children are bound together.
Sichos HaRan 34; Chayay Mooharan §477
אמי
Roshay Saveivos
Imi (אמי, "my mother") — first letters of א׳לה מ׳ועדי י׳י: "These are the appointed times of Hashem" [Leviticus 23:2]. [Cross-reference from that verse above.]
Likutay Mooharan 30:5
א׳מן כ׳ן י׳הי ר׳צון
Roshay Saveivos (double)
The first letters of "Amen, so may it be Your will" are also the first letters of כ׳י א׳ני י׳י ר׳ופאך: "For I am Hashem your Healer" [Exodus 15:26]. Saying Amen with full intention invokes the Name of healing.
Likutay Mooharan II:42; Chayay Mooharan §53
אֹמֶר
Roshay Saveivos (×2)
## Segment 28
אֵל אֱלֹהִים הֲוַיָּ"ה דִּבֵּר עִם ה' תֵּבוֹת, בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שִׂמְחָה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ב'] אַלְמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֶחָד מֵהֶם לֹא נוֹתָר. [חיי"מ סימן תס"ט]
Eliyahu (אליהו = 52) = gematria of בן (ben, "son" = 52). [Cross-reference from Ben in Section 2.]
Likutay Mooharan 117
אליעזר
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "an eye has not seen, O G-d, besides You, what You shall do" (ע׳ין ל׳א ר׳אתה א׳לקים ז׳ולתך י׳עשה) [Isaiah 64:3] spell אליעזר (Eliezer — Avraham's servant, the model of hidden divine providence).
Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13
אלם — יוד אותיות אלקים
Notarikon
Alam (אלם, "mute / silent") — a Yud (י) plus the letters Alam = the letters of Elokim (אלקים). The Name Elokim is thus the silent Name (alam) activated by the Yud.
Likutay Mooharan 177
אלמן
Roshay Saveivos (×3)
Omer (אֹמֶר, "utterance / word") yields two first-letter sources:
(1) א׳ור מ׳ים ר׳קיע — "light, water, firmament" [the three Creation-elements];
(2) א׳ש מ׳ים ר׳וח — "fire, water, wind" [the three elemental forces].
[The divine utterance by which the world was created is encoded in the very elements of Creation.]
Likutay Mooharan 37:6; II:5:2
אמת
Tziroof
## Segment 29
אַלְמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַחַת מֵהֵנָּה לֹא נִשְׁבָּרָה. [ספר המידות אלמן, ב.]
Emes (אמת, "truth") is formed by the beginning, middle, and end of the Hebrew alphabet — Alef (first), Mem (middle), Tav (last) — teaching that truth encompasses all of reality from beginning to end.
Roshay Saveivos
Emes — first letters of א׳מה ת׳כלנה מ׳למעלה: "waters are consumed from above" [Job 6:17].
Likutay Mooharan 112; 9:3
אני / אנכי
Roshay Saveivos
Ani (אני, "I") — first letters of א׳נא נ׳פשי י׳הבית: "I hereby give over my very soul" [opening of the hymn Ana BeKoach]. The deepest meaning of "I" is total self-surrender to G-d.
Anochi (אנכי, "I" — the more emphatic form, the first word of the Ten Commandments) — first letters of א׳נא נ׳פשי כ׳תיבת י׳הבית: "I hereby give over my soul in writing."
[Ani and Anochi are distinct Hebrew words both meaning "I," but Anochi has the additional letter Kaf — hence its acronym includes the word kesivas ("in writing"), alluding to the written Torah given at Sinai. There is also a separate teaching noted in the source: Ani has an inner kabbalistic dimension — "see inner commentary" (ayin panim).]
## Segment 31
אֱמוּנָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא בָּנִים. [שיחות הר"ן ל"ד] אֶחָד רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים. [השמטה משיחות הר"ן]
Likutay Mooharan 173; 73
א׳נא נ׳פשי י׳הבית
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "I hereby give over my very soul" spell אני (ani, "I"). [Cross-reference from Ani above.]
Likutay Mooharan 173
אסק
Tziroof
The letters א, ס, ק rearranged spell the Divine Name קס"א (= 161, the full-spelling of the Name Ehyeh with Yuds).
Likutay Mooharan 6:7
אסתר
Gematria
Esther (אסתר = 661) = gematria of שושנה (shoshana, "rose / lily" = 661). Esther is the rose of Israel, hidden yet fragrant.
