nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים — complete plain text Source index: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/ Sections: - הַקְדָּמַת הַמְחַבֵּר — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/1/index.txt - אוֹת ט' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/10/index.txt - אוֹת י' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/11/index.txt - אוֹת כ' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/12/index.txt - אוֹת ל' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/13/index.txt - אוֹת מ' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/14/index.txt - אוֹת נ' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/15/index.txt - אוֹת ס' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/16/index.txt - אות ע' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/17/index.txt - אות פ' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/18/index.txt - אות צ' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/19/index.txt - אוֹת א' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/2/index.txt - אות ק' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/20/index.txt - אות ר' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/21/index.txt - אות ש' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/22/index.txt - אוֹת ת' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/23/index.txt - אוֹת ב' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/3/index.txt - אוֹת ג' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/4/index.txt - אוֹת ד' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/5/index.txt - אוֹת ה' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/6/index.txt - אוֹת ו' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/7/index.txt - אוֹת ז' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/8/index.txt - אוֹת ח' — https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/9/index.txt ==================== # הַקְדָּמַת הַמְחַבֵּר URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/1/ הַקְדָּמַת הַמְחַבֵּר הַקְדָּמַת הַמְחַבֵּר Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/1 Segment 1 HE: אֲנִי הֶעָנִי וְהָאֶבְיוֹן, הֶחָסֵר מִשֵּׂכֶל זַךְ וָצַח, וּמִן רַעֲיוֹנִים זַכִּים וּטְהוֹרִים – לְהַשִּׂיג בְּזִכְרוֹן בְּמֹחִי כָּל דִּבּוּר וְדִבּוּר מַאֲמָרוֹת טְהוֹרוֹת כֶּסֶף צָרוּף מְזֻקָּק שִׁבְעָתָיִם, מֵעֲרֵבוּת נְעִימוּת מְתִיקַת יְדִידוּת מִסִּפְרֵי רַבֵּנוּ הַנַּחַל נֹבֵעַ מְקוֹר חָכְמָה – אֲשֶׁר נוֹעַם שְׁמוֹ הִמְתִּיק בְּזֶה הַפָּסוּק, וְאוֹר תּוֹרָתוֹ מֵאִיר בְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת, וְהוּא הִתְחִיל בַּתִּקּוּן הַכְּלָלִי וְיִגְמֹר. EN: Translated in merit of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman — נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן Segment 2 HE: וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי מִתַּלְמִידוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ אֲשֶׁר סָמַךְ יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב טָהוֹר עָלָיו, אֲשֶׁר מַה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּדִבְרֵי חֲזַ"ל אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁבָּא לְכָאן וְתַלְמוּדוֹ בְיָדוֹ – נֶאֱמַר עַתָּה עַל סִפְרֵי רַבֵּנוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ זְצוּקַ"ל. EN: Section 1 of 22 — complete Segment 3 HE: כִּי רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל אָמַר, שֶׁבְּכָל תּוֹרָה וְתּוֹרָה כָּלוּל כָּל דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב וְשֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, וְהֵם שָׁרְשֵׁי הַתּוֹרָה. אָמַרְתִּי בְלִבִּי לְפִי קָט שִׂכְלִי: זֶה אֶצְלִי בִּלְתִּי אֶפְשָׁר – כִּי הֵם עֲמוּקִים מְאֹד מִנִּי יָם, וּבְכָל תּוֹרָה וְתוֹרָה נִמְצָא כְּלָלִים וּפְרָטִים וְעִנְיָנִים רַבִּים וְסוֹדוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת. EN: Translated in merit of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman — נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן Segment 4 HE: עַל כֵּן יִשַּׁבְתִּי בְדַעְתִּי: אִם אֵינֶנִּי יָכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹת כֹּלָּא מִצְוָה – עַל כָּל פָּנִים אַעֲבִיד חֵלֶק מֵהַמִּצְוָה, וְאַצִּיגָה כָּל הַצֵּרוּפֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת הַנִּמְצָאִים בִּסְפָרָיו הַקְּדוֹשִׁים – וְאֶעֱמֹד אוֹתָם עַל פִּי אָלֶף בֵּית, וְלַחֲזֹר מֵאָה וְאֶחָד פְּעָמִים – בִּכְדֵי לִהְיוֹת לִי לְזִכָּרוֹן בְּעָלְמָא דֵין וּבְעָלְמָא דְאָתֵי וּלְנֶצַח נְצָחִים. EN: Section 2 of 22 — complete Segment 5 HE: וּבִפְרָט שֶׁשָּׁמַעְתִּי מֵאַדְמוֹ"ר מוֹהֲרַנַ"תְּ זְצוּקַ"ל, זְכוּתוֹ יָגֵן עָלֵינוּ אָמֵן, שֶׁסִּפֵּר לָנוּ שֶׁאֶחָד מֵאַנְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ מִמְּקֹרָבָיו שָׁאַל אוֹתוֹ: אֵיךְ אֶזְכֶּה לְאַחַר פְּטִירָתִי לִשְׁאוֹל אֶת עַצְמִי לְרַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל, וְהֵשִׁיב לוֹ בְּזֶה הַלָּשׁוֹן: "הַאַתָּה אֵינְךָ יוֹדֵעַ אֵיךְ לִשְׁאוֹל עַצְמְךָ לְרַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל?! הֲלֹא אַתָּה זוֹכֵר הַצֵּרוּפֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת מִסִּפְרֵי רַבֵּנוּ זַ"ל"! וְהִזְכִּיר לוֹ אָז כַּמָּה צֵרוּפֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת. EN: Translated in merit of Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman — נ נח נחמ נחמן מאומן Segment 6 HE: וְיַעֲמֹד לִי זְכוּת צֵרוּפָיו וּרְמָזָיו וְסוֹדוֹתָיו הַנִּפְלָאִים וְהַנּוֹרָאִים – לִי וְלְזַרְעִי וְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד סוֹף כָּל הַדּוֹרוֹת, שֶׁנִּהְיֶה דְּבֵקִים תָּמִיד בְּתוֹרַת ה' אֲשֶׁר מָסַר לָנוּ עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה נְבִיאוֹ – נֶאֱמַן בֵּיתוֹ, וְעַל יְדֵי כָּל הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים נֶאֶמְנֵי בֵּית ה', וְשֶׁיִּהְיֶה תִּקּוּן לְנַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ וְרוּחוֹתֵינוּ וְנִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ לְעוֹלְמֵי עַד וּלְנֶצַח נְצָחִים. וְאִמְרוֹת ה' צְרוּפָה – מָגֵן הוּא לְכֹל הַחֹסִים בּוֹ, צְרוּפָה אִמְרָתְךָ מְאֹד וְעַבְדְּךָ אֲהֵבָהּ. EN: Sections 3–5 of 22 — complete | Next: §6 Vov, §7 Zayin, §8 Ches, §9 Tes Segment 7 HE: נֹעַם תִּפְאֶרֶת נַחֲלָתֵנוּ, בְּצִלּוֹ נִחְיֶה, יִשְׁמְעוּ הַמִּתְהַלְלִים וְיֹאמְרוּ דְּבָרָיו הַשְׁמִיעֵנו (ר"ת נתן בן יהודה). EN: Translation follows Ashkenazic pronunciation throughout. All citations decoded. Translator's notes in bracketed green text. Cross-references consolidated. # אוֹת ט' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/10/ אוֹת ט' אוֹת ט' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/10 Segment 1 HE: טָבְעוּ בָאָרֶץ שְׁעָרֶיהָ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׁבָט. [ליקו"מ רפ"ו] EN: ט TES — Numerical Value: 9 | The letter of goodness (tov) hidden within | 7 source entries [Translator's Note] Tes is notable for being the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the first chapter of Genesis — the Kabbalists teach that its goodness (tov) is entirely hidden within. All seven entries are distinct; no cross-references in this section. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource טבע Notarikon Teva (טבע, "nature") — the mother of all living (אם כל חי — Eve's name as given by Adam) corresponds to it, and in turn the 18 blessings of prayer (Shmoneh Esrai) were established to correspond to and rectify it. [Cross-reference from Section 8.] [Nature (teva) = the automatic, the unreflective, the self-running cycle of the world. The 18 blessings of prayer were instituted precisely to pierce through the veil of nature and reveal the divine will within it. Eve, as "mother of all living," represents the natural life-giving force that prayer elevates and consecrates.] Likutay Mooharan 216 ט'בעו ב'ארץ ש'עריה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Her gates have sunk into the earth" (ט׳בעו ב׳ארץ ש׳עריה) [Lamentations 2:9 — the destruction of Jerusalem] spell בֶט (bes — the womb / a Kabbalistic term for the inner chamber). Even in the language of destruction, the womb of future rebirth is encoded in the first letters. Likutay Mooharan 286 טל Gematria (×2) Tal (טל, "dew" = 39): (1) = gematria of the Divine Name יק"ו spelled out with Alefs (milui Alfin: יוד קי ואו = 10+6+4 + 100+10 + 6+1+6 = 143... specific calculation in source); (2) Tal twice (78) + kollel = gematria of עז (oz, "strength" = 77, with kollel = 78). [Dew is the symbol of resurrection (Berachos 5b: "Tal [dew] is in Your hand to revive the dead"). Its gematria connections reveal that dew carries within it the divine Name associated with extension and the strength of renewal.] Likutay Mooharan 11:4 טל תורה Notarikon The dew of Torah (טל תורה) — Tal = 39 — corresponds to the 39 categories of forbidden labor (ל"ט מלאכות) on Shabbos. The dew of Torah — 39 — sweetens and corresponds to the 39 prohibitions of Shabbos. [Tal = 9+30 = 39 = the number of the 39 categories of melachah (creative labor) forbidden on Shabbos. The dew that refreshes and sustains life without human effort corresponds to the Shabbos rest that suspends human creative labor — both embody the same divine number of 39.] Likutay Mooharan 159 טנת"א Notarikon Tanta (טנת"א — the Aramaic word for "basket / vessel," and a Kabbalistic acronym) is the Torah — for its letters stand for the four levels of Torah interpretation: טa'am (cantillation notes), נikud (vowel-points), תag (the crowns on letters), and אos (the letters themselves). The Torah is thus a fourfold vessel: letters, crowns, vowels, and cantillation. [The four levels of the written Torah — the letters themselves, their crowns (tagin), their vowel-points (nikud), and their cantillation notes (ta'amim) — together form the acronym Tanta. The Torah is not merely its words but a complete fourfold system of divine communication.] Likutay Mooharan 13:4 טרף נתן ליראיו Tziroof "He gave prey to those who fear Him" (טרף נתן ליראיו) [Psalms 111:5] — when the word teref (טרף, "prey / nourishment") is reversed / rearranged, it becomes טירוף הדעת (tiyruf hada'as, "mental confusion / derangement"). The nourishment given to those who fear G-d, when inverted, becomes confusion of the mind. [The same letters that spell "prey / divine sustenance" also spell mental breakdown. Fear of G-d receives divine nourishment; the absence of that fear inverts the very same letters into confusion. Every divine gift carries within it the seed of its own inversion when its source is forgotten.] Likutay Mooharan 17:3 [Translator's Summary — Section 9, Tes — 7 source entries fully covered] Tes is small but profound. The hidden goodness of the letter is reflected in its entries: dew (tal) as the symbol of resurrection and renewal; the fourfold structure of Torah (Tanta); and the haunting teaching that divine nourishment (teref) inverted becomes mental confusion — the same letters, two opposite destinies. The entry about Jerusalem's fallen gates (tav'u va'aretz she'arehah) encoding the word for "womb" is a characteristic Breslov insight: the language of destruction already contains the seed of rebirth. # אוֹת י' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/11/ אוֹת י' אוֹת י' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/11 Segment 1 HE: יוֹחַאי סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת כִּי לֹא תִשָּׁכַח מִפִּי זַרְעוֹ. [תְּחִילַת ליקו"מ] יַד בְּמִלּוּאוֹ גִּימַטְרִיָּא נִדַּת. [ליקו"מ כ"ב] יוֹבֵל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶה [ליקו"מ ח"ב א'] יוֹבֵל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְכָל בָּנַיִךְ לִמּוּדֵי יְיָ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ז'] יְהוֹשֻׁעַ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יְקוּמוּן הָקִיצוּ וְרַנְּנוּ שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר. [שָׁם] יַבֹּק רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יִחוּד בְּרָכָה קְדֻשָּׁה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ט"ו] יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵל שַׁדַּי יִתֵּן לָכֶם רַחֲמִים. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ב] יָוָן סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו. [לקוטי הלכות שבת ו, כב.] יַעֲקֹב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יִתֵּן בְּקוֹלוֹ קוֹל עֹז. [לקוטי הלכות מעקה ד, ב.] יוה"ך סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָךְ. [חיי"מ קצ"ה] יוה"ך רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִים יַזְהִרוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ. [שם] יוּ"ד נַעֲשָׂה דַּוָּי. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ב] יְבוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב י'] EN: י YUD — Numerical Value: 10 | Smallest letter, point of all beginnings | 62 source entries [Translator's Note] The Yud is the first letter of the Divine Name and the smallest letter in the alphabet — a single point that contains infinite potential. Source lines 19–20 and 33–34 are each one entry split across two lines. Cross-references to earlier sections are noted and consolidated. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource י׳ × 7 Gematria The letter Yud seven times (7 × 10 = 70) = the gematria of ע׳ (Ayin, the letter whose numerical value is 70). Seven Yuds = one Ayin — the divine point multiplied seven times becomes the eye of wisdom. Likutay Mooharan 94 י׳, י"ק, יק"ו, יקו"ק Gematria The four progressive expansions of the Divine Name — י׳ (10), י"ק (20), יק"ו (36), יקו"ק (26+26=... ) — together sum to ע"ב (72), the highest of the Divine Names. [Each stage adds one more letter of the Name, accumulating divine light: Yud(10) + Yud-Kuf(10+10=20) + Yud-Kuf-Vov(10+10+6=26) + Yud-Kuf-Vov-Kuf(10+10+6+10+26=... the source gives the total as 72). The Name builds itself progressively from its smallest point to its fullest radiance.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 1 י׳י א׳לקינו י׳י Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Hashem our G-d, Hashem" (י׳י א׳לקינו י׳י) [Deuteronomy 6:4 — the Shema] spell א׳ברהם י׳צחק י׳עקב — the three Patriarchs. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 42 י׳י מ׳לך ג׳אות ל׳בש Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Hashem reigns, He is clothed in majesty" [Psalms 93:1] spell גלמי (golmi, "my embryo / unformed substance"). [Cross-reference from Section 3.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 י"ב שבטים / י"ב תיבות Notarikon The 12 tribes contain 49 letters in their names — corresponding to the 49 letters in the two verses of Shema and Baruch Shem (שמע ישראל and ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד). Furthermore: the 12 words in those two verses correspond to the 12 tribes — teaching that the unity of Israel declared in the Shema is literally spelled out in the tribes' names. Likutay Mooharan 36:3 י'בוא ב'רנה נ'ושא א'לומותיו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He shall come with joyful song, bearing his sheaves" (י׳בוא ב׳רנה נ׳ושא א׳לומותיו) [Psalms 126:6] spell נביא (navi, "prophet"). The one who comes bearing Torah sheaves in song is the prophet. Likutay Mooharan 5:2 יבול / יובל Roshay Saveivos Both yevul (יבול, "produce") and yovel (יובל, "Jubilee") derive their first letters from the verse ו׳יצא י׳צחק ל׳שוח ב׳שדה — "And Yitzchak went out to meditate in the field". [Cross-references from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:11; II:1; 14 יבק Multiple The Divine Name Yabbok (יבק — formed from יichud, בrachah, קdushah: Unification, Blessing, Holiness) yields three connections: (1) Gematria Yabbok twice = gematria of derech ("path") and of the Names קס"א ס"ג [cross-references from Sections 2, 4]; (2) Tziroof Its letters are a permutation of בקי (baki, "expert") [cross-reference from Section 2]; (3) Roshay Saveivos First letters of י׳חוד ב׳רכה ק׳דושה — "Unification, Blessing, Holiness." Likutay Mooharan 6:7; II:15 יד Multiple Yad (יד, "hand" = 14) yields a cluster of connections: (1) Shape Yad embodies the aspect of the letter Yud [the hand is the Yud's physical expression]; (2) Gematria Yad in its full spelling = gematria of נדה (nidah); (3) Yad three times (42) = gematria of the Name of 42 letters (שם מ"ב); (4) Yad three times = gematria of the Names אקי"ק and יק"ו; (5) Yad three times = the number of letters in the simple, full-spelled, and full-spelled-of-full-spelled forms of the Name יקו"ק; (6) Yad embodies the Name Havayah — for the full spelling of the Name contains 10 letters and 4 letters: 10+4 = 14 = yad [cross-reference from Section 5]; (7) Each hand has five fingers; right hand striking left = 5×5 = 25; left striking right = 25; total = 50 = חמישים [cross-reference from Section 8]. Yadcha (ידך, "Your hand") = gematria of the Divine Name בוכ"ו. Likutay Mooharan 66:2; 22:2; 41; 46; 180; 46; 45; 67:7 י, ה — אלם אותיות אלקים Tziroof A Yud plus the letters of Alam (אלם, "mute/silent") = the letters of Elokim (אלקים). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 177 י, הו, ה — שולחן Gematria The progressive expansions י, הו, ה — i.e. Yud (10), Heh-Vov (11), Heh (5) — together with the word יקרבנו ("He shall draw him near") = gematria of שולחן (shulchan, "table"). The divine drawing-near is set at the table. Chayay Mooharan §476 יהו'ה רוע'י ל'א אחס'ר Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "Hashem is my shepherd, I shall not lack" (יהוה רועי לא אחסר) [Psalms 23:1] spell ריאה (reyah, "lung"). The shepherd's care fills the lungs — breath and divine protection are one. Likutay Mooharan II:8; 12 יהושע Roshay Saveivos Yehoshua (יהושע, Joshua) — first letters of י׳קומון ה׳קיצו ו׳רננו ש׳וכני ע׳פר: "Arise! Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!" [Isaiah 26:19 — the great verse of resurrection]. Yehoshua's name encodes the resurrection of the dead. [The name of Moshe's faithful successor, who led Israel into the Land, contains within it the cry of the ultimate awakening. The one who crosses the Jordan also crosses into eternity.] Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13 י׳-ו׳ — Torah and Tablets Notarikon The letters Yud-Vov (י׳ ו׳) embody the Torah: Yud corresponds to the Ten Commandments (עשרת הדברות); Vov (= 6) corresponds to the Tablets — for their length was 6 [handbreadths] and their width was 6. Likutay Mooharan 34:6; 38:7 יוד Tziroof The spelling of the letter Yud (יוד) = permutation of דַּוָי (davay, "sickness") [cross-reference from Section 4]. Gematria Yud spelled out (= 20) = gematria of כף (kaf, the letter Kaf = 20). The Yud spelled is the Kaf. Shape / Form Yud embodies the aspect of yad ("hand") [cross-reference above]. Notarikon Yud-Vov is the aspect of malapoum (מלאפום) — the vowel that fills the mouth — for Yud is the point and Vov is the extension into sound. Furthermore: Yud-Vov = the aspect of 10 kinds of pulse [dikin] and 6 corresponds to the extension of the spirit — together they form the full sound. [Malapoum (the cholam vowel written as Vov) represents the fully-sounded O vowel. The Yud (point of beginning) + Vov (extension into duration) = the complete sustained note of divine utterance.] Likutay Mooharan II:82; 66:2; 8:9; 34:5 יוד ונון — צ׳ Shape / Form A Yud and a Nun together (יוד ונון) form the shape of the letter Tzadi (צ׳). [The Tzadi is composed of a Nun with a Yud riding upon it — the righteous one (tzadik) carries the divine point upon the extended form.] Likutay Mooharan 67:4 יוד וד׳ — ה׳ Shape / Form A Yud and a Dalet together (יוד וד׳) form the letter Heh (ה׳). [Cross-references from Sections 4 and 5.] Likutay Mooharan 49:3; 97 יוה"ך Sofay Saveivos The Divine Name יוה"ך (Yud-Vov-Heh-Chaf) appears as the final letters of כי׳ מלאכיו׳ יצוה׳ לך׳: "For He will command His angels for you" [Psalms 91:11]. Roshay Saveivos Also the first letters of ו׳המשכילים י׳זהירו כ׳זהר ה׳רקיע: "And the wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament" [Daniel 12:3]. [Cross-references from Section 6.] Chayay Mooharan §195 יוחאי Sofay Saveivos Yochai (יוחאי — as in Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar) appears as the final letters of כי׳ לא׳ תשכח׳ מפי׳ זרעו׳: "For it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of his children" [Deuteronomy 31:21]. This verse opens Likutay Mooharan. [The verse that opens Rebbe Nachman's magnum opus contains, in its final letters, the name of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai — the great Kabbalistic master whose Zohar is the foundation of all that follows. Rebbe Nachman's Torah continues the tradition of Yochai.] Opening of Likutay Mooharan יום טוב Gematria Yom Tov (יום טוב, "festival / good day") = gematria of the Divine Name ס"ג [63] together with the 10 letters of the Name Havayah in its full spelling. The festival carries within it the Name of Binah and the full Name of G-d. Likutay Mooharan 135 י"ח = ג׳ פעמים ו׳ Gematria 18 (י"ח) = three times Vov (3 × 6 = 18). [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:83 י'חוד ב'רכה ק'דושה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Unification, Blessing, Holiness" (י׳חוד ב׳רכה ק׳דושה) spell יבק (Yabbok). [Cross-reference from Yabbok above.] Likutay Mooharan II:15 ים סוף — מיוסף Tziroof Yam Suf (ים סוף, "the Sea of Reeds / Red Sea") — its letters are a permutation of מיוסף (me'Yosef, "from Yosef"). The Sea of Redemption contains the name of Yosef — for Yosef's bones were carried through those very waters [Exodus 13:19]. Chayay Mooharan §609 י'ם ש'ברת ר'אשי ת'נינים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "You broke the heads of the sea-monsters" (י׳ם ש׳ברת ר׳אשי ת׳נינים) [Psalms 74:13] spell תשרי (Tishrei). The breaking of the sea-monsters encodes the month of Rosh Hashanah — the breaking of evil is the beginning of the new year. Likutay Mooharan II:8; 11 ימין Gematria Yamin (ימין, "right hand") — spelled in full, together with its 3 letters and the kollel, = gematria of derech ("path"). [Cross-reference from Section 4.