Likutay Mooharan II:74
אף / פ"א
Tziroof
Af (אף, "nose / anger") — its letters reversed spell פ"א (Peh-Alef, the name of the letter Peh = "mouth"). Anger is the inversion of holy speech.
[When the mouth (peh) loses its sanctity, anger (af) fills its place — same letters, opposite direction.]
Likutay Mooharan 83
אפי
Roshay Saveivos
## Segment 33
אֲדָר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רֹאשׁ דְּבָרְךָ אֱמֶת. [שם] אָדָם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת דֶּרֶךְ מִצְוֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ. [שיחות הר"ן קט"ז]
Api (אפי, "my nose / my wrath") — first letters of פ׳ותח א׳ת י׳דיך: "You open Your hand" [Psalms 145:16]. G-d's wrath is transformed into open-handed generosity.
Likutay Mooharan 66:2
ארבה
Roshay Saveivos
Arbeh (ארבה, "locust") — first letters of א׳כן ר׳וח ה׳וא ב׳אנוש: "Indeed, it is the spirit within man" [Job 32:8].
Likutay Mooharan 64:6
ארבע מאות
Gematria (×2)
Four hundred (= 400) = (1) gematria of סנפיר (snapir, "fin of a fish"); and (2) gematria of רע עין (ra ayin, "evil eye").
Sichos HaRan 242
ארגמן
Roshay Saveivos
Argaman (ארגמן, "purple / crimson") — first letters of the five archangels: א׳וריאל ר׳פאל ג׳בריאל מ׳יכאל נ׳וריאל — Uriel, Rephael, Gavriel, Micha'el, Nuri'el.
Likutay Mooharan II:5; 12
אש
Gematria (×2)
Aish (אש, "fire" = 301) = gematria of the six letters whose names require a Peh: א, כ, ך, פ, ף, ק (= 1+20+20+80+80+100 = 301).
Aish also = gematria of כסף במילואו (kesef bemiluo, "silver in its full-spelling") — the word kesef spelled out in full equals 301.
[Fire and silver: both purify. The six letters that require Peh (mouth) to pronounce total the same as fire — the purifying fire of speech.]
Likutay Mooharan 83; Chayay Mooharan §600
## Segment 34
אֱמוּנָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת נִפְתְּחוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וָאֶרְאֶה מַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים. [ליקו"ה חושן משפט בהקדמה]
א׳ש מ׳ים ה׳ מוצאות הפה
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "fire, water, [and] the five articulations of the mouth" spell אמה (amah, "cubit"). [Cross-reference from Amah above.]
Likutay Mooharan 9:3; 112
אש ומים — שמים
Tziroof
Aish u'Mayim (אש ומים, "fire and water") — the letters of both words together spell שמים (shamayim, "heaven"). The heavens are a union of fire and water.
[שמים = ש (from אש) + מים. A well-known Midrashic teaching: G-d combined fire and water to create the heavens. See also Rashi on Genesis 1:8.]
Likutay Mooharan 17:2; 80; 88; 114
א׳ש מ׳ים ר׳וח
Roshay Saveivos
## Segment 38
אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְאַתָּה הוּא וּשְׁנוֹתֶיךָ לֹא יִתָּמּוּ. [שם] אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הֹלֵךְ יְיָ לִפְנֵיכֶם וּמְאַסִּפְכֶם אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. [ליקו"ה הלכות שתפין, כז]
The first letters of "fire, water, wind" (א׳ש מ׳ים ר׳וח) spell אֹמֶר (omer, "utterance"). [Cross-reference from Omer above.]
Likutay Mooharan II:5:2
א׳ש ר׳וח מ׳ים ע׳פר
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "fire, wind, water, earth" — the four elements — are also the first letters of מ׳שפיל ר׳שעים ע׳די א׳רץ: "He brings the wicked down to the dust" [Psalms 147:6].
Likutay Mooharan 8:5
אשה
Gematria
Ishah (אשה, "woman" = 306) = gematria of דבש (devash, "honey" = 306).
Roshay Saveivos
א׳ת ל׳בבך ו׳את ל׳בב
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "your heart and the heart [of your children]" [Deuteronomy 30:6] spell אלול (Elul). [Cross-reference from Elul above.]
Likutay Mooharan 141; Chayay Mooharan §39
א׳ת נ׳פש ה׳גר כ׳י
Sofay Saveivos
The final letters of א׳ת נ׳פש ה׳גר כ׳י — "the soul of the stranger, for..." [Exodus 23:9] — spell תשרי (Tishrei), the first month of the Jewish year.
[The concern for the stranger's soul contains within its final letters the month of ultimate renewal and judgment. Tishrei = the month of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos — the season of the soul's accounting before G-d.]
Likutay Mooharan II:8; 11
א׳תה ג׳בור ל׳עולם א׳דני
Roshay Saveivos
## Segment 39
אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הָאָדָם וְהַחַי יִתֵּן אֶל לִבּוֹ. [שם] אַבְרָהָם סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה. [שם]
Ishah — first letters of ה׳נותן א׳מרי ש׳פר: "He who grants eloquent speech" [Job 35:4 / see source]. A woman embodies the gift of beautiful, eloquent expression.
Likutay Mooharan 199; 47
א׳שרי נ׳שוי פ׳שע
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "Fortunate is one whose transgression is forgiven" (א׳שרי נ׳שוי פ׳שע) [Psalms 32:1] spell נאף (na'af, "licentiousness / adultery").
[The verse of supreme forgiveness and blessing (Ashrei) contains within it the letters of the very sin that is hardest to repair — teaching that the greatest blessing of forgiveness specifically addresses the deepest transgressions.]
Likutay Mooharan 205
אשת
Roshay Saveivos (×3)
The first letters of "You are mighty forever, my L-rd" [opening of the second blessing of Shmoneh Esrai] spell the Divine Name אגלא (Agla).
Likutay Mooharan 5:5
א׳תה ס׳תר ל׳י
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "You are my shelter" [Psalms 32:7] spell the Divine Name סאל (Sa'el).
The first letters of "You are my shelter from distress" (א׳תה ס׳תר ל׳י מ׳צר) [ibid.] spell סמאל (Sama'el — the prosecuting angel).
[The verse of G-d's sheltering protection contains, paradoxically, the name of the very adversary from whom we need shelter — teaching that the concealment of G-d (hester) is itself the dwelling-place of the prosecuting force.]
Likutay Mooharan 5; 213
## Segment 40
אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וֶאֱמֶת יְיָ לְעוֹלָם הַלְלוּיָהּ. [שם] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיֹנִים. [ליקו"ה אפוטרופוס ב, יא.]
Eshes (אשת, "woman / wife") yields three first-letter sources:
(1) א׳בנים ש׳למות ת׳בנה — "You shall build with whole stones" [Deut. 27:6];
(2) א׳דני ש׳פתי ת׳פתח — "My L-rd, open my lips" [Psalms 51:17];
(3) ש׳בו א׳יש ת׳חתיו — "Let each man remain in his place" [Exodus 16:29].
Likutay Mooharan 18:6; 10:4; 79
את
Notarikon
Es (את, the Hebrew direct-object marker) represents all the letters from Alef to Tav — the totality of the Hebrew alphabet and of all creation.
Likutay Mooharan 94
א׳תה ת׳שלם ל׳איש כ׳מעשהו
Roshay Saveivos
The first letters of "You repay each man according to his deeds" [Psalms 62:13] spell אֹכֶלֶת (ocheles, "consuming fire"). [Cross-reference from Ocheles above.]
Likutay Mooharan 187
א׳תרוג ה׳דס ע׳רבה
Gematria
The first letters of three of the Four Species — esrog, hadas, aravah — together with the letters of those initials, have the same gematria as בְּיֵין ("with wine").
Sefer HaMidos, "Eating" 2:13; "Garments" 2:7
[Translator's Summary — Section 1, Alef — 114 source entries fully covered]
This section contains the largest number of entries in the entire work, as expected for the first letter of the alphabet and the foundational letter of existence. Major themes: the silent Alef as the carrier of the Divine Name; man (Adam) as the union of divine breath and blood; the months of Iyar, Elul, and Tishrei hidden in biblical verses; the multiple faces of Elokim; truth (emes) as the beginning, middle, and end of the alphabet; and the paradox that the verse of perfect shelter contains the name of the adversary. Cross-references (entries appearing from both directions in the source) have been consolidated into unified entries to avoid redundancy.