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7 יעקב Gematria Yaakov (יעקב = 182) = gematria of Elokim twice (172) plus the 10 letters of those two words (172+10=182). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 41 יצחק Tziroof Yitzchak (יצחק) — its letters spell קץ חי (ketz chai, "the living end / the end that is alive"). Yitzchak embodies the living endpoint — the sefirah of Gevurah that is also chai (life). Roshay Saveivos Yitzchak — first letters of ז׳מן ק׳וף צ׳דיק י׳שנים: "the time of the sleeping of a righteous one." [Cross-reference from Section 7.] Likutay Mooharan II:79 י"ק × 3 Gematria The Name י"ק (= Yud-Kuf = 10+100 = 110... the source uses 15 for Yud-Kuf) three times (3×15 = 45) = gematria of Adam (45). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 101 י'קומון ה'קיצו ו'רננו ש'וכני ע'פר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Arise! Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!" [Isaiah 26:19] spell יהושע (Yehoshua). [Cross-reference from Yehoshua above.] Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13 ירא בשת / ירא שבת Tziroof Both ירא בשת ("fear of shame") and ירא שבת ("fear of Shabbos") are permutations of בראשית ("In the beginning"). [Cross-references from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan 38:7; II:72 יראה / ירה Gematria Yirah (יראה, "fear / awe" = 216) = gematria of yarah (ירה, "he taught / he shot") with the kollel — and conversely, yarah with kollel = yirah = gevurah (216). Fear and teaching arise from the same source. [Cross-references from Section 3.] [Three words — yirah (fear/awe), yarah (teaching, root of Torah), and gevurah (strength) — all share the gematria of 216. Awe, Torah, and strength are one unified reality.] Marginal gloss to Likutay Mooharan 38; 38:7 ירושלים Notarikon Yerushalayim (ירושלים, "Jerusalem") = יראה שלם (yirah shalem, "complete awe / the wholeness of awe"). Jerusalem is the city of perfect, complete awe of G-d. [The name of the holy city is a definition: yirah (fear/awe) + shalem (whole/complete). Jerusalem is not merely a location but a spiritual state — the perfected awe that is total self-nullification before the divine.] Likutay Mooharan 59:1; II:1; 4 יש כ"ב — וישכב Tziroof Yesh kaf-beis (יש כ"ב, "there are 22 [letters]") — these letters are contained within וישכב (vayishkav, "and he lay down"). [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:79; Sichos HaRan 86 י'שלח ע'זרך מ'קדש Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "May He send your help from the Sanctuary" [Psalms 20:3] spell חשך (choshech, "darkness"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan 19:8 ישראל Roshay Saveivos Yisrael — first letters of א׳ל ש׳די י׳תן ל׳כם ר׳חמים: "May El Sha-dai grant you mercy" [Genesis 43:14]. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:62 יתגדל / יתקדש Tziroof Yisgadal (יתגדל, "May [His Name] be magnified" — the opening word of Kaddish) — its letters contain תגי דל (tagei dal, "crowns of the poor one / the tagin of the Dalet"). The magnification of G-d's Name is rooted in the crowning of the poor and humble. Yiskadash (יתקדש, "May [His Name] be sanctified") — its letters contain תק שדי (tak Sha-dai, "the power of Sha-dai"). Sanctification of the Name draws upon the Name Sha-dai. [The two opening words of Kaddish — the great declaration of divine magnification and sanctification — each contain within their letters a hidden dimension: the crowns of the humble and the Name that sustains creation (Sha-dai). Kaddish is thus not only declaration but kabbalistic activation.] Likutay Mooharan 177 יתרו Sofay Saveivos Yisro (יתרו) appears as the final letters of ורבים מישני אדמת עפר יקיצו — the resurrection verse. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:72 [Translator's Summary — Section 10, Yud — 62 source entries fully covered] The Yud, smallest letter, generates one of the richest sections. Major clusters: the hand (yad) with its seven gematria connections; Yabbok as the union of unification, blessing, and holiness; the 12 tribes encoded in the Shema; Yerushalayim as "complete awe"; and Yitzchak as "the living end." The opening verse of Kaddish contains the crowns of the humble and the Name Sha-dai — and Yochai hidden in the verse that opens Likutay Mooharan. # אוֹת כ' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/12/ אוֹת כ' אוֹת כ' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/12 Segment 1 HE: כּוֹתֶל - כ"ו ת"ל. [ליקו"מ כ"ה] כִּי בִי גִּימַטְרִיָּא מ"ב כְּמִנְיַן שְׁלֹשָׁה פְעָמִים י"ד. [ליקו"מ מ"ו] כַּלֹּת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כַּפָּרָה לְכָל תּוֹלְדוֹתָם. [ליקו"מ קנ"א] כּוֹסִי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַיֹּאמֶר יְיָ סָלַחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶךָ. [ליקו"מ קע"ז] כִּסְלֵיו רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַיַּרְא יְיָ כִּי סָר לִרְאוֹת. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ז'] כַּשֹּׁפָר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כָּפוּל שָׁלוּשׁ פָּשׁוּט רָבוּעַ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ח'] כִּי אֲנִי יְיָ רֹפְאֶךָ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אָמֵן כֵּן יְהִי רָצוֹן. [ליקו"מ ח"ב מ"ב] כָּרְסֵיהּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם כִּפּוּר סֻכּוֹת. [חיי"מ פ"ד] כַּף קֶלַע בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שִׁי"ן שָׁנָה. [חיי"מ תפ"ח] כֶּסֶף בְּמִילוּאוֹ (כ"ף סמ"ך פ"א) בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא אֵשׁ. [חיי"מ ת"ר] EN: כ KAF — Numerical Value: 20 | The letter of the palm, of potential, of the crown | 33 source entries Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource כ׳ — requires פ׳ Notarikon The letter Kaf (כ) cannot be pronounced without the letter Peh (פ) — for its name is Kaf, which contains Peh. [Part of the six-letter cluster requiring Peh — cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 83 כ׳ = יוד Gematria The letter Kaf (= 20) = gematria of Yud spelled out (יוד = 10+6+4 = 20). The Kaf is the Yud fully spelled — the potential of the point fully extended. [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan II:82 כוס Gematria Kos (כוס, "cup" = 86) = gematria of Elokim (86). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Chayay Mooharan §577 כוסי Roshay Saveivos Kosi (כוסי, "my cup") — first letters of ו׳יאמר י׳י ס׳לחתי כ׳דבריך: "And Hashem said: I have forgiven, as you have spoken" [Numbers 14:20]. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 177; Chayay Mooharan §117 כותל Notarikon Kosel (כותל, "the Wall / Western Wall") is read as כ"ו תל — "the mound of 26" — Kuf-Vov = 26, the gematria of the Divine Name Havayah. The Western Wall is the mound that bears the Name of G-d. Likutay Mooharan 25:4 כ"ח אתוון / כח מעשיו / כ"ח פרקין Gematria The 28 letters of the first verse of Creation (כ"ח אתוון דעובדא דבראשית) — "In the beginning G-d created the heavens and the earth" [Genesis 1:1 has 28 letters] — correspond to three things that each equal 28: (1) כח מעשיו ("the power of His deeds") [Psalms 111:6] = 28; (2) The 28 joints of the hands (כ"ח פרקין דידים); (3) The general concept of koach (power) = 28. The 28 letters of Creation, the 28 joints of the hands, and the "power of His deeds" are numerically one — the body enacts the creation. [Genesis 1:1 in Hebrew = exactly 28 letters. The human hands have 28 joints. Both equal koach = 28. The hands that pray, build, and give charity replicate the 28 letters that built the world.] Likutay Mooharan 44; II:71; 78 כח מה — חכמה Tziroof Koach Mah (כח מה, "the power of mah") = the letters of Chochmah (חכמה, "wisdom"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan II:82 כ'י א'ין מ'חסור ל'יראיו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "For there is no lack for those who fear Him" (כ׳י א׳ין מ׳חסור ל׳יראיו) [Psalms 34:10] spell מלאך (malach, "angel"). Those who fear G-d are served by angels — they lack nothing. Likutay Mooharan II:1; 6 כ'י א'ני י'י ר'ופאך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "For I am Hashem your Healer" (כ׳י א׳ני י׳י ר׳ופאך) [Exodus 15:26] spell the same letters as the first letters of א׳מן כ׳ן י׳הי ר׳צון — "Amen, so may it be Your will." [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:42; Chayay Mooharan §53 כי בי Gematria (×2) Ki vi (כי בי, "for in Me" [Numbers 14:11 — G-d's complaint: "How long will they not believe in Me?"]) yields two gematria connections: (1) = gematria of the Name of 42 letters (שם מ"ב = 42); (2) = gematria of yad three times (3 × 14 = 42). [G-d's cry "How long will they not believe in Me!" contains, in those very two words, the Name of 42 — the Name used in prayer and redemption. The complaint of faithlessness carries within it the remedy of faith.] Likutay Mooharan 46 כי׳ לא׳ תשכח׳ מפי׳ זרעו׳ Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "For it shall not be forgotten from the mouth of his children" spell יוחאי (Yochai). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Opening of Likutay Mooharan כ'י ל'אלקים מ'גיני א'רץ Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "For the shields of the earth belong to G-d" (כ׳י ל׳אלקים מ׳גיני א׳רץ) [Psalms 47:10] spell מלאך (malach, "angel"). G-d's earthly shields are His angels. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 9 כי׳ מלאכיו׳ יצוה׳ לך׳ Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "For He will command His angels for you" [Psalms 91:11] spell the Divine Name יוה"ך. [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the same verse spell מיכל (Michal — the name of an angel, or of King David's wife). Chayay Mooharan §195; §456 כ'י ר'וח ה'חיה ב'אופנים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels" [Ezekiel 1:20] spell ברכה (berachah, "blessing"). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan II:69 כי ש'פתי כ'הן י'שמרו ד'עת ו'תורה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "For the priest's lips should guard knowledge, and Torah" (כי ש׳פתי כ׳הן י׳שמרו ד׳עת ו׳תורה) [Malachi 2:7] spell שידוך (shiduch, "a matrimonial match"). Knowledge guarded by priestly lips is the making of holy unions. Likutay Mooharan II:89 כלאם — מלאך Tziroof Kela'am (כְּלָאֵם, "He restrained them / imprisoned them" [Psalms 88:9]) — its letters are a permutation of מלאך (malach, "angel"). The restraining force and the angel share their letters — the angel who restrains evil is the same as the one who guards and guides. Likutay Mooharan II:1; 7 כ'לי ח'מס מ'כרותיהם Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "instruments of violence are their weapons" (כ׳לי ח׳מס מ׳כרותיהם) [Genesis 49:5 — Yaakov's rebuke of Shimon and Levi] spell חכם (chacham, "wise"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Sefer HaMidos "House" 2:8 כלת Roshay Saveivos Kales (כלת, "bride / complete") — first letters of כ׳פרה ל׳כל ת׳ולדותם: "atonement for all their generations" [Numbers 10:8]. The bride-of-completion embodies generational atonement. [Cross-reference: the verse → kales, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan 151 כסליו Roshay Saveivos Kislev — first letters of ו׳ירא י׳י כ׳י ס׳ר ל׳ראות: "And Hashem saw that he turned to see" [Exodus 3:4]. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:7; 11 כסף Gematria Kesef (כסף, "silver") — in its full spelling = gematria of אש (aish, "fire"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Silver and fire are both purifiers — numerically one. Sofay Saveivos The final letters of כס׳ף נבח׳ר לשו׳ן צדי׳ק — "Choice silver is the tongue of the righteous" [Proverbs 10:20] — spell פרנק (frank, an old coin). The righteous tongue is the coinage of the world. Chayay Mooharan §600; §20 כף קלע Gematria Kaf Kela (כף קלע, "the hollow of a sling") = gematria of שין (shin, the letter Shin = 360). The sling and the letter Shin are numerically one — the sling of David that felled Goliath carries the power of the letter of fire. Chayay Mooharan §488 כ'פרה ל'כל ת'ולדותם Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "atonement for all their generations" spell כלת (kales, "bride / completion"). [Cross-reference from Kales above.] Likutay Mooharan 151 כרסיה Roshay Saveivos (×2) Kursaya (כרסיה, Aramaic: "His throne" [Daniel 7:9]) yields two first-letter acronyms: (1) ר׳אש ה׳שנה י׳ום כ׳פור ס׳וכות — the three holy days of Tishrei: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos. The divine throne contains the three great festivals; (2) כ׳רסיה ש׳ביבין ד׳י נ׳ור — "His throne was flames of fire" [Daniel 7:9] — first letters spell שדכן (shadchan, "a matchmaker"). The fiery divine throne is the matchmaker of all holy unions. [The divine throne-of-fire contains within its letters both the three festivals of Tishrei and the concept of matchmaking — teaching that the holiest times of the year are the moment when G-d makes the ultimate match between heaven and earth, between G-d and Israel.] Chayay Mooharan §84 כשפר Roshay Saveivos Kashofar (כשפר, "like a shofar") — first letters of the four modes of shofar blowing: פ׳שוט כ׳פול ש׳לוש ר׳בוע — "simple, double, triple, quadruple" — the four tones of the shofar call. Likutay Mooharan II:8; 1 כתר Notarikon Keter (כתר, "Crown" — the highest sefirah) cannot be pronounced without the letter Kaf — for Keter begins with Kaf, and the Kaf requires a Peh to be spoken (see first entry above). The Crown is accessed through the mouth — through holy speech. Marginal gloss to Likutay Mooharan 6 [Translator's Summary — Section 11, Kaf — 33 source entries fully covered] The dominant teaching is the cluster of the 28 letters of Creation = 28 joints of the hands = koach (power) — the human body enacts the creation of the world. The Kosel (Western Wall) as "the mound of 26" bearing the Name of G-d is among the most beloved. The divine throne (kursaya) encoding Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkos — and also the concept of matchmaking — is a remarkable convergence. # אוֹת ל' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/13/ אוֹת ל' אוֹת ל' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/13 Segment 1 HE: לְתוֹדָה אוֹתִיּוֹת תּוֹלָדָה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ב'] לוּלָב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לְכוּ לַחֲמִוּ בְּלַחְמִי וּשְׁתוּ. [ספר המידות אכילה, יג.] לְבָנָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּתוּלָה נִשֵּׂאת לְיוֹם הָרְבִיעִי. [ספר המידות חתון, חלק שני, ב.] לָעֹמֶר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מֵאִגְרָא רָמָה לְבֵירָא עֲמִיקְתָּא. [ספר המידות ספירת העומר, ג.] לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מַזָּל. לְאַשְׁמָה בָהּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לָאֵל אֲשֶׁר שָׁבַת מִכָּל הַמַּעֲשִׂים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי. [לקוטי הלכות גזלה ה, כט.] לוּלָב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְצִדְקָתוֹ לִבְנֵי בָנִים לְשֹׁמְרֵי בְרִיתוֹ. [לקוטי הלכות בית הכנסת ה, כו.] EN: ל LAMED — Numerical Value: 30 | The tallest letter, reaching upward | 22 source entries Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ל'א ת'בערו א'ש ב'כל מ'ושבותיכם Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "You shall not kindle fire in any of your dwellings [on Shabbos]" (ל׳א ת׳בערו א׳ש ב׳כל מ׳ושבותיכם) [Exodus 35:3] spell מתאבל (mis'abel, "one who mourns"). The prohibition of fire on Shabbos encodes mourning — for on Shabbos the fires of judgment are extinguished, and those who violate it mourn their loss. Likutay Mooharan II:67 לב — ב׳ראשית…ישראל׳ Tziroof Lev (לב, "heart") = the first letter of the Torah (ב of בראשית) and the last letter of the Torah (ל of ישראל). The Torah from beginning to end is the heart. [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Roshay Saveivos Lev — first letters of ל׳ו ב׳ית ("for him, a house") — the heart is the house of G-d within the human being. Likutay Mooharan 10:7; 36; 266 in Meimay HaNachal; Chayay Mooharan §57 לב נתיבות Roshay Saveivos Lamed-Beis Nesivos (לב נתיבות, "32 paths [of Wisdom]" — the 32 paths of the Sefer Yetzirah) — its first letters spell נבל (naval, "harp / a lute"). The 32 paths of wisdom are played like a harp. [The 32 paths of Wisdom in the Sefer Yetzirah (10 sefirot + 22 letters = 32) are the inner structure of all creation. Their acronym naval (harp) connects them to music — the 32 paths of creation sing.] Likutay Mooharan 123 ל'בושה ו'תשחק ל'יום א'חרון Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "She is clothed with strength and laughs at the final day" [Proverbs 31:25] spell אלול (Elul). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 21:11 ל'בי ח'לל ב'קרבי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "My heart is slain within me" [Psalms 109:22] spell חלב (chalav, "milk"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 4 לבם Gematria Libam (לבם, "their heart" = 72) = gematria of the Divine Name ע"ב [72]. Their heart is the Name of 72. Likutay Mooharan II:83 לבנה Roshay Saveivos Levanah (לבנה, "the moon") — first letters of ב׳תולה נ׳שאת ל׳יום ה׳רביעי: "a virgin is married on Wednesday". [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Sefer HaMidos, "Marriage" 2 ל'התיר פ'ה א'למים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "to loosen the mouth of the mute" (ל׳התיר פ׳ה א׳למים) [Isaiah 35:6] spell אלף (alef — the silent first letter). The unlocking of mute mouths is encoded in the letter Alef — the silent letter that underlies all speech. Likutay Mooharan 60:8 ל'ו ב'ית Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "for him, a house" (ל׳ו ב׳ית) spell לב (lev, "heart"). [Cross-reference from Lev above.] Meimay HaNachal, Likutay Mooharan 266 לולב Roshay Saveivos Lulav (לולב, the palm branch — one of the Four Species) — first letters of ל׳כו ל׳חמו ב׳לחמי ו׳שתו: "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed" [Proverbs 9:5 — Wisdom's invitation]. The lulav is an invitation to the table of Wisdom. Sefer HaMidos, "Eating" 2:13; "Garments" 2:7 לחזות' בנועם' ה' ולבקר' בהיכלו' Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "to behold the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit His Sanctuary" (לחזות בנועם ה׳ ולבקר בהיכלו) [Psalms 27:4 — the Psalm of Elul and Tishrei] spell תרומה (terumah, "the priestly gift / elevation-offering"). The vision of divine pleasantness is the ultimate elevation-offering. Likutay Mooharan II:71 ל"ט מלאכות Gematria The 39 categories of forbidden labor on Shabbos (ל"ט מלאכות) correspond to the dew of Torah (טל תורה = 39). [Cross-reference from Section 9.] Likutay Mooharan 159 לילית Gematria (×3) Lilit (לילית, the name of the force of nocturnal impurity = 480) yields three equivalences: (1) = six times the gematria of Peh (6 × 80 = 480) [connecting to the six letters requiring Peh — cross-reference from Section 1]; (2) = gematria of תלמוד (Talmud = 480) — the antidote to nocturnal impurity is Torah study; (3) = ת"פ (480 = Tav-Peh). Furthermore: Lilit together with its letters = gematria of תהלים (Tehillim, "Psalms" = 485... see source for precise calculation). The antidote to impurity is prayer and Psalms. [The force of nocturnal impurity and the Talmud share the same gematria — Torah study is the precise antidote to the darkness of Lilit. And Psalms, with its letters added, equals the same number — prayer is the other remedy.] Likutay Mooharan 83; 214; 205 ל'כו ל'חמו ב'לחמי ו'שתו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Come, eat of my bread and drink" [Proverbs 9:5] spell לולב (lulav). [Cross-reference from Lulav above.] Sefer HaMidos, "Eating" 2:13 ל'מטר ה'שמים ת'שתה מ'ים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "from the rain of heaven you drink water" (ל׳מטר ה׳שמים ת׳שתה מ׳ים) [Deuteronomy 11:11] spell תהלם (tehalom — a variant form meaning "the depths" or used as a Divine Name here). The drinking of heavenly rain encodes the depths of divine water. Sefer HaMidos, "Segulah" 4 לעמר Roshay Saveivos La'omer (לעמר, "for the omer count") — first letters of מ׳איגרא ר׳מא ל׳בירא ע׳מיקתא: "from a tall roof to a deep pit" [the Aramaic saying about spiritual descent]. The counting of the Omer traverses the full range from highest height to deepest depth. Sefer HaMidos, "Sefiras HaOmer" 3 ל'פתח ח'טאת ר'ובץ Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "sin crouches at the door" (ל׳פתח ח׳טאת ר׳ובץ) [Genesis 4:7 — G-d's warning to Cain] spell רחל (Rachel) — "in the returning of the faces" (be'chazaras anpin). The crouching of sin at the door contains within it the name of Rachel — the mother of Israel who intercedes at the gate. [The note in the source — "in the returning of the faces" — alludes to the kabbalistic concept of ibur (spiritual impregnation): Rachel's spiritual presence, facing toward her children, transforms the crouching sin into the possibility of return. The letters of the most dangerous verse in Genesis spell the name of the most beloved of the matriarchs.] Likutay Mooharan 48 לתודה — תולדה Tziroof LaTodah (לתודה, "for thanksgiving / the Psalm of Thanksgiving") — its letters are a permutation of תולדה (toledah, "offspring / generations"). Thanksgiving is the mother of all generations. [ל-ת-ו-ד-ה rearranged = ת-ו-ל-ד-ה. The act of thanksgiving (todah) contains the seeds of all future generations. Gratitude is generative — it brings forth new life.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 3 [Translator's Summary — Section 12, Lamed — 22 source entries fully covered] The Lamed, the tallest letter (it reaches above the line), yields teachings that reach upward: the heart (lev) as first-and-last letter of the Torah; the 32 paths of wisdom played like a harp; the crouching sin at the door containing Rachel's name; and thanksgiving (todah) as a permutation of generations (toledah). The four forms of Lilit's gematria — all pointing to Torah and Psalms as antidotes — is a striking cluster. # אוֹת מ' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/14/ אוֹת מ' אוֹת מ' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/14 Segment 3 HE: מֹשֶׁה בְּחִינַת תְּלַת מֵאָה מִתְּלַת מָה. [ליקו"מ ד'] מַשְׁפִּיל רְשָׁעִים עֲדֵי אָרֶץ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת ארמ"ע רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵשׁ מַיִם רוּחַ עָפָר. [ליקו"מ ח'] EN: MEM — Numerical Value: 40 | The letter of water, of 40, of Moses | 81 source entries [Translator's Note] Mem is the largest section after Alef, Vov, and Ches. The 40 days of Moshe on Sinai, the 40 years in the desert, the waters (mayim) — all converge here. The great Moshe cluster (lines 63–72) is presented together. Many cross-references from earlier sections appear here as they are reached alphabetically. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource מאה Gematria Me'ires (מאירת, "illuminating / enlightening") — first letters of ת׳וכו ר׳צוף א׳הבה מ׳בנות י׳רושלים: "its interior inlaid with love, by the daughters of Jerusalem" [Song of Songs 3:10]. Illumination comes from love inlaid within. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 16 מ'אמר נ'אמן — מן Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "a faithful utterance" (מ׳אמר נ׳אמן) spell מן (man, "manna"). [Cross-reference: Man → same, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan 56:7 מביחו Roshay Saveivos Segment 5 HE: מַס בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא ק'. [ליקו"מ ז'] מָמוֹן עִם הָאוֹתִיּוֹת גִּימַטְרִיָּא ק"ם קָלִין – לְהַכְנִיעַ תַּאֲוַת מָמוֹן. [ליקו"מ כ"ג] EN: One hundred (מאה = 101) = gematria of מ"ס (Mem-Samech = 40+60 = 100... see source for the precise kollel calculation). [The source cites lesson 7:5; the connection involves the gematria of specific Names as explained there.] Likutay Mooharan 7:5 מ'איגרא ר'מא ל'בירא ע'מיקתא Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "from a tall roof to a deep pit" (מ׳איגרא ר׳מא ל׳בירא ע׳מיקתא) [Aramaic saying, Shabbos 31b] spell לעמר (la'omer, "for the Omer"). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Sefer HaMidos, "Sefiras HaOmer" 3 מאירת Roshay Saveivos Mah (מה = 45) = gematria of the Name Havayah spelled out with Alefs (יוד הא ואו הא = 45). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Mah — 370 (ש"ע) [aspects/lights] — its letters spell מעשה (maaseh, "deed / action"). [Cross-reference: Maaseh → same, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan II:82; II:7; 13 מ'ה נ'מלצו ל'חכי א'מרתך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "How sweet are Your words to my palate!" [Psalms 119:103] spell אלמן (almon, "widower"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 199 Segment 9 HE: מָן מִקְוֵה נוּן. [שָׁם] Segment 12 HE: מֹשֶׁה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מְטַט שַׂר הַפָּנִים. [ליקו"מ י"ג] מָמוֹן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מִשָּׁם נִתְעַשֵּׁר מֹשֶׁה וְהַוָּא"ו הוּא בְּחִינַת הַלּוּחוֹת. [ליקו"מ ס'] EN: Meviacho — first letters of ו׳נח מ׳צא ח׳ן ב׳עיני י׳י: "And Noach found favor in the eyes of Hashem". [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Chayay Mooharan §463 מ"ג ביצים / גם Gematria The measure of 43 eggs (מ"ג ביצים) — the measure of challah — corresponds to גם (gam, "also" = 43). [Cross-reference from Section 3.] Furthermore: the 43 words of the Psalm of Thanksgiving (Mizmor LeTodah, Psalms 100) correspond to this very measure — the psalm and the challah share 43. Likutay Mooharan 55:7; II:2; 6 מה Gematria מטר Roshay Saveivos Matar (מטר, "rain") — first letters of מ׳ראה ט׳עם ר׳יח: "sight, taste, smell" — the three most elevated senses through which divine pleasure is received. Rain feeds all three. Likutay Mooharan II:1; 12 מי — חמישים Gematria Mi (מי, "who? / water" = 50) = gematria of chamishim (חמישים, "fifty"). "Who?" and fifty are the same — the highest level of questioning and the number of Jubilee/liberation are one. [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan 45 מידד — מֵי דַד Notarikon Segment 14 HE: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא תַּרְיַ"ג. [ליקו"מ ל"ו] מָעוֹת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְאֵין עֲבֵירָה מְכַבָּה תּוֹרָה. [ליקו"מ ר"ד] EN: מ'ה ש'היה ה'וא — משה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "That which was, it is" (מ׳ה ש׳היה ה׳וא) [Ecclesiastes 1:9] spell משה (Moshe). What was, is, and always shall be — that is Moshe. [Cross-reference: Moshe cluster below.] Likutay Mooharan 58:2; II:79 מה ש"ע — מעשה Tziroof Mah + 370 (מה ש"ע) — the letters of מ"ה (45) together with the 370 lights = the letters of מעשה (maaseh, "deed"). Action (maaseh) is the unification of the Name Mah (45) with the 370 lights. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13 מה'ק'ם' מלכין — שם קמ"ה Notarikon Malapoum (מלאפום — the vowel cholam when written as a Vov) = מלא פום (mala pum, Aramaic: "fills the mouth") — the vowel that fills and rounds the mouth with its sound. It corresponds to the Yud-Vov letter-pair [cross-reference from Section 10]. Likutay Mooharan 8:9; 34:5 מלאך Multiple Malach (מלאך, "angel") yields three connections: (1) Tziroof Its letters are a permutation of כְּלָאֵם (kela'am, "He restrained them") [cross-reference from Section 11]; (2) Gematria Malach = gematria of סוכה (sukkah, "the festival booth" = 91); Segment 17 HE: מנצפ"ך בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא רי"ו דִּין. [ליקו"מ ל"ז] מַלְוֶה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וּצְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם לְךָ מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים. [ליקו"מ ח"ב א'] EN: The letters מ, ק, ם from the phrase מהקם מלכין ("who sets up kings" [Daniel 2:21]) embody the Divine Name קמ"ה (= 145). [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 234 מזמור לתודה / מל Multiple The Mizmor LeTodah (מזמור לתודה, Psalm of Thanksgiving, Psalms 100) yields a rich cluster: (1) Roshay Saveivos Its first letters spell מל (mal, "circumcision / the letter Mem-Lamed"); Mamon (ממון, "money / wealth") — together with its letters = gematria of 140 voices (ק"מ קלין) [the 140 sounds associated with the giving of Torah]. Roshay Saveivos Mamon — first letters of מ׳שם נ׳תעשר מ׳שה: "from there Moshe became wealthy" [referring to the sapphire chips that fell from the Tablets — Moshe kept them and became wealthy]. The Vov in Mamon corresponds to the Tablets — whose length was 6 and whose width was 6. [Moshe's wealth came from the chips of the Sapphire Tablets — and the word for wealth (mamon) encodes his name. Money at its root is divine — the sparks of the Tablets that fell to earth became the wealth of the one most devoted to G-d.] Likutay Mooharan 23:1; 60:1 Segment 18 HE: מַלְאָךְ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כִּי אֵין מַחְסוֹר לִירֵאָיו [שָׁם] EN: מן Notarikon Man (מן, "manna") = מ׳קוה של שער נ׳ון — "the reservoir of the Nun-gate" [a kabbalistic term for the 50th Gate of Understanding]. Roshay Saveivos Man — first letters of מ׳אמר נ׳אמן: "a faithful utterance." The manna that fell from heaven was a faithful utterance made edible. [Manna = the 50th Gate of Wisdom made tangible food. Every piece of manna was a word of faithful divine utterance given as nourishment. The people literally ate the speech of G-d.] Likutay Mooharan 56:7 Segment 19 HE: מָטָר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מַרְאֶה טַעַם רֵיחַ. [שָׁם] EN: מנצפ"ך — ורידין / ריו דין Gematria The five final letters (מנצפ"ך) = gematria of ורידין ("veins") and = gematria of ריו דין (216 + judgment). [Cross-references from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 37:6 מ"ס — מאה Gematria Mem-Samech (מ"ס = 100) = gematria of one hundred (מאה). [Cross-reference from Me'ah above.] Likutay Mooharan 7:5 Segment 21 HE: מַלְאָךְ אוֹתִיּוֹת כְּלָאֵם. [שָׁם] מַלְאָךְ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כִּי לֵאלֹהִים מָגִנֵּי אֶרֶץ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה'] EN: מִסְפָּר — מִסֵּפֶר Notarikon Mispar (מִסְפָּר, "number") is read as misefer (מִסֵּפֶר, "from a book") — numbers come from the book. Counting is reading; quantity is text. Likutay Mooharan II:30 מעות — ו'אין ע'בירה מ'כבה ת'ורה Roshay Saveivos Ma'os (מעות, "coins / money") — first letters of ו׳אין ע׳בירה מ׳כבה ת׳ורה: "no sin extinguishes Torah." [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 204; Sichos HaRan 136 מעט Gematria Me'at (מעט, "a little / few" = 119) = gematria of 119. [The source connects this to a specific teaching in Chayay Mooharan §556 about the significance of smallness and "a little."] Chayay Mooharan §556 מעקל — עמלק Tziroof Ma'kel (מעקל, "crooked / winding path") — its letters are a permutation of עמלק (Amalek). The crooked path is Amalek — the force that seeks to bend and distort the straight way. [The word for crookedness and the name of Israel's arch-enemy share the same letters. Amalek is the embodiment of the twisted path — the power that attacks the straight walk of Israel through the desert of life.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 11 Segment 22 HE: מַרְאֶה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רָשָׁע מַכְתִּיר אֶת הַצַּדִּיק. [שם] EN: מערב Roshay Saveivos Ma'arav (מערב, "west / evening") — first letters of ר׳חל מ׳בכה ע׳ל ב׳ניה: "Rachel weeping for her children" [Jeremiah 31:14]. The west — where the sun descends — encodes Rachel's weeping, for she weeps as light fades into exile. Likutay Mooharan II:67 מ'מצרים ו'לא י'ראו פ'ני ר'יקם Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "from Egypt and they shall not see My face empty-handed" (מ׳מצרים ו׳לא י׳ראו פ׳ני ר׳יקם) spell פורים (Purim). The redemption from Egypt carries within its first letters the festival of hidden redemption. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:74 Segment 23 HE: מֹשֶׁה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מְתוּקָה שְׁנַת הָעֹבֵד. [שם] EN: מצחק Roshay Saveivos Metzachek (מצחק, "one who laughs / plays") — first letters of ח׳זה צ׳יון ק׳רית מ׳ועדנו: "See Zion, the city of our appointed times." [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan (end of story of the humble king) מצר — צמר Tziroof Metzar (מצר, "distress / narrow strait") — its letters are a permutation of צמר (tzemer, "wool"). The narrow straits of suffering contain within them the warmth and softness of wool — comfort is hidden within distress. Likutay Mooharan 29:10 מצרימה' את' יעקב' איש' וביתו' Sofay Saveivos Segment 24 HE: מָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מַאֲמַר נֶאֱמָן. [ליקו"מ נ"ו] מְאִירַת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם. [שם] EN: (2) Gematria Mal (= 70) corresponds to the 70 birth-cries of a woman in labor — the Psalm of Thanksgiving corresponds to the ultimate thanksgiving after birth; (3) The Psalm has 43 words [see Gam above]; (4) In Atbash cipher, chesed = 168 = the number of letters in this Psalm. [The Psalm of Thanksgiving (Psalms 100) was sung in the Temple when bringing the todah offering. Its 43 words = the measure of challah; its 168 letters = chesed in Atbash; its first letters = mal (circumcision). A single Psalm encodes bread, lovingkindness, and the covenant of circumcision.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 6; marginal gloss to 19 מ'חלוקת ש'מאי ה'לל — משה Roshay Saveivos The final letters of "to Egypt, Yaakov, each man and his household" (מצרימה את יעקב איש וביתו) [Exodus 1:1] spell תשובה (teshuvah, "repentance / return"). The very verse describing the descent into Egypt — the beginning of exile — contains in its final letters the word for return. Exile carries within it the seed of return. [One of the most beautiful teachings of the section: the final letters of the verse announcing the descent into Egypt spell teshuvah — the ultimate return. Exile is not the end; it is a vessel containing its own remedy.] Likutay Mooharan II:73 מצת Roshay Saveivos Matzas (מצת, "[he] sucked / drew out") — first letters of צ׳דקה ת׳ציל מ׳מות: "charity saves from death" [Proverbs 10:2]. Drawing forth life through charity saves from death. Likutay Mooharan 201 Segment 26 HE: מְעֻקָּל אוֹתִיּוֹת עֲמָלֵק. [שָׁם] מֹשֶׁה מַחֲלֹקֶת שַׁמַּאי הִלֵּל. [שָׁם] מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מָל, שִׁבְעִים קלין. קס"ח אוֹתִיּוֹת גִּימַטְרִיָּא חֶסֶד בְּאַ"תּ בַּ"שׁ. מ"ג תֵּבוֹת ג"ם לִי גַם לָךְ לֹא יִהְיֶה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ב'] EN: מקל — ואו Shape / Form Makel (מקל, "staff") has the shape of the letter Vov (ואו). [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 1 מִקֵּץ — קָמַץ Tziroof Mikeitz (מִקֵּץ, "at the end of" [Genesis 41:1 — Yosef's dream interpretation after two years]) — its letters are a permutation of קָמַץ (kamatz — the vowel-sign below the letter, the broadest and most open vowel). The "end" (keitz) contains the full open vowel — the moment of redemption is the most fully-open divine utterance. Likutay Mooharan 54:6 מר דרור / מרדכי Notarikon The first letters of "the dispute between Shammai and Hillel" (מ׳חלוקת ש׳מאי ה׳לל) spell משה (Moshe). The great debates of the Talmud are the continuation of Moshe's Torah. [Cross-reference: Moshe cluster below.] Likutay Mooharan 56:8 מחקק Gematria Mechokek (מחקק, "lawgiver / engraver" = 248) = gematria of Avraham (248) [cross-reference from Section 1]. The lawgiver and Avraham are numerically one — Avraham is the first lawgiver. Likutay Mooharan II:26; 72; Sefer HaMidos "Drunkenness" 3, 4 מחשבה — חשוב מה Tziroof Mar Deror (מר דרור, "pure myrrh" [Exodus 30:23] — the first spice of the holy anointing oil) is an aspect of Mordechai (מרדכי) — for Mordechai is the Aramaic translation of Mar Deror. Mordechai (מרדכי) = gematria of ורב חסד ("and abundant in lovingkindness" [Exodus 34:6]). Mordechai embodies divine lovingkindness. Likutay Mooharan 10:8; 56:2; 60:9 מ'ראה ט'עם ר'יח — מטר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "sight, taste, smell" spell מטר (matar, "rain"). [Cross-reference from Matar above.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 12 Segment 27 HE: מְחֹקֵק בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא רְמַ"ח. [ליקו"מ ח"ב כ"ו] EN: מראה Roshay Saveivos Mareh (מראה, "vision / appearance") — first letters of ר׳שע מ׳כתיר א׳ת ה׳צדיק: "the wicked surrounds the righteous" [Habakkuk 1:4]. The vision of the wicked surrounding the righteous is itself a kind of appearance — the distorted vision of evil masking holiness. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 11 מרים יוכבד — נא רפא Gematria Miriam and Yocheved (מרים יוכבד — Moshe's sister and mother, the two great women of the Exodus) together = gematria of נא רפא ("please heal" [Numbers 12:13 — Moshe's prayer for Miriam when she was stricken with leprosy]). The women who saved Moshe's life contain within their names his prayer for their healing. Likutay Mooharan 174 Segment 28 HE: מִסְפַּר [כְּחוֹל הַיָּם] אוֹתִיּוֹת מִסֵּפֶר. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ל'] EN: משה Multiple Moshe (משה) — the great cluster of Moshe's gematria and acronym connections: (1) Tziroof The letters of Moshe = ש׳ מה — "the Shin of Mah" [the 300 of the letter Shin + the Name Mah (45)]; (2) Gematria Moshe (345) = gematria of חרון אף (charon af, "burning anger") [cross-reference from Section 8] — Moshe stands in the breach of divine anger; (3) Moshe (345) = gematria of שילה (Shiloh — the Divine Name and place associated with Yosef's descendants); Segment 29 HE: מַשֶּׁהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְהָיָה מַעֲשֵׂה הַצְּדָקָה שָׁלוֹם. [ליקו"מ נ"ז] מַעֲרָב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל בָּנֶיהָ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ז] EN: Machshavah (מחשבה, "thought") — its letters contain חשוב מה (chashov mah, "reckon what [is above you]"). True thought is the reckoning of that which transcends — a reminder always to consider what is above. [Cross-reference from Section 8.] [The Mishnah's ethical formula: "Know from where you came, where you are going, and before Whom you will give account" — the word for "thought" itself contains the imperative to "reckon what" lies above. True thinking is always oriented upward.] Likutay Mooharan II:82 מ'ט"ט ש'ר ה'פנים — משה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Metatron, Prince of the Face" (מ׳ט"ט ש׳ר ה׳פנים) spell משה (Moshe). Moshe is the human embodiment of Metatron, the angel of the divine face. [Cross-reference: Moshe cluster below.] Likutay Mooharan 13:3 (4) Moshe (345) = gematria of שכה (a name/word in the source = 325... see source for precise value); (5) Moshe stands numerically between שמד (shemad, "destruction / forced apostasy" = 344) and רצון (ratzon, "will / favor" = 346) — Moshe mediates between the extremes of destruction and divine will; (6) Moshe Rabbeinu (משה רבינו, "Moshe our Teacher") = gematria of תרי"ג (613 — the number of commandments). Moshe our Teacher = the 613 commandments; (7–10) Roshay Saveivos Moshe appears as the first letters of four different phrases: Segment 30 HE: מִתְאַבֵּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לֹא תְבַעֲרוּ אֵשׁ בְּכֹל מֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם. [שם] EN: — מ׳ה ש׳היה ה׳וא: "That which was, it is" [Ecclesiastes 1:9]; — מ׳חלוקת ש׳מאי ה׳לל: "the dispute of Shammai and Hillel"; — מ׳ט"ט ש׳ר ה׳פנים: "Metatron, Prince of the Face"; — מ׳תוקה ש׳נת ה׳עובד: "Sweet is the sleep of the laborer" [Ecclesiastes 5:11]. [Moshe is the mediator of all opposites: between destruction and favor; between the eternal past and the eternal present; between the highest angelic prince and the sweetest sleep of the common laborer. His name contains multitudes.] Likutay Mooharan 4:9; 215; 6:7; 9:4; 13:3; 36:2; 56:8; 58:2; II:79; II:5:15 Segment 31 HE: מַצֹּת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת צְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת. [ליקו"מ ר"א] מְצַחֵק רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת חֲזֵה צִיּוֹן קִרְיַת מוֹעֲדֵנוּ. [ספורי מעשיות מעשה ו' בסופו] EN: Meidad (מידד — one of the two elders who prophesied in the camp [Numbers 11:26]) is read as מֵי דַד — "waters of the breast [nourishment]." The prophet draws from the nourishing waters of wisdom. [Compare Eldad = El Dad, "G-d of the breast," in Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 97 מיכל Roshay Saveivos Michal (מיכל) — first letters of כ׳י מ׳לאכיו י׳צוה ל׳ך: "For He will command His angels for you". [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Chayay Mooharan §456 מלאפום Notarikon משהו Roshay Saveivos Mashehu (משהו, "a tiny something") — first letters of ו׳היה מ׳עשה ה׳צדקה ש׳לום. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 57:8 מֶך — מִש"ך דינים Notarikon Mech (מֶך, "lowly / diminished one") = מִש"ך דינים (mishach dinim, "drawing of judgments") — the diminished one draws judgments upon himself through his low state. [The word for "lowly / oppressed" contains within it the concept of the drawing-down of harsh judgments — poverty and diminishment are spiritually associated with the harsh forces. The remedy is elevation through Torah and joy.] Segment 32 HE: מֹשֶׁה מַמְתִּיק חֲרוֹן אַף, כִּי מֹשֶׁה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא חֲרוֹן אַף. [ליקו"מ רט"ו] מִיכַל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָּךְ. [חיי"מ תנ"ו] EN: (3) Roshay Saveivos First letters of כ׳י א׳ין מ׳חסור ל׳יראיו and of כ׳י ל׳אלקים מ׳גיני א׳רץ [cross-references from Section 11]. [Angel = Sukkah in gematria: both equal 91. The angel and the booth of Sukkos share a numerical identity — the booth is the angel's embrace, the divine protection that surrounds us on all sides during the festival.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 7; II:5; 14 מלבוש — בשלום / חשמל Tziroof Malbush (מלבוש, "garment") — its letters are a permutation of בשלום (beshalom, "in peace") [cross-reference from Section 2] and = gematria of חשמל (chashmal) [cross-reference from Section 8]. Likutay Mooharan 35:6; 41 Likutay Mooharan 277 מַכִּיל / מְכֵּל Notarikon Makhil (מַכִּיל, "one who contains / provides for") — its opposite is mekhel (מְכֵּל, "he who withholds / diminishes"). The generous one who provides and the one who withholds are mirror images of each other — containing and diminishing, the same letters in different vowels. Likutay Mooharan 205 מ'שם נ'תעשר מ'שה — ממון Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "from there Moshe became wealthy" spell ממון (mamon, "wealth"). [Cross-reference from Mamon above.] Likutay Mooharan 60:1 Segment 33 HE: מֹשֶׁה [345] עוֹמֵד בֵּין שְׁמָד [344] לְרָצוֹן [346] לְהַכְנִיעַ הַכּוֹפְרִים [שם] מביח"ו רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְיָ. [חיי"מ תס"ג] EN: מלוה Roshay Saveivos Milveh (מלוה, "a loan") — first letters of ו׳צבא ה׳שמים ל׳ך מ׳שתחוים. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 13 מם סתומה — שני דלתין Shape / Form The closed Mem (מם סתומה — the final form ם) has the shape of two Dalets joined together. [Cross-reference from Section 4.] Likutay Mooharan 135 ממון Gematria מש'ם רוע'ה אב'ן ישרא'ל Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "from there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel" (משם רועה אבן ישראל) [Genesis 49:24 — Yaakov's blessing of Yosef] spell נמלה (nemalah, "ant"). The Shepherd of Israel — the divine sustainer — contains in his verse's final letters the humble ant: the smallest creature that gathers its food with patience and wisdom teaches the great shepherd. [The ant appears in Proverbs 6:6 as the model of wise preparation. That the verse about the divine Shepherd of Israel contains in its final letters the ant teaches that the greatest divine sustenance operates through the humblest channels.] Sefer HaMidos: Introduction; "Pride" 2:4; "Diligence" 1; Chayay Mooharan §77 מ'שפיל ר'שעים ע'די א'רץ Roshay Saveivos Segment 34 HE: מִשְׁכָּן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מִטָּה שֻׁלְחָן כִּסֵּא נֵר [ליקו"ה שבת ג, יא.] EN: The first letters of "He brings the wicked down to the dust" [Psalms 147:6] = first letters of א׳ש ר׳וח מ׳ים ע׳פר — "fire, wind, water, earth." [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 8:5 מתאבל — ל'א ת'בערו Roshay Saveivos Mis'abel (מתאבל, "one who mourns") — first letters of ל׳א ת׳בערו א׳ש ב׳כל מ׳ושבותיכם. [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Likutay Mooharan II:67 מתה ויבאש Roshay Saveivos "She died and became foul" (מתה ויבאש) — the first letters of the names of the five women who died [a specific list in the source's context]: ש׳רה א׳סתר ב׳ת י׳הודית ו׳י מתה — Sarah, Esther, daughter of Yehudis, and [one who] died. [This entry appears after a story in Sichos and refers to a specific narrative context.] Sichos after the story מ'תוקה ש'נת ה'עובד — משה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man" (מ׳תוקה ש׳נת ה׳עובד) [Ecclesiastes 5:11] spell משה (Moshe). [Cross-reference from Moshe cluster above.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 [Translator's Summary — Section 13, Mem — 81 source entries fully covered] The Mem section is the richest yet, anchored by the great Moshe cluster: ten separate connections revealing Moshe as the mediator between destruction and favor, as the 613 commandments, as Metatron, as the sweet sleep of the laborer. The final letters of the descent-into-Egypt verse spell teshuvah — exile contains its own remedy. Wool (tzemer) hidden in distress (metzar); the ant hidden in the verse of the divine Shepherd; Mordechai as pure myrrh and as divine lovingkindness. The Mizmor LeTodah cluster (43 words = challah measure, 168 letters = chesed in Atbash) is particularly exquisite. # אוֹת נ' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/15/ אוֹת נ' אוֹת נ' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/15 Segment 1 HE: נַחַת אוֹתִיּוֹת חֵ"ן תָּי"ו. [ליקו"מ א'] נָבִיא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יָבֹא בְרִנָּה נֹשֵׂא אֲלֻמֹּתָיו. [ליקו"מ ה'] נַעֲרָ גִּימַטְרִיָּא שַׁ"ך דִּינִים. [ליקו"מ ל"ב] נַפְתָּלִי אוֹתִיּוֹת תְּפִלִּין. [ליקו"מ מ"ז] נָבָל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת ל"ב נְתִיבוֹת. [ליקו"מ קצ"ג] נָא רְפָא גִּימַטְרִיָּא מִרְיָם יוֹכֶבֶד. [ליקו"מ קע"ד] נֹפֵל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת פִּזַּר נָתַן לָאֶבְיוֹנִים. [ליקו"מ ר"א] נֹאֵף רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַשְׁרֵי נְשׂוּי פֶּשַׁע. [ליקו"מ ר"ה] נָבִיא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בִּדְבַר יְיָ שָׁמַיִם נַעֲשׂוּ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב א'] נָבִיא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּשִׁבְעִים נֶפֶשׁ יָרְדוּ אֲבֹתֶיךָ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ח'] נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא קָדְקֹד. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ה] נְמָלָה סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל. [ספר המידות התנשאות, ד. זריזות, א.] נַעַר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ. [שיחות הר"ן קי"ג] נָבִיא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּשֵׁם יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר. [ספר המידות בסופו] נִרְצָה גִּימַטְרִיָּא מֹשֶׁה. [ליקו"ה ברכת השחר ה, ט.] EN: נ NUN — Numerical Value: 50 | The letter of the fifty gates, of falling and rising | 22 source entries [Translator's Note] The Nun is famously absent from Psalm 145 (Ashrei) — the Sages explain this is because Nun connotes nefilah (falling). Yet Rebbe Nachman taught that the 50th gate of understanding, which the Nun represents, is the gate of total renewal. Source lines 11–12 are cross-references of each other; lines 16 and 18 are cross-references of each other. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource נא רפא — מרים יוכבד Gematria "Please heal" (נא רפא) [Numbers 12:13 — Moshe's five-word prayer for his sister Miriam] = gematria of מרים יוכבד (Miriam and Yocheved — Moshe's sister and mother). The prayer Moshe offered for Miriam numerically contains the names of the two women who saved his life. [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 174 נאף Roshay Saveivos Na'af (נאף, "licentiousness / adultery") — first letters of א׳שרי נ׳שוי פ׳שע: "Fortunate is one whose transgression is forgiven" [Psalms 32:1]. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The supreme blessing of forgiveness encodes within it the very sin most in need of it. Likutay Mooharan 205 נביא Roshay Saveivos (×4) Navi (נביא, "prophet") yields four first-letter sources: (1) ב׳דבר י׳י ש׳מים נ׳עשו — "By the word of Hashem the heavens were made" [Psalms 33:6] — because the Alef [the silent letter] is the firmament [cross-reference from Section 2]; (2) ב׳שבעים נ׳פש י׳רדו א׳בותיך — "with seventy souls your fathers went down" [Deut. 10:22] [cross-reference from Section 2]; (3) ב׳שם י׳י א׳לקינו נ׳זכיר — "In the Name of Hashem our G-d we will call out" [Psalms 20:8] [cross-reference from Section 2]; (4) י׳בוא ב׳רנה נ׳ושא א׳לומותיו — "He shall come with joyful song, bearing his sheaves" [Psalms 126:6] [cross-reference from Section 10]. [Four distinct biblical verses all encode the word prophet in their first letters — a remarkable convergence that reveals how deeply embedded the concept of prophecy is in Scripture. The prophet is the bearer of divine speech (bdavar Hashem), of the community of souls, of the divine Name, and of joyful harvest.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 9; II:8; 5; Sefer HaMidos "Prayer" 2:14; 5:2 נבל Roshay Saveivos Naval (נבל, "harp / lute") — first letters of ל"ב נ׳תיבות: the 32 paths of Wisdom. [Cross-reference from Section 12.] The harp is the musical form of the 32 paths. Likutay Mooharan 123 נ'דיבי ע'מים נ'אספו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "The nobles of the peoples have gathered" (נ׳דיבי ע׳מים נ׳אספו) [Psalms 47:10] spell ענן (anan, "cloud"). The gathering of noble souls rises as a cloud before G-d. [The cloud (anan) in the Torah represents the divine presence — the pillar of cloud that led Israel through the desert. The gathering of noble souls (nedivei amim) generates its own divine cloud.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 נדה Gematria Nidah (נדה, "a menstruant / state of separation") = gematria of חותם (chosom, "a seal") [cross-reference from Section 8] and also = gematria of yad (יד, "hand") in its full spelling [cross-reference from Section 10]. The seal, the hand, and the state of separation share a numerical identity — all relate to the boundary between states of holiness and their renewal. Likutay Mooharan 22:1; 22:2 נהרדעי — נהורי דעה Notarikon Nehardea (נהרדעי — the great Babylonian academy-city of Talmudic times) is read as נהורי דעה (nahorei de'ah, "lights of knowledge / luminaries of wisdom"). And conversely: nahorei de'ah = Nehardea. The ancient city of Torah is defined by its illumination of knowledge. [Nehardea was one of the two great Babylonian academies (with Sura). Its name, decoded, reveals its essence: it is the city of those who illuminate knowledge — the true talmidei chachamim (Torah scholars).] Likutay Mooharan 31:1 נואף — קבלה Gematria No'af (נואף, "one who commits licentiousness" = 137) = gematria of קבלה (Kabbalah, "mystical tradition / receiving" = 137). The force of licentiousness and the tradition of mystical reception share a numerical identity — what one corrupts, the other sanctifies through the same channel. [This is one of the most striking gematrias in the entire work. Licentiousness and Kabbalah are numerically one — for the holy channel of divine reception (kabbalah) and its profane inversion (no'af) both operate through the same faculty of yesod (foundation/procreation). To rectify one is to sanctify the other.] Chayay Mooharan §526 נון וחית — ת׳ Shape / Form When a Nun (נ) and a Ches (ח) are joined together, they form the letter Tav (ת). [Cross-reference: this is the source for the reverse entry in Section 1 — the Tav is formed from Nun and Ches.] [The final letter of the alphabet (Tav) is composed of the 14th letter (Nun) and the 8th letter (Ches). The end contains both the number of the covenant (8) and the number of eternity (50 = Nun).] Likutay Mooharan 1 נון מלא — חנוכה Tziroof "A Nun filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moshe laid his hands upon him" (נון מלא רו׳ח חכמ׳ה כי סמ׳ך משה את ידי׳ו עליו) [Numbers 27:18 — G-d's description of Yehoshua] — the highlighted letters of key words in this verse form the permutation חנוכה (Chanukah). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] The transmission of wisdom from Moshe to Yehoshua encodes Chanukah — the festival of the light of wisdom transmitted. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13 נחמן / נחל נובע מקור חכמה Roshay Saveivos The name Nachman (נחמן) — first letters of נ׳חל נ׳ובע מ׳קור ח׳כמה: "a flowing stream, a source of wisdom." And conversely: the phrase נחל נובע מקור חכמה — first letters spell נחמן. The name of Rebbe Nachman is the flowing wellspring of wisdom itself. [The phrase "a flowing stream, source of wisdom" — from Proverbs 18:4 — encodes the Rebbe's name in its first letters. This is cited in Chayay Mooharan as a verse that "sweetens" the Rebbe's name — a verse that, when recited, carries the blessing of his name and mission.] Chayay Mooharan §189 נחמו נחמו — קדקד Gematria "Comfort, comfort [My people]" (נחמו נחמו) [Isaiah 40:1 — the great opening of consolation, read as the haftarah on the Shabbos after Tisha B'Av] = gematria of קדקד (kodkod, "the crown of the head"). Consolation rises to the crown — the highest point of the human soul. Likutay Mooharan II:85 נחת — חן ת׳ Tziroof Nachas (נחת, "gratification / descent") — its letters are חן ת׳ (chen-tav, "grace-Tav"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Gratification is grace descending to its final letter. Likutay Mooharan 1 נמלה Sofay Saveivos Nemalah (נמלה, "ant") — final letters of משם רועה אבן ישראל: "from there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel". [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Sefer HaMidos: Introduction; "Pride" 2:4; "Diligence" 1 נער Gematria (×2) Na'ar (נער, "a youth / lad" = 320): (1) = din (דין, "judgment") five times (5 × 64 = 320); (2) = ש"ך דינים (Shin-Chaf judgments = 320) — the 320 harsh judgments. [Cross-reference from Section 4.] Youth and the 320 judgments are numerically one — the unrefined energy of youth contains all the harsh sparks awaiting sweetening. Likutay Mooharan 32 [Translator's Summary — Section 14, Nun — 22 source entries fully covered] The Nun section is anchored by three remarkable teachings: the four biblical verses all encoding navi (prophet) in their first letters; the stunning gematria of no'af (licentiousness) = Kabbalah (mystical reception) — same channel, opposite uses; and the name Nachman as the first letters of "a flowing stream, a source of wisdom." The consolation of Nachamu Nachamu rising to the crown of the head, and the city of Nehardea decoded as "luminaries of wisdom," round out a section rich with both mystical depth and personal warmth toward the Rebbe. # אוֹת ס' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/16/ אוֹת ס' אוֹת ס' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/16 Segment 1 HE: סְעָרָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא אֲדֹנָ"י [בְּחִינַת הַדִּבּוּר], ר"ע, כִּי עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁבְעָה אוֹתִיּוֹת, כָּל אֶחָד כָּלוּל מֵעֲשָׂרָה – גִּימַטְרִיָּא ר"ע, י ס"ה. [ליקו"מ ל"ח] סִיוָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְיַעֲקֹב נָסַע סֻכֹּתָה וַיִּבֶן וְגוֹ'. [ליקו"מ רס"ו] סאל הוּא שֵׁם יוֹצֵא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי. [ליקו"מ רי"ג] סאל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת סוֹף אָדָם לָמוּת. [שָׁם] סַ-מָ-אֵ-ל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַתָּה סֵתֶר לִי מִצַר. [שָׁם] סוּכָּה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא מַלְאָךְ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה'] סֵפֶר גִּימַטְרִיָּא שֵׁם. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ל"ב] סְנַפִּיר בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא רַע עָיִן. [שיחות הר"ן רמ"א] סִינַי גִּימַטְרִיָּא סֻלָּם. [שיחות הר"ן פ"ו] EN: ס SAMECH — Numerical Value: 60 | The letter of support, of the closed circle | 17 source entries [Translator's Note] The Samech is a closed circle — the Kabbalists teach it represents divine support (somech noflim — "He supports the fallen"). Source lines 10 and 12 are two sides of the same entry (Sam Terei = Samterei); lines 15–16 are one entry split across two lines. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource סגלגלות — סגל גלות Notarikon Segalgalos (סגלגלות, "roundness / spherical form") is read as סֶגֶל גלות — "segol of exile." The round vowel-sign segol (ֶ — three dots in a triangle) contains within its very name the concept of exile. [The segol is three dots arranged like an inverted triangle — a crown turned downward. Its hidden name means "exile-segol" — teaching that the rounded, contained forms of this world carry the shape of exile within them, awaiting the restoration of the upright crown.] Likutay Mooharan 58:10 סגול / חיריק / שין Gematria (×3) A cluster of vowel-sign gematrias from the same lesson: (1) The segol of the Name קס"א [161] and the chirik of the Name ס"ג [63] together in simple gematria = the value of the letter peshutah (simple form); (2) The same two vowels together = the gematria of תיו (Tav — the last letter of the alphabet); (3) The segol alone, times ten (Yud times) = the gematria of שין (Shin = 360). [These three connected teachings from lesson 6 of Likutay Mooharan reveal the hidden architecture of the vowel-signs — the "inner clothing" of the letters. The vowels that fill the Names of G-d sum to the final letter of the alphabet and to the letter of fire (Shin).] Likutay Mooharan 6:7 ס"ה — אדני Gematria Samech-Heh (ס"ה = 65) = gematria of the Divine Name Adonai (אדני = 65). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 38:2 סוכה — מלאך Gematria Sukkah (סוכה, "the Sukkos festival booth" = 91) = gematria of malach (מלאך, "angel" = 91). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] The Sukkah is the angel's embrace — the divine protection that surrounds us from all sides. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 14 ס'וף א'דם ל'מות Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the end of man is death" (ס׳וף א׳דם ל׳מות) [based on the Talmudic saying, Berachos 17a] spell the Divine Name סאל (Sa'el). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The very phrase about man's mortality encodes a Divine Name — death is not the end but a divine doorway. Likutay Mooharan 213 סיון Roshay Saveivos Sivan — first letters of ו׳יעקב נ׳סע ס׳כותה ו׳יבן: "And Yaakov journeyed to Sukkos and built." [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 266 in Meimay HaNachal סיני — סלם Gematria Sinai (סיני = 130) = gematria of סלם (sulam, "ladder" = 130). The mountain of Sinai and Yaakov's ladder are numerically identical — both are the same ascending connection between heaven and earth. [One of the most famous gematrias in all of Kabbalah: Sinai = sulam = 130. The ladder that Yaakov saw in his dream (sulam mutzav artzah veroshoh magi'a hashamayimah — "a ladder set on the earth whose top reaches heaven") is the same mountain upon which the Torah was given. Both connect earth and heaven; both are 130.] Sichos HaRan 86 סם תרי — סמתרי Notarikon Sam Terei (סם תרי, Aramaic: "two drugs / remedies") = Samterei (סמתרי — the name of a specific angel or divine force). And conversely: Samterei = Sam Terei. The angelic force is literally "two remedies" — a double healing agent. [The Talmud (Shabbos 67a) mentions samterei in a halachic context. Its decoding as "two remedies" reveals a dual healing dimension concealed within the angelic name.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 16 סמאל Roshay Saveivos Sama'el (סמאל — the prosecuting angel) — first letters of א׳תה ס׳תר ל׳י מ׳צר: "You are my shelter from distress." [Cross-reference from Section 1.] G-d's shelter contains the adversary's name — the place of concealment is also the adversary's domain. Likutay Mooharan 213 סנפיר — ארבע מאות / רע עין Gematria (×2) Snapir (סנפיר, "fin [of a fish]") = gematria of 400 (ארבע מאות) and also = gematria of רע עין (ra ayin, "evil eye"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The fin that enables fish to navigate the depths, the number 400, and the evil eye are all numerically one. Sichos HaRan 242 סערה — ס"ה ר"ע Gematria Sa'arah (סערה, "storm / tempest") embodies the aspect of ס"ה ר"ע — i.e. 65 and 270 — for from the aspect of 65 (= Adonai, the aspect of speech) there emerge 270 letters, since there are 27 letters [of the Hebrew alphabet] and each letter contains ten [inner dimensions], making 270 letters in total. The storm is thus speech erupting into its full 270-letter totality. [Sa'arah = samech-heh (65, = Adonai) + reish-ayin (270, = the total of all letters). The storm of divine speech generates the entire 270-letter universe. Ezekiel's great vision of the divine chariot began with a storm (ruach se'arah) — the eruption of divine speech into all its letters.] Likutay Mooharan 38:2 ספר — שם Gematria Sefer (ספר, "book" = 340) = gematria of שם (shem, "Name" = 340). A book is a Name — the Torah scroll is the Name of G-d written out in full. [Sefer (book) = shem (Name) = 340. The three aspects of sefer, sofer, sippur (book, scribe, story) in the Sefer Yetzirah are all expressions of the divine Name. Writing a Torah scroll is the act of inscribing the Name of G-d.] Likutay Mooharan II:32 [Translator's Summary — Section 15, Samech — 17 source entries fully covered] Samech yields a concise but jewel-like set of teachings. The most celebrated: Sinai = sulam (ladder) = 130 — the mountain of Torah and Yaakov's dream are one. Segalgalos (roundness) = "exile-segol" — the rounded forms of this world carry exile within them. Sa'arah (storm) = 65 + 270 — speech erupting into its full letter-universe. And the book (sefer) equals the Name (shem) — to read Torah is to encounter the Name of G-d. # אות ע' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/17/ אות ע' אות ע' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/17 Segment 1 HE: עַז עִם הַכּוֹלֵל גִּימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים טַ"ל. [ליקו"מ י"א] עַל הַשְּׁחִיטָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא תל"ז גִּימַטְרִיָּא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם עִם אַרְבָּעָה אוֹתִיּוֹת. [ליקו"מ ל"ז] עֵשֶׂב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו. [ליקו"מ צ"ט] עֵשֶׂב הוּא ע"ב שִׁי"ן: ע"ב – בַּת עַיִן, ש' – תְּלַת אֲבָהָן. [ליקו"מ מ"ז] עֹמֶר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת עֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחוֹת. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה'] עָנָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת נְדִיבֵי עַמִּים נֶאֱסָפוּ. [שָׁם] עֲמָלֵק ס"ת שֶׁבַע יִפּוֹל צַדִּיק וָקָם. [ליקו"מ ח"ב י"ט] עֵינֶיךָ רֹאוֹת אֶת מוֹרֶיךָ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵשׁ רוּחַ מַיִם עָפָר. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ו] עֹרֶף גִּימַטְרִיָּא ש"ן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שַׁבַּת נַחֲמוּ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ה] עֲמָלֵק סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת רַק רַע כָּל הַיּוֹם. [ליקו"ה תפלת המנחה ז'] עוֹמֶר סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת וְהַמַּשְׂכִּלִים יַזְהִרוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ. [ליקו"ה חושן משפט] EN: ע AYIN — Numerical Value: 70 | The letter of the eye, of the 70 faces of Torah | 24 source entries [Translator's Note] Ayin means "eye" — the organ of perception and of the evil eye. The 70 faces of Torah correspond to the 70 nations and to the 70 elders of Israel. Lines 22–24 form a cluster around the word eisev (grass/herb). Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ע = מל Gematria The letter Ayin (ע = 70) = gematria of מל (mal, "circumcision" = 40+30 = 70). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] The eye of wisdom and the covenant of circumcision share their number — both are gateways of perception and of the divine covenant. Likutay Mooharan II:2; 6 ע"ב — לבם Gematria The Name ע"ב [72] = gematria of לבם (libam, "their heart" = 72). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] The highest Divine Name and the heart of Israel are numerically one. Likutay Mooharan II:83 ע"ב ג' פעמים — ריו Gematria The Name ע"ב [72] three times (72 × 3 = 216) = gematria of ריו (Reish-Yud-Vov = 216) — the numerical value that encodes the form of the letter Alef and the sefirah of Gevurah (strength). Three times the highest Name = the shape of the first letter. Likutay Mooharan 46 ע"ב — י׳ י"ק יק"ו יקו"ק Gematria The 72 "niminin" (hairs / threads — a kabbalistic term for the finest emanations) correspond to the progressive expansions י׳ י"ק יק"ו יקו"ק, which together sum to 72. [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 1 ע"ב + ריו ב' פעמים — תקעו Gematria The Name ע"ב [72] plus ריו [216] twice (72 + 216 + 216 = 504) = gematria of תִּקְעוּ (tik'u, "blow [the shofar]!" [Psalms 81:4]). The shofar blast is the sum of the highest Name and the doubled form of Gevurah — a cry of divine power. Likutay Mooharan 46 עולת — תולע Tziroof Olas (עולת, "burnt-offering") — its letters are a permutation of תולע (tola, "worm / crimson worm"). The burnt-offering that rises entirely to G-d and the lowly worm that produces the crimson dye share their letters — the highest sacrifice and the most humble creature are one. [The olah offering is entirely consumed — nothing is kept for human use. Its letters spell the worm that produces tola'as shani (crimson dye), used in the Temple and in the purification ceremony. Height and lowliness, total devotion and humble service, are the same letters rearranged.] Likutay Mooharan 28:3 עון מש — שמעון Tziroof Avon mash (עון מש — "iniquity of touch/dissolution") — these letters are the letters of שמעון (Shimon — the tribe of Shimon). The name of Shimon contains and transforms the root of iniquity through the power of hearing (shema). [Shimon comes from the root shama — to hear. The letters of avon mash (transgression of touch/dissolution) rearranged form the name of the tribe whose correction comes through holy listening. Iniquity is transformed by the act of true hearing.] Sichos HaRan 44 ע'ושה מ'לאכיו ר'וחות — עמר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He makes His angels winds" (ע׳ושה מ׳לאכיו ר׳וחות) [Psalms 104:4] spell עמר (omer — the measure of grain offered on the second day of Pesach). [Cross-reference: Omer → same verse, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 9 ע'ושה ש'לום ב'מרומיו — עשב Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He Who makes peace in His heights" (ע׳ושה ש׳לום ב׳מרומיו) [Job 25:2 — said at the end of the Shmoneh Esrai] spell עשב (eisev, "grass / herb"). Peace made in the heights produces the grass of the earth. [Cross-reference: Eisev cluster below.] Likutay Mooharan 39 עז — טל ב' פעמים Gematria Oz (עז, "strength" = 77) = dew (tal = 39) twice plus the kollel (39+39+1 = 79... see source for precise calculation with kollel). [Cross-reference from Section 9.] Strength is double-dew — the renewal of life twice given. Likutay Mooharan 11:4 ע'ין ל'א ר'אתה א'לקים ז'ולתך י'עשה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "an eye has not seen, O G-d, besides You, what You shall do" [Isaiah 64:3] spell אליעזר (Eliezer). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:7; 13 ע'יניך ר'ואות א'ת מ'וריך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Your eyes shall see your teachers" (ע׳יניך ר׳ואות א׳ת מ׳וריך) [Isaiah 30:20] = the first letters of א׳ש ר׳וח מ׳ים ע׳פר — "fire, wind, water, earth." [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The vision of one's teachers is made of the four elements of creation. Likutay Mooharan II:66 ע'יר ו'קדיש מ'ן ש'מיא נ'חית Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "a Watcher, a Holy One, descended from heaven" (ע׳יר ו׳קדיש מ׳ן ש׳מיא נ׳חית) [Daniel 4:10 — the angelic watcher in Nevuchadnezar's dream] spell שמעון (Shimon). This verse also opens Likutay Mooharan. [The opening verse of Rebbe Nachman's teachings — an Aramaic verse about the holy watcher who descends from heaven — contains in its first letters the name of Shimon bar Yochai, the master of the Zohar. The watcher who descends from heaven is Shimon, and Shimon's Torah is what descends into the world through Rebbe Nachman.] Opening of Likutay Mooharan; Chayay Mooharan §169 על השחיטה Gematria "Regarding the slaughter" (על השחיטה) = gematria of the first letters of the verse ב׳זעת א׳פיך ת׳אכל ל׳חם together with its four words. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 37:6 עמלק Tziroof Amalek (עמלק) — its letters are a permutation of מעקל (ma'kel, "the crooked path"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Sofay Saveivos The final letters of שב׳ע יפו׳ל צדי׳ק וק׳ם — "seven times does the righteous one fall and rise" [Proverbs 24:16] — spell עמלק (Amalek). The power of Amalek is encoded in the verse about the righteous one's falling and rising — Amalek is the force that causes the falls; yet the righteous one always rises. [The verse about the tzadik who falls seven times and rises is precisely the verse whose final letters spell Amalek — the enemy who causes the falls. But the verse's meaning defeats Amalek: the tzadik always rises again. This entry appears at the end of the story of the wise man and the simpleton in Sipuray Maasios.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 11; II:19; end of story of the wise man and simpleton עמר Roshay Saveivos Omer (עמר, the grain measure offered on the second day of Pesach) — first letters of ע׳ושה מ׳לאכיו ר׳וחות: "He makes His angels winds". [Cross-reference from above.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 9 ענן Roshay Saveivos Anan (ענן, "cloud") — first letters of נ׳דיבי ע׳מים נ׳אספו: "The nobles of the peoples have gathered." [Cross-reference from Section 14.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 עקב — ב' פעמים אלקים Gematria Aikev (עקב, "heel / consequence" = 172) = Elokim twice (86 × 2 = 172). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The heel — the lowest extremity, the place that follows — numerically contains the double force of divine judgment. Likutay Mooharan 41 עָ של קליפה — ש"ע נהורין Gematria The Ayin (ע) of the impure side (klipah) = 70 — and corresponding to it, on the holy side, are the 370 lights (ש"ע נהורין) of the Divine countenance. The impure 70 is overwhelmed fivefold by the holy 370. [The 70 faces of impurity are faced by 370 lights of holiness — a ratio of 1:5.28. The divine radiance vastly outshines the impure eye. The 70 of Ayin (evil eye) is surrounded and dissolved by the 370 lights of the divine face.] Likutay Mooharan 41 ערף — גימטריא של "שבת נחמו" Gematria Oref (ערף, "back of the neck" = 350) = gematria of the first letters of the phrase ש׳בת נ׳חמו (Shabbos Nachamu — the Shabbos of Consolation, the Shabbos after Tisha B'Av): Shin(300) + Nun(50) = 350. [The back of the neck — associated with stubbornness — has the same gematria as the initials of the Shabbos of Consolation. The very stiffness that caused the exile contains within it the seeds of the consolation: 350 is both the obstacle and the comfort.] Likutay Mooharan II:85 עשב Multiple Eisev (עשב, "grass / herb") yields three connections: (1) Notarikon Eisev = ע"ב שין (Ayin-Beis Shin) — the Name of 72 (ע"ב) together with the letter Shin (= fire). Grass contains the highest Name and the letter of fire; (2) Roshay Saveivos Eisev — first letters of ב׳ת ע׳ין ש׳ין: "Bais, Ayin, Shin" [cross-reference from Section 2]; (3) Roshay Saveivos Eisev — first letters of ע׳ושה ש׳לום ב׳מרומיו: "He Who makes peace in His heights" [Job 25:2]. [Three dimensions of grass: it contains the Name of 72 and the fire-letter Shin; its letters come from Bais, Ayin, Shin; and its acronym spells divine peace. The humblest vegetation on earth carries the highest Name, the fire of heaven, and the peace of the heights.] Likutay Mooharan 47; 39; Chayay Mooharan §92 [Translator's Summary — Section 16, Ayin — 24 source entries fully covered] The Ayin section is dominated by the number 72 and its expansions: three times 72 = 216 = the form of Alef; 72 + 216×2 = the shofar blast. The burnt-offering (olah) as a permutation of the worm (tola) — the highest sacrifice and the most humble creature. The opening verse of Likutay Mooharan containing Shimon bar Yochai in its first letters. And the beautiful teaching that grass (eisev) contains the Name of 72, the letter of fire, and the peace of the heights. # אות פ' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/18/ אות פ' אות פ' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/18 Segment 1 HE: פֶּסַח נוֹטְרִיקוֹן פֶּה סָח. [ליקו"מ מ"ט] פּוּרִים רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מִמִּצְרָיִם וְלֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָם. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ע"ד] פּוּרִים רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְאִם מִפְּאַת פָּנָיו יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ. [חיי"מ צ'] EN: פ PEH — Numerical Value: 80 | The letter of the mouth, of speech, of revelation | 26 source entries [Translator's Note] Peh means "mouth" — the organ of speech and of Torah. Source lines 6 and 17 are two sides of the same entry (Pesach = Peh Sach); lines 14 and 18 are two sides of the Pardes entry; lines 24–25 cross-reference Section 15's Segol/Chirik entry. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource פ׳ — six letters Notarikon The letter Peh appears six times in the alphabet — six letters whose names cannot be pronounced without a Peh: א, כ, ך, פ, ף, ק (Alef, Kaf, final-Kaf, Peh, final-Peh, Kuf). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Six mouths, six openings of speech. Likutay Mooharan 83 פ׳ × 6 = לילית Gematria The letter Peh (= 80) six times (6 × 80 = 480) = gematria of לילית (Lilit = 480). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] The six letters requiring Peh together equal the force of nocturnal impurity — the antidote is holy speech. Likutay Mooharan 83 פא — אף Tziroof Peh-Alef (פא — the name of the letter Peh when shortened) — its letters reversed spell אף (af, "nose / anger"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The mouth (peh) inverted becomes the nose of anger. Likutay Mooharan 83 פדיון נפש — ורפא ירפא Gematria Pidyon Nefesh (פדיון נפש, "redemption of the soul") = gematria of ורפא ירפא ("He shall surely heal") together with its two words. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Healing the body is the redemption of the soul. Likutay Mooharan II:3 פ'ה ל'הם ו'לא י'דברו — ויפל Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "a mouth they have but cannot speak" [Psalms 115:5 — said of idols] spell ויפל (vayipol, "and he fell"). [Cross-reference from Section 6.] The mouth that cannot speak holy words — the fallen state. Likutay Mooharan 19:4 פסח — פה סח Notarikon Pesach (פסח, "Passover") is read as פה סח — "the mouth speaks." Passover is the festival of the speaking mouth — the Seder night of telling (haggadah = telling) and of the mouth that recounts the Exodus. The liberation of the body is the liberation of speech. [Peh sach — the speaking mouth. On Pesach the mouth that was silenced by exile regains its power of speech. The Haggadah itself means "the telling" — and the four sons are defined by how they use (or fail to use) their mouths. Pesach = the festival of the mouth that speaks freely.] Likutay Mooharan 49:6; II:74; 83; Sichos HaRan 88 פורים Roshay Saveivos (×2) Purim yields two first-letter sources: (1) ו׳אם מ׳פאת פ׳ניו י׳מרט ר׳אשו — "if from the front of his head hair is lost" [Leviticus 13:41] [cross-reference from Section 6]; (2) מ׳מצרים ו׳לא י׳ראו פ׳ני ר׳יקם — "from Egypt and they shall not see My face empty-handed" [cross-reference from Section 13]. [Both verses encoding Purim speak of faces — the bald forehead that must not be seen as a sign of impurity, and the face that must not be seen empty-handed. Purim is the festival of the hidden face (hester panim) — and both its source-verses speak of faces concealed or revealed.] Chayay Mooharan §90; Likutay Mooharan II:74 פו'ר'ת' — תרפ"ו אורות Gematria The letters פ, ו, ר, ת from the word פורת ("Poras" — from Yaakov's blessing of Yosef: "Yosef is a fruitful bough" [Genesis 49:22]) = gematria of תרפ"ו (686) — the 686 lights. [Cross-reference from Section 7, the seven Divine Names.] Yosef the fruitful one embodies the full radiance of the seven Divine Names. Likutay Mooharan 2:2 פותח' את' ידיך' Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "You open Your hand" (פותח את ידיך) [Psalms 145:16] spell the Divine Name חתך (Chesech). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the same verse spell אפי (api, "my anger / my nose"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] G-d's open hand transforms anger into generosity — the same letters, beginning and end. Likutay Mooharan 66:2; 108; II:7; 12 פ'זר נ'תן ל'אביונים — נפל Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He scattered, he gave to the poor" (פ׳זר נ׳תן ל׳אביונים) [Psalms 112:9] spell נפל (napal, "he fell"). Scattering one's wealth to the poor — the act that appears as a falling away of one's possessions — is in truth the most elevated act of rising. [Giving charity appears as a fall of one's wealth; yet the verse is about the righteous man's eternal glory. What looks like falling (napal) is actually the highest form of rising — the same letters encoded in the act of holy scattering.] Likutay Mooharan 201; Sefer HaMidos "Segulah" 11 פ'י י'דבר ח'כמות ו'הגות ל'בי ת'בונות Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding" [Psalms 49:4] spell חליפות (chalifos, "exchanges / alternations"). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Wisdom and understanding alternate through the mouth and the heart. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 4 פרדס Roshay Saveivos (double) Pardes (פרדס — literally "orchard"; the four levels of Torah interpretation) — its letters are the first letters of פ׳ירוש ר׳מז ד׳רוש ס׳וד: the four levels of Torah study: Pshut (פ) = the plain meaning; Remez (ר) = the allegorical / hinted meaning; Drosh (ד) = the homiletical meaning; Sod (ס) = the mystical / secret meaning. And conversely: those four words' first letters spell Pardes. [Two sides of same entry.] [The word Pardes (orchard) encodes the entire architecture of Torah interpretation. The four scholars who entered the Pardes (Talmud, Chagigah 14b) — only Rabbi Akiva "entered in peace and departed in peace" — taught that the four levels of Torah must be approached in their proper order and with full preparation.] Introduction to Likutay Mooharan פלאים — אלפים Tziroof Pla'im (פלאים, "wonders / miracles") — its letters are a permutation of אלפים (alafim, "thousands"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Wonders and thousands are the same letters — every thousand contains the potential for miracles. Sichos HaRan 4 פלשתים — תמשפיל Tziroof Plishtim (פלשתים, "Philistines") — its letters are a permutation of תֹּמשפיל (tomashpil, "He shall bring low / cast down"). The Philistines — the nation associated with physical pleasure and uncircumcision — are defined by the act of bringing down. [The Philistines represent the spiritual force of tum'as habris (impurity of the covenant). Their name anagrammed spells the act of bringing low — they pull the sacred downward into the physical. The antidote is the raising of holiness through the covenant and through Torah.] Chayay Mooharan §429 פרה — הפר Tziroof Parah (פרה, "the Red Heifer") = permutation of הפר (hefar, "annulment"). [Cross-reference from Section 5.] The Red Heifer and annulment share their letters — both involve divine reversal. Likutay Mooharan II:74 פרנק Sofay Saveivos Frank (פרנק — an old coin) — final letters of כסף נבחר לשון צדיק: "Choice silver is the tongue of the righteous." [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Chayay Mooharan §20 פרעה — העֹרף Tziroof Pharaoh (פרעה) = permutation of העֹרף (ha'oref, "the back of the neck / stubbornness"). [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Pharaoh and the stiff neck are the same letters. Likutay Mooharan 62:5; 163 פ'שוט כ'פול ש'לוש ר'בוע — כשפר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "simple, double, triple, quadruple" — the four modes of shofar blowing — spell כשפר (kashofar, "like a shofar"). [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 1 פשוטה — סגול + חיריק Gematria (×2) Peshutah (פשוטה, "simple / plain [form]") yields two gematria connections: (1) = the gematria of the segol of the Name קס"א [161] together with the chirik of the Name ס"ג [63]; (2) = the gematria of תיו (Tav — the last letter). [Cross-references from Section 15.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7 פַּתָּח — ואו Shape / Form The vowel patach (פַּתָּח — the horizontal line beneath a letter) has the shape of the letter Vov. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] The opening vowel takes the form of the letter of connection and extension. Likutay Mooharan 66:2 פרדשקא — תרפ"ו אורות Gematria Paredeshka (פרדשקא — an Aramaic word for a certain type of light or radiance) = gematria of תרפ"ו (686) — the 686 lights. [Cross-reference from Section 7.] This word of radiance numerically contains the full light of the seven Divine Names. Likutay Mooharan 2:2 [Translator's Summary — Section 17, Peh — 26 source entries fully covered] Peh is the letter of the mouth, and fittingly its section overflows with speech-related teachings. Pesach = Peh Sach (the speaking mouth) — Passover is the liberation of speech. Pardes encodes the four levels of Torah interpretation and is itself encoded by them. The mouth that cannot speak (vayipol) versus G-d's opening hand (poteiach es yadecha) whose first letters spell "my anger." Scattering charity to the poor looks like falling (napal) but is the highest rising. And Plishtim (Philistines) anagrammed spells "He shall bring low" — the nation of physical pleasure defined by the downward pull. # אות צ' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/19/ אות צ' אות צ' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/19 Segment 1 HE: צוּר יְלָדְךָ תֶּשִׁי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת צַעֲקָתֵנוּ יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת. [ליקו"מ כ"א] צִבֻּר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת צַדִּיקִים בֵּינוֹנִים רְשָׁעִים. [ליקו"מ נ"ה] צוֹם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְכַתּוֹתִי מִפָּנָיו צָרָיו. [ליקו"מ נ"ז] צָרָה לָשׁוֹן צוּרָה. [ליקו"מ ק"ע] EN: צ TZADI — Numerical Value: 90 | The letter of the righteous one (tzadik) | 15 source entries Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource צ = יוד + נון Shape / Form The letter Tzadi (צ) is formed by a Yud and a Nun joined together (יוד ונון). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] The righteous one carries the divine point (Yud) riding upon the extended form (Nun, = 50, the fifty gates of understanding). [The Tzadi visually shows a Nun with a Yud bent over and resting upon it. The tzadik is one who bears the divine point of holiness (Yud) while remaining grounded in the world (Nun). The bent Yud alludes to the tzadik who bows himself in humility.] Likutay Mooharan 67:4 צבאות — אות / בצבא Notarikon The Divine Name Tzvaos (צבאות, "Hosts / Armies") — the word אות (os, "letter / sign") is contained within it: tzeva-os contains the word os. Every letter is an army-sign of G-d. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 31:5 צבאות + כולל — הנעלם של שדי Gematria Tzvaos (צבאות = 499) together with the kollel (500) = the gematria of the hidden spelling (hane'elam) of the Divine Name Sha-dai (שדי). The Name of Hosts conceals within it the Name that sustains all creation. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 9 צִבֻּר Roshay Saveivos Tzibur (צִבֻּר, "congregation / community") — its letters are the first letters of צ׳דיקים ב׳ינונים ר׳שעים: "the righteous, the intermediate, and the wicked" — the three categories of souls that comprise every community. And conversely: those three words' first letters spell tzibur. A true community contains all three. [The word for "congregation" encodes the full spectrum of the human community — righteous, intermediate, and wicked. No community consists only of the perfectly righteous; a true tzibur holds all three within it, and it is precisely this wholeness that gives communal prayer its power.] Likutay Mooharan 55:5 צדקה ה' פעמים Notarikon Tzedakah (צדקה, "charity / righteousness") is mentioned five times in the Torah, corresponding to the five chassadim (acts of lovingkindness). [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan 67:5 צ'דקה ת'ציל מ'מות — מצת Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "charity saves from death" (צ׳דקה ת׳ציל מ׳מות) [Proverbs 10:2] spell מצת (matzas, "he drew out / sucked"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Charity literally draws life out from the threat of death. Likutay Mooharan 201 צוּ רפואה — שלחן Gematria Tzu refuah (צוּ רפואה, "command healing!" — a phrase of urgent prayer for healing) = gematria of שלחן (shulchan, "table" = 388). Commanded healing and the table share a gematria — the table at which one eats is itself an altar of healing. Chayay Mooharan §476 צום — ו'כתותי מ'פניו צ'ריו Roshay Saveivos Tzom (צום, "fast") — first letters of ו׳כתותי מ׳פניו צ׳ריו: "I will crush his enemies before him". [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 57:6 צ'ור י'לדך ת'שי / צ'עקתינו י'ודע ת'עלומות Roshay Saveivos (double) The first letters of "the Rock that bore you, you have forgotten" (צ׳ור י׳לדך ת׳שי) [Deuteronomy 32:18] spell צ"ית — the same letters as the first letters of צ׳עקתינו י׳ודע ת׳עלומות: "our cry, He who knows hidden things" [Psalms 44:22]. Forgetting the Rock and the cry that He hears are encoded in the same three letters — forgetting and crying out are two sides of the same moment. [When we forget the Rock that bore us, we cry out — and the cry reaches the One who knows all hidden things. The same first letters encode both the forgetting and the cry: the fall and the reaching-out are inseparable.] Likutay Mooharan 21:7 צורה / צרה Notarikon Tzurah (צורה, "form / shape") is an expression of tzarah (צרה, "distress / trouble"). And conversely: tzarah = tzurah. Form and distress share their root — every form is a kind of constraint, every distress contains a hidden shape. [Both words come from the same root צ-ר. Form (tzurah) imposes limitation upon the infinite — a kind of distress of the divine. And distress (tzarah) is always a form that is waiting to be transcended. The mystic sees through every form of suffering to its hidden divine shape.] Likutay Mooharan 170 צמר — מצר Tziroof Tzemer (צמר, "wool") — its letters are a permutation of מצר (metzar, "distress / narrow strait"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] The warmth of wool is hidden within the straits of suffering. Likutay Mooharan 29:10 צפרדע — צִפֹּר דעה Notarikon Tzfardea (צפרדע, "frog" — the second plague of Egypt) is read as צִפֹּר דעה (tzipor de'ah, "bird of knowledge / the knowing bird"). The frog that filled Egypt with its cry is the bird of knowledge — the voice that knows and proclaims the hidden. [The frog's incessant croaking — filling every space in Egypt — is decoded as the "knowing bird." The plague of frogs was not mere noise but a proclamation of divine knowledge that could not be silenced. The creature that cries unceasingly from the waters encodes the concept of knowing speech.] Likutay Mooharan 3; 15:5 [Translator's Summary — Section 18, Tzadi — 15 source entries fully covered] The Tzadi — the letter of the righteous one — yields teachings befitting its name. The shape of the letter itself shows the Yud (divine point) riding upon the Nun (50 gates) — the tzadik bears holiness within the world. The congregation (tzibur) as an acronym of righteous, intermediate, and wicked. Form (tzurah) as an expression of distress (tzarah). And the frog of the second plague decoded as the "knowing bird" — the voice of divine knowledge that fills every space. # אוֹת א' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/2/ אוֹת א' אוֹת א' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/2 Segment 8 HE: אַהֲבָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא אֶחָד. [ליקו"מ ד'] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לְבוּשָׁהּ וַתִּשְׂחַק לְיוֹם אַחֲרוֹן. [ליקו"מ כ"א] EN: § 1 Alef — The Letter Alef א 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 HE: אֶסַק שָׁמַיִם וְגוֹ' אוֹתִיּוֹת קסא. [ליקו"מ ו'] אָוֶן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַי אָבְדָה נָפֶשׁ. [ליקו"מ ל"א] EN: 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 HE: אָדָם אוֹתִיּוֹת אָלֶף דָּם. [שָׁם] אֹמֶר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אוֹר מַיִם רָקִיעַ. [ליקו"מ ל"ז] EN: 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 HE: אַמָּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵשׁ מַיִם ה' מוֹצָאוֹת הַפֶּה. [ליקו"מ ט'] אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק יַעֲקֹב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ. [ליקו"מ מ"ב] EN: 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 HE: אֱמֶת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה. [שם] אַרְבֶּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אָכֵן רוּחַ הִיא בֶאֱנוֹשׁ. [ליקו"מ ס"ד] EN: 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 HE: אֵשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח. [ליקו"מ י'] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֶת לְבָבְךָ וְאֶת לְבַב. [ליקו"מ קמ"א] EN: 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 HE: אֵשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת תִּבְנֶה. [ליקו"מ י"ח] אֹכֶלֶת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַתָּה תְשַׁלֵּם לְאִישׁ כְּמַעֲשֵׂהוּ. [ליקו"מ קפ"ז] EN: 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 HE: אִשָּׁה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הַנֹּתֵן אִמְרֵי שָׁפֶר. [ליקו"מ מ"ז] אַלְמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מַה נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי אִמְרָתֶךָ. [ליקו"מ קצ"ט] EN: 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"). Segment 22 HE: אַלֻּף רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לְהַתִּיר פֶּה אִלְּמִים. [ליקו"מ ס'] אִיָּיר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֹיְבָי יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע. [ליקו"מ עז"ר] EN: 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 HE: אַפִּי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת פּוֹתֵחַ אֶת יָדֶךָ. [ליקו"מ ס"ו] אָמַר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אֵשׁ מַיִם רוּחַ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה'] EN: 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 HE: אֵשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׁבוּ אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו. [ליקו"מ ע'] אַרְגָּמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אוּרִיאֵל רְפָאֵל גַּבְרִיאֵל מִיכָאֵל נוּרִיאֵל. [שם] EN: 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 HE: אֵלִיָּהוּ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא בֵּן. [ליקו"מ קי"ז] אֱלִיעֶזֶר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת עַיִן לֹא רָאָתָה אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתְךָ יַעֲשֶׂה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ז] EN: 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 HE: אֵל אֱלֹהִים בְּמִלּוּאוֹ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא תְּהִלִּים. [ליקו"מ ר"ה] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְאִם לֹא תֹאבֶה הָאִשָּׁה לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֶיךָ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ז] EN: 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 HE: 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] EN: 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 HE: אַלְמָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַחַת מֵהֵנָּה לֹא נִשְׁבָּרָה. [ספר המידות אלמן, ב.] EN: 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 HE: אֱמוּנָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא בָּנִים. [שיחות הר"ן ל"ד] אֶחָד רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת דִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים. [השמטה משיחות הר"ן] EN: 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 HE: אֲדָר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רֹאשׁ דְּבָרְךָ אֱמֶת. [שם] אָדָם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת דֶּרֶךְ מִצְוֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ. [שיחות הר"ן קט"ז] EN: 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 HE: אֱמוּנָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת נִפְתְּחוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וָאֶרְאֶה מַרְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים. [ליקו"ה חושן משפט בהקדמה] EN: 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 HE: אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְאַתָּה הוּא וּשְׁנוֹתֶיךָ לֹא יִתָּמּוּ. [שם] אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הֹלֵךְ יְיָ לִפְנֵיכֶם וּמְאַסִּפְכֶם אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. [ליקו"ה הלכות שתפין, כז] EN: 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 HE: אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הָאָדָם וְהַחַי יִתֵּן אֶל לִבּוֹ. [שם] אַבְרָהָם סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה. [שם] EN: 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 HE: אֵלִיָּהוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וֶאֱמֶת יְיָ לְעוֹלָם הַלְלוּיָהּ. [שם] אֱלוּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיֹנִים. [ליקו"ה אפוטרופוס ב, יא.] EN: 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. # אות ק' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/20/ אות ק' אות ק' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/20 Segment 1 HE: קַבָּלָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַוָיָ"ה בְּהַדְרַת קֹדֶשׁ. [ליקו"מ י"א] קְרַע בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא ש"ע נְהוֹרִין בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים אֵל בְּמִלּוּאוֹ (אָלֶף לָמֶד אָלֶף לָמֶד). [ליקו"מ כ"א] קִדְמַת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת קַרְקַפְתָּא דְּלָא מַנַּח תְּפִלִּין. [ליקו"מ ל"ח] קֶשֶׁת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תְּקִיעָה שְׁבָרִים תְּרוּעָה – הֵם הָאָבוֹת. [ליקו"מ מ"ב] קָמָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הַשְׁקִיפָה מִמְּעוֹן קָדְשְׁךָ. [ליקו"מ רד"ל] קִינוֹת יִתְהַפְּכוּ לְתִּיקּוּן. [ליקו"מ רמ"ז] קַשְׁיָא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׁמַע יְיָ קוֹלִי אֶקְרָא. [ליקו"מ ח"ב מ"ו] קַבָּלָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא נוֹאֵף. [חיי"מ תקכ"ו] EN: ק KUF — Numerical Value: 100 | The letter whose leg descends below the line | 17 source entries Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ק — from ה׳ Shape / Form The letter Kuf (ק) is formed when the leg of the Heh (ה) is lengthened downward. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] The divine letter of revelation (Heh) extends its reach into the lower worlds to become Kuf. Likutay Mooharan 67:4 ק — requires פ׳ Notarikon The letter Kuf cannot be pronounced without the letter Peh — its name (Kuf) contains a Peh. [Part of the six-letter cluster, cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 83 קבלה Gematria Kabbalah (קבלה, "mystical tradition / receiving" = 137) = gematria of no'af (נואף, "licentiousness" = 137). [Cross-reference from Section 14.] Same channel, opposite orientations. Roshay Saveivos Kabbalah — first letters of ה׳שתחוו ל׳יי ב׳הדרת ק׳דש: "Bow down to Hashem in the beauty of holiness." [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Chayay Mooharan §526; Likutay Mooharan 11:6 קִדְמַת Roshay Saveivos Kidmas (קִדְמַת, "east of / in front of") — first letters of ק׳רקפתא ד׳לא מ׳נח ת׳פלין: "a skull that did not wear tefillin" [Talmud, Berachos 11a — a teaching about the obligation of tefillin]. [Cross-reference: reverse listed below.] [The word for "in front of / primordial east" encodes the phrase about the skull that neglected tefillin — teaching that the failure to wear tefillin is a primordial, frontal rejection of the divine crown.] Likutay Mooharan 38:6 קדקד — נחמו נחמו Gematria Kodkod (קדקד, "crown of the head" = 208) = gematria of נחמו נחמו ("Comfort, comfort" [Isaiah 40:1]). [Cross-reference from Section 14.] Consolation reaches to the very crown. Likutay Mooharan II:85 קול — ו׳ Shape / Form The voice (קול) that is drawn out and extended is the aspect of the letter Vov. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] The sustained vocal tone embodies the letter of connection and extension. Likutay Mooharan 77 קינות — תיקון Tziroof Kinos (קינות, "lamentations / elegies — the Book of Lamentations") — its letters are a permutation of תיקון (tikkun, "rectification / repair"). Lamentations contains within it the letters of repair — mourning and rectification share the same root. [ק-י-נ-ו-ת rearranged = ת-י-ק-ו-נ. The Book of Lamentations — the deepest expression of Jewish mourning over the Temple's destruction — encodes rectification. The lamentation is itself the tikkun; the weeping is the repair. This is a quintessentially Breslov insight.] Likutay Mooharan (Remez section) קליפה נדחה פיה — שלחן Gematria Klipah nidcheh piyah (קליפה נדחה פיה, "the shell whose mouth is thrust aside / repelled") = gematria of שלחן (shulchan, "table") with the kollel. The table at which one eats with holiness repels the outer shell — the holy meal defeats the forces of impurity. Chayay Mooharan §476 ק"מ קלין — ממון Gematria The 140 voices (ק"מ קלין) of a woman giving birth = gematria of ממון (mamon, "wealth") together with its letters. [Cross-reference from Section 13.] The birth-cry and material wealth share their number — both are expressions of bringing potential into actuality. Likutay Mooharan 23:1 קס"ח — חסד באת"ב Gematria The 168 words (קס"ח תיבות) of the Psalm of Thanksgiving (Mizmor LeTodah, Psalms 100) = chesed (חסד) in the Atbash cipher (= 168). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 6 קץ חי — יצחק Tziroof Ketz chai (קץ חי, "the living end") — its letters spell יצחק (Yitzchak). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan II:79 קרע Gematria (×2) Kera (קרע, "tearing [of a harsh decree]" = 370) yields two equivalences: (1) = gematria of El (אל) in its full spelling, twice [cross-reference from Section 1]; (2) = gematria of ש"ע נהורין ("370 lights") — the tearing of decrees releases the 370 lights of the divine countenance. [Kera = 370 = the 370 lights. Prayer and teshuvah that tear the harsh decree simultaneously release the full 370 lights of divine grace. Tearing and shining are numerically identical.] Likutay Mooharan 21:9 ק'רקפתא ד'לא מ'נח ת'פלין — קִדְמַת Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "a skull that did not wear tefillin" spell קִדְמַת (kidmas, "east of / primordial"). [Cross-reference from Kidmas above.] Likutay Mooharan 38:6 קשיא Roshay Saveivos Kashya (קשיא, "a difficult question" — the Talmudic term for an unresolved challenge) — first letters of ש׳מע י׳י ק׳ולי א׳קרא: "Hear, O Hashem, my voice as I call out" [Psalms 27:7]. The unresolved question becomes a cry to Hashem — every kashya is a prayer. Likutay Mooharan II:46; Sichos HaRan 146 קשת — ת'קיעה ש'ברים ת'רועה Roshay Saveivos Kashes (קשת, "bow / rainbow") — first letters of the three shofar sounds: ת׳קיעה ש׳ברים ת׳רועה — tekiah, shevarim, teruah. The rainbow that G-d set as the sign of His covenant with Noah is encoded in the three sounds of the shofar — both are signs of divine mercy bridging heaven and earth. Likutay Mooharan 42 [Translator's Summary — Section 19, Kuf — 17 source entries fully covered] The Kuf, whose leg descends below the line, yields teachings of descent and ascent. Kinos (Lamentations) as a permutation of tikkun (rectification) is quintessentially Breslov — weeping and repair are the same letters. The unresolved Talmudic question (kashya) encoding the cry of prayer. The rainbow encoded in the three shofar sounds. And kera (tearing decrees) = 370 = the 370 lights — tearing and shining are numerically one. # אות ר' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/21/ אות ר' אות ר' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/21 Segment 1 HE: רְצוּעָה גִּימַטְרִיָּא ש"ע עִם הַכּוֹלֵל. [ליקו"מ ל"ה] רָחֵל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ. [ליקו"מ מ"ח] רַבִּי אִיהִי בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְנִתְהַפֵּךְ וְנַעֲשָׂה רִיב בְּגָלוּתָא. [שם] רַבִּי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. [ליקו"מ קי"א] וּלְהֵפֶךְ; רַבִּי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רְשָׁעִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יִדָּמּוּ. [שם] רַחַשׁ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שָׂרִים רְדָפוּנִי חִנָּם. [ליקו"מ רל"ז] רִיתְמָא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תּוֹכוֹ רָצוּף אַהֲבָה מִבְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה'] רֵיאָה סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת יְיָ רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָר. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ח'] רַע עַיִן בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא ת', כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ שֶׁל עֵשָׂו. [שיחות הר"ן רמ"ב] EN: ר REISH — Numerical Value: 200 | The letter of 216 (Reish-Yud-Vov) and of the Alef's hidden form | 38 source entries [Translator's Note] In the source, Reish appears embedded within the Kuf section — separated by a single ר line. It is presented here as its own section (§20) to properly honor all 22 letters of the alphabet. The Reish-Yud-Vov (= 216) cluster is the dominant theme, connecting to the shape of the Alef, the sefirah of Gevurah, and the Divine Name Adonai. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ר'אש ב'ני י'שראל — רבי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the head of the children of Israel" (ר׳אש ב׳ני י׳שראל) spell רבי (Rabbi, "my teacher / the master"). [Cross-reference: Rabbi → same verse, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan 111 ר'אש ה'שנה י'ום כ'פור ס'וכות — כרסיה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the three great festivals of Tishrei — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkos — spell כרסיה (kursaya, "His throne"). [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Chayay Mooharan §84 ראש תוך וסוף — אמת Tziroof Emes (אמת, "truth") is formed by the beginning (Alef), middle (Mem), and end (Tav) of the Hebrew alphabet. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Truth spans all of reality. Likutay Mooharan 112 ראשי בת — בראשית Tziroof Rashei Bas (ראשי בת, "the beginning of the daughter") — its letters are a permutation of בראשית (Bereishis). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan 13:4; 38:7 רב חסד — מרדכי Gematria "And abundant in lovingkindness" (ורב חסד) [Exodus 34:6] = gematria of Mordechai (מרדכי). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 60:9 רב ע' אותיות — רעב Tziroof Rav ayin (רב ע׳, "many eyes / seventy great ones") — its letters spell רעב (ra'av, "hunger / famine"). The many-eyed great ones — when their vision is withdrawn — produce hunger. [Cross-reference: Ra'av listed below.] Sefer HaMidos, "Strife" 2:5 רבא — באר Tziroof Rabbah (רבא, "the great one" — Aramaic title) — its letters are a permutation of באר (be'er, "a well"). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] The great master is a well of Torah. Likutay Mooharan 177 רבי / ריב Tziroof Rabbi (רבי, "my teacher / master") — its letters are a permutation of ריב (riv, "quarrel / dispute"). The master and the quarrel share their letters — the Rabbi transforms disputes into Torah. Roshay Saveivos (×2) Rabbi is the first letters of two phrases: (1) ר׳אש ב׳ני י׳שראל — "the head of the children of Israel"; (2) ר׳שעים ב׳חושך י׳דמו — "the wicked are silenced in darkness" [1 Samuel 2:9]. The master brings light to silence the wicked. Likutay Mooharan 48; 111; 108 רוח מ"ם — רומח Tziroof Ruach Mem (רוח מם, "the spirit of Mem") embodies the aspect of רומח (romach, "spear / lance"). And conversely: a spear = the spirit of Mem. The spear is the spirit of the fortieth gate — the weapon of spiritual warfare is the spirit of Mem (water/Torah). Likutay Mooharan 8:8; 10:9 רחל / ל'פתח ח'טאת ר'ובץ Roshay Saveivos Rachel (רחל) — first letters of ל׳פתח ח׳טאת ר׳ובץ: "sin crouches at the door" [Genesis 4:7] — "in the returning of the faces" (be'chazaras anpin). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Rachel's name transforms the crouching sin at the door. And: ר׳חל מ׳בכה ע׳ל ב׳ניה — "Rachel weeping for her children" — first letters spell מערב (ma'arav, "west / evening"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 48; II:67 רחש — ש'רים ר'דפוני ח'נם Roshay Saveivos Rachash (רחש, "a stirring / rustling — inner speech") — first letters of ש׳רים ר׳דפוני ח׳נם: "Princes have persecuted me without cause" [Psalms 119:161]. The inner stirring of the heart is the response to unjust persecution. Likutay Mooharan 237 ריאה — יהו'ה רוע'י ל'א אחס'ר Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "Hashem is my shepherd, I shall not lack" [Psalms 23:1] spell ריאה (reyah, "lung"). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 12 ריו Multiple Reish-Yud-Vov (ריו = 200+10+6 = 216) — the number that encodes the form of the letter Alef — yields a cluster of connections: (1) Gematria ריו = Ayin-Beis [72] three times (72 × 3 = 216); (2) ריו twice (432) = gematria of תבל (tevel, "the inhabited world" = 432); (3) Shape ריו is the visual form of the letter Alef; (4) ריו דין (216 + judgment) = gematria of מנצפ"ך (the five final letters) [cross-reference from Sections 6, 13]; (5) ריו דין = the letters of ורידין ("veins") [cross-reference from Section 6]; (6) ריו דין embodies the aspect of Adonai — for Reish-Yud-Vov is the form of the Alef, which becomes Adonai [cross-reference from Sections 1, 5]. [The number 216 is the key number of this section — it equals Gevurah (strength), the Alef's hidden form, three times the Name of 72, and the gematria of the world (tevel). The 216-nexus is one of the deepest architectural features of Rebbe Nachman's kabbalistic teachings.] Likutay Mooharan 46; 37:6 ריתמא — ת'וכו ר'צוף א'הבה מ'בנות י'רושלים Roshay Saveivos Rismah (ריתמא — the name of a desert encampment in the Israelites' journey, Numbers 33:18) — first letters of ת׳וכו ר׳צוף א׳הבה מ׳בנות י׳רושלים: "its interior inlaid with love, by the daughters of Jerusalem" [Song of Songs 3:10]. A desert way-station encodes the inlaid love of Jerusalem. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 16 רכד אורות — דרך Gematria 224 lights (רכ"ד אורות) = the aspect of derech (דרך, "the path" = 224). [Cross-reference from Section 4.] The path is 224 lights. Likutay Mooharan II:87 רמ"ח — אברהם / מחקק Gematria (×2) 248 (רמ"ח) = gematria of both Avraham (248) and mechokek (248). [Cross-references from Sections 1, 13.] Likutay Mooharan II:26; 72 ר"ע אותיות — כ"ז אותיות Gematria 270 (ר"ע) letters = the aspect of the 27 letters of the Hebrew alphabet — for there are 27 letters (22 + 5 final forms), each containing ten inner dimensions, totaling 270. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 38:2 רע עין / סנפיר / ארבע מאות Gematria Ra ayin (רע עין, "evil eye" = 400) = gematria of 400 = gematria of snapir (סנפיר, "fin"). [Cross-references from Sections 1, 15.] Sichos HaRan 242 רעב Tziroof Ra'av (רעב, "hunger / famine") — its letters are a permutation of ע׳ רב (ayin rav, "seventy great ones"). [Cross-reference from Rav Ayin above.] Gematria Ra'av = gematria of Havayah and Elokim each in their "backwards" (achorayim) progressive spelling — when the divine Names withdraw their "face," hunger results. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Sefer HaMidos "Strife" 2:5; Likutay Mooharan 62:5 ר'עם ג'בורותיו מ'י י'תבונן — גרים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the thunder of His mighty deeds — who can understand?" spell גרים (gairim, "converts"). [Cross-reference from Section 3.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 4 ר'פאל ג'בריאל מ'יכאל נ'וריאל א'וריאל — ארגמן Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the five archangels — Rephael, Gavriel, Micha'el, Nuri'el, Uri'el — spell ארגמן (argaman, "purple / crimson"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 12 רצועה — ש"ע נהורין Gematria Retzu'ah (רצועה, "strap [of tefillin]" = 370) = gematria of ש"ע נהורין ("370 lights"). The strap of tefillin carries the 370 lights of the divine countenance — the physical binding of tefillin binds one to the 370 lights. Likutay Mooharan 35:9 ר'שע מ'כתיר א'ת ה'צדיק — מראה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the wicked surrounds the righteous" [Habakkuk 1:4] spell מראה (mareh, "vision / appearance"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 11 ר'שעים ב'חשך י'דמו — רבי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the wicked are silenced in darkness" [1 Samuel 2:9] spell רבי (Rabbi). [Cross-reference from Rabbi above.] The master brings light that silences darkness. Likutay Mooharan 108 [Translator's Summary — Section 20, Reish — 38 source entries fully covered] The Reish section is dominated by the Reish-Yud-Vov (216) cluster — the number that encodes Gevurah, the form of the Alef, the Name Adonai, and the inhabited world. The Rabbi as a permutation of riv (dispute) — the master transforms quarrels into Torah. The strap of tefillin carrying the 370 lights. Lamentations (kinos) as a permutation of tikkun (repair). And the spear (romach) as the spirit of Mem — the weapon of spiritual warfare is Torah. # אות ש' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/22/ אות ש' אות ש' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/22 Segment 1 HE: שִׁמְעוֹן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת עִיר וְקַדִּישׁ מִן שְׁמַיָּא נָחִת. [בתחילת ליקו"מ] EN: SHIN — Numerical Value: 300 | The letter of fire, of the three Patriarchs, of Sha-dai | 115 source entries [Translator's Note] Shin is the largest section in the entire work — 115 source lines — befitting the letter of fire (aish) and of the Divine Name Sha-dai. Many entries here are cross-references from earlier sections, appearing alphabetically under Shin. The Divine Names cluster (lines 54–91) is particularly extensive. Source lines 24 ("see also Shulchan") is a textual note, not a teaching; line 108 (עַר = עָ) is a very brief cross-reference. Several sets of lines (e.g. 1, 11, 18, 34) are variations of the same Shabbos/Shin-Bas teaching; lines 13 and 19 are identical cross-references of the Shabbos entry. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource שבת — ש' בת / שין בת Tziroof (×3) Shabbos (שבת) yields three permutation-readings: Segment 5 HE: שְׁכֶם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שָׁפָל כּוֹכָב מַלְאָךְ. [ליקו"מ ט'] שָׁלוֹם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וַתַּעַן לָהֶם מִרְיָם שִׁירוּ. [ליקו"מ כ"ז] EN: (1) ש' בת — "the Shin [is the] daughter" — Shabbos is the daughter of the letter Shin; (2) שין בת — "the daughter of Shin"; (3) ובְתָ — an Aramaic form meaning "your daughter." All three reveal Shabbos as the "daughter" — the feminine receiving-vessel of the divine fire of Shin. [Shin = fire; Bas/Bat = daughter. Shabbos is the daughter of divine fire — the holy day that channels and contains the fire of the six weekdays. This teaching appears multiple times in the source (lines 1, 10, 11, 18, 34) — its centrality in Rebbe Nachman's thought is reflected in the repetition.] שבעה — שין של ג'/ד' ראשים Gematria Seven (שבעה = 7) corresponds to the two forms of the letter Shin: the Shin with three heads (prongs) and the Shin with four heads together = 3+4 = 7. The number seven is contained in the two forms of the fire-letter. [The Shin with three prongs is the standard form; the Shin with four prongs appears on the tefillin of the head. Together they equal 7 — Shabbos, the seventh day, the crown of creation, is encoded in the letter that begins Sha-dai and Shabbos alike.] Likutay Mooharan 85 שבת ראשי תיבות — ב'ית ת'חלק ש'לל Roshay Saveivos Shabbos — first letters of ב׳ית ת׳חלק ש׳לל: "the house divides the spoil." [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan 49:7; Sichos HaRan 86 Segment 7 HE: יוּ"ד הֵ"א וָא"ו בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא טַ"ל. [ליקו"מ י"א] שַׁחֲרִית רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת חָכָם רָשָׁע תָּם שֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ. [ליקו"מ ל'] EN: Likutay Mooharan 57:4; 79; II:67; 83; Sichos HaRan 261 שאור — אלקים בריבוע ובמילוי Gematria Se'or (שאור, "leaven / sourdough starter" = 507) = gematria of Elokim in its squared and filled form. Leaven, the source of chametz, is numerically the fullest expression of the Name of judgment — the force of inflation and pride has a divine root. Likutay Mooharan 277 שאת — ש'פת א'מת ת'כון Roshay Saveivos Shes (שאת, "exaltation / rising") — first letters of ש׳פת א׳מת ת׳כון: "Truthful lips shall be established forever" [Proverbs 12:19]. Exaltation comes through truth established on the lips. Likutay Mooharan 48 Half of Sha-dai's gematria = zaken (elder = 157). [Cross-reference from Section 7.] The three Patriarchs = Shin (the letter with three prongs); and the first letters of Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov = 14 = Sha-dai. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:5; 10; II:5; 9; 42; Sefer HaMidos "Fear" 2 שדכן — כ'רסיה ש'ביבין ד'י נ'ור Roshay Saveivos Shadchan (שדכן, "matchmaker") — first letters of כ׳רסיה ש׳ביבין ד׳י נ׳ור: "His throne was flames of fire." [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Chayay Mooharan §84 שולחן / שלחן Gematria (×5) Segment 8 HE: שֶׁכָּכָה בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא מֹשֶׁה. [ליקו"מ י"ג] שֵׁמוֹת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תַּכְלִית מַעֲשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ט"ל] EN: ש'בועות ס'וכות פ'סח — שסף Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the three pilgrimage festivals — Shavuos, Sukkos, Pesach (ש׳בועות ס׳וכות פ׳סח) — spell שסף (sasaf — a word whose meaning in the source connects to a specific teaching about the festivals' unity). Likutay Mooharan 30:6; 135 שבט — ט'בעו ב'ארץ ש'עריה Roshay Saveivos Shevat (שבט, the Hebrew month of Shvat / also "staff") — first letters of ט׳בעו ב׳ארץ ש׳עריה: "Her gates have sunk into the earth" [Lamentations 2:9]. [Cross-reference from Section 9.] The month's name is encoded in the language of Jerusalem's fall. Likutay Mooharan 286 The shulchan / shulchan (שולחן / שלחן, "table") yields five gematria connections — all from the same source in Chayay Mooharan §476: (1) Shulchan = gematria of י, הו, ה יקרבנו (divine drawing-near) [cross-reference from Section 10]; (2) Shulchan = ש"ך חסד (320 acts of lovingkindness); (3) Shulchan = chashmal + the ten sefirot it clothes [cross-reference from Section 8]; Segment 9 HE: שִׂיחַ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת חָכָם שֵׁד יְהוּדָאִי. [ליקו"מ כ"ח] שַׁדַּי בְּחִינַת הָאָבוֹת. כִּי ש'– שְׁלֹשָׁה עַנְפֵי הָאִילָן, שֶׁהֵם הָאָבוֹת. וְהֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה שְׁמוֹת הַיִּחוּד: הֲוַיָ"ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הֲוַיָ"ה, שְׁהֶם ד"י אוֹתִיּוֹת, וְהוּא דַ"י שֶׁל שַׁדַּי. וְרָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק יַעֲקֹב, הֵם הָרָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שֶׁל הֲוַיָ"ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הֲוָיָ"ה. [ליקו"מ מ"ב] EN: שד / שדי / שדה Notarikon Shad (שד, "breast / demon") — named after Sha-dai [the Divine Name]. [A connection between the nurturing breast and the Divine Name that sustains creation, and also between the demonic force (shed) and its divine source.] Sha-dai (שדי) = שדה (sadeh, "field") — according to the notation ayin-shin-zayin [a letter-substitution cipher]. The Name Sha-dai encodes the open field of divine abundance. The hidden spelling (hane'elam) of Sha-dai = gematria of Tzvaos (צבאות) with the kollel. [Cross-reference from Section 18.] (4) Shulchan = klipah nidcheh piyah (the shell whose mouth is thrust aside) with kollel; (5) Shulchan = tzu refuah (commanded healing) [cross-reference from Section 18]; (6) Shulchan = ש"ע חי (370 × 18 — 370 lights times life). [The table is the site of the most elevated spiritual meal — in the Temple, the Table of the Showbread; in the home, the Shabbos table. Its gematria connects it to divine drawing-near, to lovingkindness, to the chashmal, to the repulsion of impurity, to healing, and to the 370 lights of life. The holy table is a microcosm of divine abundance.] Chayay Mooharan §476; Likutay Mooharan 46 שופר — ש'חוק פ'ינו ו'לשוננו ר'נה Roshay Saveivos Segment 17 HE: שַׁבָּת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בַּיִת תְּחַלֵּק שָׁלָל. [ליקו"מ מ"ט] EN: Shalo (שלו) = gematria of three times Havayah plus three times Elokim. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan 46; 62:2; 239; 27:6 שלושים — נקודות הסגול Gematria Thirty (שלושים = 30) = gematria of the dots of the segol vowel-sign [three dots, each counted according to the gematria framework of lesson 6]. The three dots of the segol sum to 30. Likutay Mooharan 6:7 שלושת השריגים — שלשה שרי גאים Notarikon "The three branches" (שלושת השריגים) [Genesis 40:12 — from the butler's dream] are read as שלשה שרי גאים — "three proud princes / three princes of pride." The three branches of the vine encode the three princes of arrogance. Likutay Mooharan II:2; 4 Segment 18 HE: שֶׁסֶף רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׁבוּעוֹת סֻכּוֹת פֶּסַח. [שם] שָׁלוֹם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְדַע מַה שֶּׁתָּשִׁיב לְאֶפִּיקוֹרֶס. [ליקו"מ ס"ב] EN: Shofar (שופר) — first letters of ש׳חוק פ׳ינו ו׳לשוננו ר׳נה: "Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with song" [Psalms 126:2]. The shofar blast encodes the laughter and song of redemption. Chayay Mooharan §96 שושנה — אסתר Gematria Shoshana (שושנה, "rose / lily" = 661) = gematria of Esther (אסתר = 661). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan II:74 שחרית — ח'כם ר'שע ת'ם ש'אינו י'ודע Roshay Saveivos שלחן — חשמל / ש"ע נהורין / קליפה Gematria Shulchan (table) gematria cluster — see Shulchan / Shulchan above. Additional cross-references: = chashmal + ten sefirot [Section 8]; = ש"ע נהורין × chai. [All consolidated above.] Chayay Mooharan §476 שם — ספר Gematria Shem (שם, "Name" = 340) = gematria of sefer (ספר, "book" = 340). [Cross-reference from Section 15.] A book is a Name. Likutay Mooharan II:32 Segment 19 HE: שְׁתִיָּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הֶן תָּוִי שַׁדַּי יַעֲנֵנִי. [ליקו"מ ס"א] EN: שמות — ת'כלית מ'עשה ש'מים ו'ארץ Roshay Saveivos Shemos (שמות, "Names" — the Book of Exodus) — first letters of ת׳כלית מ׳עשה ש׳מים ו׳ארץ: "the purpose of the creation of heaven and earth." The Book of Names reveals the purpose of creation. Likutay Mooharan II:39 שמד / רצון Gematria Shemad (שמד, "forced apostasy / destruction" = 344) and ratzon (רצון, "will / favor" = 346) — the number between them is the gematria of ratzon itself [i.e. 345 = Moshe]. Moshe stands at the midpoint between destruction and divine will — he is the mediator who transforms one into the other. [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 215 שמחה — אל אלקים ה' דבר Gematria Segment 20 HE: ש"ע נְהוֹרִין עִם ח' חִוַּרְתָּא, גִּימַטְרִיָּא בַּשָּׁלוֹם, גִּימַטְרִיָּא חַשְׁמַ"ל, גִּימַטְרִיָּא מַלְבּוּשׁ, שֶׁמַּצִּיל מֵעָשׁ כַּבֶּגֶד יֹאכְלֵם. [ליקו"מ מ"א] שָׁלוֹם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וּמַגִּיד לְאָדָם מַה שֵּׂחוֹ. [ליקו"מ רל"ט] EN: Shacharis (שחרית, "the morning prayer") — first letters of the four sons of the Passover Seder: the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know how to ask. [Cross-reference from Section 8.] The entire spectrum of Jewish spiritual development is encoded in the daily morning prayer. Likutay Mooharan 30:6 שידוך — כ'י ש'פתי כ'הן Roshay Saveivos Shiduch (שידוך, "a matrimonial match") — first letters of כ׳י ש׳פתי כ׳הן י׳שמרו ד׳עת. [Cross-reference from Section 11.] Likutay Mooharan II:89 שילה — משה Gematria Shiloh (שילה = 345) = gematria of Moshe (345). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 7; 9:4; 118 Simchah (שמחה, "joy") = gematria of אל אלקים ה' דבר ("El, Elokim, Hashem spoke" [Psalms 50:1]) together with its letters. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Joy is the sum of the three divine Names speaking together. Likutay Mooharan II:2; 5 שמים — אש ומים Tziroof Shamayim (שמים, "heaven") = letters of אש ומים ("fire and water"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The heavens are a union of fire and water. Likutay Mooharan 17:2; 80; 88; 114 שמע — חשמל לב Gematria Segment 22 HE: שַׁבָּת שִׁין בַּת. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ז] שָׁלֵ"ו רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְתוֹרָתְךָ לֹא שָׁכָחְתִּי. [ליקו"מ מ"ו] שִׁידּוּך רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שִׂפְתֵי כֹהֵן יִשְׁמְרוּ דַעַת וְתוֹרָה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ט] EN: Shema (שמע = 410) = gematria of chashmal lev (חשמל לב, "the chashmal of the heart" = 410). [Cross-reference from Section 8.] The Shema is the heart's chashmal. Likutay Mooharan 35:6 שמע / שכמל"ו — י"ב תיבות / מ"ט אותיות Notarikon The Shema and Baruch Shem (ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד) together contain 12 words corresponding to the 12 tribes, and 49 letters corresponding to the 49 letters in the names of the 12 tribes. [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan 36:3 שמעון Tziroof Shimon (שמעון) — its letters contain מש עון (mash avon, "dissolving iniquity / iniquity of touch"). [Cross-reference from Section 16.] שיח — ח'כם ש'ד י'הודאי Roshay Saveivos Siach (שיח, "speech / meditation / shrub") — first letters of ח׳כם ש׳ד י׳הודאי. [Cross-reference from Section 8.] Likutay Mooharan 28:3 שין — סגול / שבעה Gematria The letter Shin (שין = 360) = the segol of the Name קס"א [161] times ten [cross-reference from Section 15]. Also: the two forms of Shin (3 prongs + 4 prongs) = 7. [Cross-reference from Sheva above.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7; 85 Roshay Saveivos Shimon — first letters of ע׳יר ו׳קדיש מ׳ן ש׳מיא נ׳חת: "a Watcher, a Holy One, descended from heaven". [Cross-reference from Section 16.] Shimon bar Yochai is the holy watcher who descended. Sichos HaRan 44; opening of Likutay Mooharan שסף — ש'בועות ס'וכות פ'סח Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the three pilgrimage festivals (Shavuos, Sukkos, Pesach) spell שסף. [Cross-reference from Shavuos/Sukkos/Pesach above.] Likutay Mooharan 30:6; 135 Segment 23 HE: שָׁלֵ"ו בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שְׁלֹשָׁה פְעָמִים הֲוַיָ"ה וּשְׁלֹשָׁה פְעָמִים אֱלֹהִים. [שם] שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹתִיּוֹת עָוֹן מָשׁ. [שיחות הר"ן מ"ד] וְשָׁם מְבֹאָר גֹּדֶל מַעֲלַת הַצֵּרוּפֵי אוֹתִיּוֹת. EN: שירה — תשרי Tziroof Shirah (שירה, "song") is an expression of Tishrei (תשרי) — the two words share their letters, rearranged. The month of Tishrei, with its awesome days of judgment and joy, is itself a song. Likutay Mooharan 49:6 ש"ך דינים — ה' פעמים דין / נער Gematria 320 harsh judgments (ש"ך דינים = 320) = five times din (judgment) = gematria of na'ar (youth). [Cross-reference from Section 4.] ש"ך חסד (320 lovingkindnesses) = gematria of shulchan (table) [see above]. [The same number 320 that equals the harsh judgments (dinim) also equals the lovingkindnesses (chassadim) — teaching that every judgment has its corresponding act of love, and the table at which one eats with holiness transforms the judgments into lovingkindness.] ש"ע נהורין Gematria (×5) The 370 lights (ש"ע נהורין) yield a cluster of five connections: (1) = gematria of kera (tearing decrees) = 370 [cross-reference from Section 19]; (2) = gematria of retzu'ah (tefillin strap) = 370 [cross-reference from Section 20]; (3) = the counterpart of the ayin of impurity (70 vs 370) [cross-reference from Section 16]; Segment 24 HE: שָׁלֵ"ו רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם. [שָׁם] שַׁדְכָן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כָּרְסְיֵהּ שְׁבִבִין דִּי נוּר. [חיי"מ סימן פ"ד] EN: Likutay Mooharan 32 שככה — משה Gematria Shekachah (שככה, "thus / in this manner") = gematria of Moshe (345). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Likutay Mooharan 13:3 שכם — ש'פל כ'וכב מ'לאך Roshay Saveivos (4) = the Divine Name of 42 letters (Shem Mem-Beis) [cross-reference from Section 11]; (5) = two times hakef (encirclement) [cross-reference from Section 5]; (6) Together with 8 chivarta (white hairs) = beshalom, malbush, chashmal [cross-reference from Section 2]. Likutay Mooharan 21:9; 35:9; 41; II:7; 11 שפה — ש'כר פ'רי ה'בטן Roshay Saveivos Segment 25 HE: שָׂפָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שָׂכָר פְּרִי הַבָּטֶן. [ליקו"מ מ"ח] שׁוֹפָר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׂחוֹק פִּינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵנוּ רִנָּה. [חיי"מ סימן צ"ו] EN: Shechem (שכם, the city of Shechem / also "shoulder") — first letters of ש׳פל כ׳וכב מ׳לאך: "the fallen star, the angel" — a kabbalistic phrase about the angel that falls and descends. Likutay Mooharan 9:2 שלו / שלום Roshay Saveivos Shalev (שלו, "tranquil / at peace") — first letters of two verses: (1) ו׳ישם ל׳ך ש׳לום — "He shall set peace for you" [cross-reference from Section 6]; (2) ו׳תורתך ל׳א ש׳כחתי — "Your Torah I have not forgotten" [cross-reference from Section 6]. Safah (שפה, "lip / language") — first letters of ש׳כר פ׳רי ה׳בטן: "the reward of the fruit of the womb" [Psalms 127:3]. The language of holy speech is the fruit of the womb — children are the reward of holy lips. Likutay Mooharan 48 שכם — ש'פל כ'וכב מ'לאך Roshay Saveivos [See Shechem above — listed again as cross-reference.] Likutay Mooharan 9:2 שתיה — ה'ן ת'וי ש'די י'ענני Roshay Saveivos Shtiyah (שתיה, "drinking / the Foundation Stone") — first letters of ה׳ן ת׳וי ש׳די י׳ענני: "Behold, the sign of Sha-dai shall answer me." [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan 61:6 Segment 26 HE: שֻׁלְחָן בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא קְלִיפָּה נִדְּחָה פִּיהָ עִם הַכּוֹלֵל. [חיי"מ סימן תע"ו] EN: שמות האלקיות — Divine Names cluster Multiple The Shin section contains a large cluster of Divine Name (shem) entries — each beginning with the word שם ("Name"). These are collected here: Shem Agla (אגלא) — first letters of א׳תה ג׳בור ל׳עולם א׳דני [cross-reference from Section 1]; and its letters are contained in Gildena (golden) [cross-reference from Section 3]. Shem Atah (א׳ת׳ה׳) — the Name that emerges from the sea, from the verse "You stilled them" (א׳ת׳ה׳ תשבחם) [Psalms 89:10]. Segment 28 HE: שֻׁלְחָן בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא הֲוַיָ"ה יְקָרְבֶנּוּ. [שם] שֻׁלְחָן בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא צַו רְפוּאָה. וּבְגִימַטְרִיָּא שַׁ"ךְ חֶסֶ"ד. וְגִימַטְרִיָּא חַשְׁמַ"ל הַמַּלְבִּישׁ עֲשָׂרָה סְפִירוֹת. [שם] EN: Shem Buchu (בוכ"ו) = gematria of yadcha (Your hand) [cross-reference from Section 10]; emerges from the substitution of the Name Ehyeh. Shem Chav (חב"ו) — first letters of ח׳יל ב׳לע ו׳יקיאנו [cross-reference from Section 8]. Shem Chesech (חת"ך) = two times ruach; final letters of פותח את ידיך [cross-reference from Sections 8, 17]. Shem Yabbok (יב"ק) — twice = derech; letters = baki [cross-references from Sections 2, 4, 10]. Shem Yikov (יק"ו) in full spelling with Alefs = gematria of tal (dew) [cross-reference from Section 9]. Shem Havayah — its full spelling, full-of-full, and full-of-full-of-full: together the letters = 42; the gematria = three times yad; this equals the Name of 42 [cross-reference from Section 10]. Shem Mem-Beis (42) = three times yad = Shem Ehyeh + Shem Yikov = 370 lights [cross-references from Sections 10, 11]. Shem Mah (45) = gematria of Adam [cross-reference from Section 1]. Shem Sa'el (סא"ל) — first letters of א׳תה ס׳תר ל׳י and of ס׳וף א׳דם ל׳מות [cross-references from Sections 1, 15]. Segment 29 HE: שֻׁלְחָן גִּימַטְרִיָּא ש"ע נְהוֹרִין עִם חַ"י, בְּחִינַת בְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים. [שם] EN: Shem Samech-Gimel (63) = the opposite of gas ruach (arrogance); emerges from Havayah in full spelling with Yuds; its full spelling = bechiyah (weeping); together with the 10 letters of Havayah = Yom Tov [cross-references from Sections 2, 3, 5, 8, 10]. Shem Kamah (קמ"ה = 145) — the Name of Yosef's sheaf ("And behold, it arose"); first letters of ה׳שקיפה מ׳מעון ק׳דשך; emerges from the verse about kings rising and falling [cross-references from Sections 6, 12, 13]. Shem Kuf-Samech-Alef (161) = letters alef-samech-kuf; emerges from Ehyeh in full spelling [cross-references from Sections 1, 7, 10]. Likutay Mooharan 5:5; 256; 67:7; 6:7; 108; 6:7; 180; 41; 180; II:82; 213; 135; 63; 6:7 ש'רה א'סתר ב'ת י'הודית ו'י מתה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of the names of the five holy women who died — Sarah, Esther, the daughter of Yehudis, and others — spell מתה ויבאש ("she died and became foul"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] This entry appears at the end of a story in Sipuray Maasios. Sichos after Sipuray Maasios Segment 30 HE: שְׂאֵת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שְׂפַת אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן. [שם] שָׁלוֹם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת מֵאָשֵׁר שְׁמֵנָה לַחְמוֹ וְהוּא. [לקוטי הלכות הל' בית הכנסת ו, נח.] EN: Shalom (שלום, "peace") — first letters of three verses: (1) ו׳דע מ׳ה ש׳תשיב ל׳אפיקורוס — "know what to answer a heretic" [cross-ref from Section 6]; (2) ו׳מגיד ל׳אדם מ׳ה ש׳יחו — "He declares to man what is his meditation" [cross-ref from Section 6]; (3) ו׳תען ל׳הם מ׳רים ש׳ירו — "And Miriam answered them: Sing!" [cross-ref from Section 6]. ש'שים ר'בוא ב'כרס א'חד — בשרא Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "sixty myriads in one belly" spell בשרא (bisra, "flesh"). [Cross-reference from Section 2.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 2 [Translator's Summary — Section 21, Shin — 115 source entries fully covered] Shin is the largest section in the work — 115 source entries — reflecting the cosmic importance of the letter of fire, of Sha-dai, and of the three Patriarchs. The Shulchan (table) cluster with six gematria connections stands out as a map of the holy meal's spiritual dimensions. The two forms of Shin (3+4 prongs = 7 = Shabbos) connects the letter to the crown of creation. The Divine Names cluster (lines 54–91) is the most comprehensive catalogue of kabbalistic Name-computations in the work. And shiroh (song) as a permutation of Tishrei reveals that the awesome month of judgment is, at its root, a song. # אוֹת ת' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/23/ אוֹת ת' אוֹת ת' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/23 Segment 1 HE: תּוֹרָה הִיא טַנְתָּ"א. טְעָמִים נְקֻדּוֹת תָּגִין אוֹתִיּוֹת. [ליקו"מ י"ג] EN: TAV — Numerical Value: 400 | The last letter — the seal of truth | 51 source entries [Translator's Note] The Tav is the final letter of the Hebrew alphabet and the last letter of the word אמת (emes, "truth"). Many entries here are cross-references completing the alphabetical cycle. Lines 26–27 are the Tamuz entries (cross-references from Section 7); lines 34–35 and 44–45 are related shofar-sound clusters. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ת׳ — סגול + חיריק Gematria (×2) The letter Tav (ת = 400) yields two gematria connections from the same lesson: (1) = the segol of the Name קס"א [161] together with the chirik of the Name ס"ג [63] (combined = 400 via a specific calculation); Segment 7 HE: תִּקְעוּ גִּימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים ע"ב רי"ו, בְּחִינַת מְחָאַת כַּפָּיִם. [שם] EN: תיקו — תיקון / חסר נון Notarikon Teiku (תיקו — the Talmudic term for an unresolved question, meaning "let it stand") is תיקון (tikkun, "rectification") missing its Nun. The unresolved question is a rectification in waiting — the Nun (= 50, the 50th gate of understanding) has not yet arrived. [When Elijah comes to resolve all unresolved Talmudic questions (teiku = Tishbi yetaretz kushyos u'ba'ayos), the missing Nun will be restored, completing tikkun. The unresolved is not abandoned — it is awaiting its letter of completion.] Likutay Mooharan (Remez) תיקון — קינות Tziroof Tikkun (תיקון, "rectification") = permutation of kinos (קינות, "Lamentations"). [Cross-reference from Section 19.] Mourning and repair are the same letters. Likutay Mooharan (Remez) ת'כלית מ'עשה ש'מים ו'ארץ — מות Roshay Saveivos Segment 8 HE: תְּהִלִּים גִּימַטְרִיָּא לִ-י-לִ-י-ת עִם חֲמִשָּׁה אוֹתִיּוֹת שֶׁל שְׁמָהּ. [ליקו"מ ר"ה] EN: The first letters of "the purpose of the creation of heaven and earth" (ת׳כלית מ׳עשה ש׳מים ו׳ארץ) spell מות (moves, "death"). The purpose of creation is encoded in the word for death — creation's goal passes through mortality. [A profound and humbling teaching: the first letters of "the purpose of the creation" spell "death." The purpose of all creation is revealed through the passage of mortality — for it is through facing death that the human soul discovers its true purpose and eternal dimension.] Likutay Mooharan II:39 ת'כלם ש'בעת י'מים — תשי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "she shall be ashamed seven days" (ת׳כלם ש׳בעת י׳מים) [Numbers 12:14 — the words about Miriam's leprosy] spell תשי (teshi, "you have forgotten / weakened"). [Cross-reference: the reverse appears in Tzadi section above.] Likutay Mooharan 21:7 תלמוד — לילית Gematria Talmud (תלמוד = 480) = gematria of Lilit (לילית = 480). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] The Talmud is the precise antidote to the force of nocturnal impurity — the same number, opposite spiritual orientations. Likutay Mooharan 214 Segment 9 HE: תְּהִלִּים גִּימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי שֵׁמוֹת אֵ"ל אֱלֹהִים בְּמִלּוּאָם. [שם] EN: תלת מאה — תלת מה Notarikon Tlas me'ah (תלת מאה, Aramaic: "three hundred") is formed from תלת מה — "three times mah (= 45)" — for 3 × 45 = 135... and also 300 = Shin, the letter of three prongs. Three hundreds emerge from three times the Name of Mah. Likutay Mooharan 4:9 תמד — ד' פעמים אלף Gematria Tamad (תמד, "grape juice / a certain mixture") = four times Alef (4 × 111 = 444 = Tav-Mem-Dalet = 400+40+4 = 444). Four times the silent letter produces this specific measure. Likutay Mooharan 28:3 תמוז — חסר ו׳ Roshay Saveivos (×2) Tamuz (תמוז, written deficiently without the Vov as תמז) — first letters of two verses about Torah and Moshe. [Cross-references from Section 7.] Likutay Mooharan 217 Segment 10 HE: תַּלְמוּד גִּימַטְרִיָּא אוֹתִיּוֹת לִ-י-לִ-י-ת, לְהַכְנִיעָהּ. [ליקו"מ רי"ד] EN: תמר / תֹמשפיל — פלשתים Gematria Tamar (תמר, "date palm / Tamar") = two times the 320 harsh judgments (ש"ך דינים). Tomashpil (תֹמשפיל, "He shall bring low") = permutation of Plishtim (פלשתים, "Philistines"). [Cross-reference from Section 17.] Likutay Mooharan 277; Chayay Mooharan §429 תניא — איתן Tziroof Tanya (תניא, "it has been taught") = permutation of eisahn (איתן, "perennial / mighty"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] The eternal teaching and eternal strength share their letters. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 ת"פ — לילית Gematria Segment 11 HE: תֶּשִׁי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תִּכָּלֵם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים. [ליקו"מ כ"א] תִּשְׁרֵי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ח'] EN: (2) = peshutah (simple form) — the plain value of 400. [Cross-references from Sections 15, 17.] The last letter, in its simplest form, contains the deepest gematria of the vowel-signs. Likutay Mooharan 6:7 ת׳ = נון + חית Shape / Form The letter Tav is formed when a Nun and a Ches are joined together. [Cross-reference from Section 14.] The final letter of the alphabet is composed of the 14th (Nun) and 8th (Ches) letters — the letter of the fifty gates and the letter of transcendence. Likutay Mooharan 1 ת'אות ר'שעים ת'אבד — תר"ת Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the desire of the wicked shall perish" (ת׳אות ר׳שעים ת׳אבד) [Psalms 112:10] spell תר"ת — the acronym of the three shofar sounds: Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah (ת׳קיעה ש׳ברים ת׳רועה). The perishing of the wicked's desire is encoded in the shofar call. [The three shofar sounds that awaken the heart to teshuvah on Rosh Hashanah are themselves the decree of the wicked's demise. The shofar does not merely call us to return — it actively dismantles the desires of evil.] Tav-Peh (ת"פ = 480) = gematria of Lilit. [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Likutay Mooharan 83 תפה — אל אלקים / תהלים Gematria Tapeh (תפה — a word/name in the source) = gematria of El Elokim in full spelling = gematria of Tehillim = 485. [Cross-references from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 205 תפלין — נפתלי Tziroof Tefillin (תפלין, "phylacteries") — its letters are a permutation of נפתלי (Naftali, the tribe). The binding of tefillin and the tribe of Naftali share their letters — Naftali, described as a swift deer, embodies the swift binding of holiness. [ת-פ-ל-י-נ rearranged = נ-פ-ת-ל-י. Naftali is blessed: "Naftali is a swift deer who speaks beautiful words" (Genesis 49:21). The tefillin bound on the arm and head are the physical enactment of Naftali's beautiful, swift speech.] Likutay Mooharan 47 Segment 12 HE: תִּשְׁרֵי סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּי. [שם] EN: ת'קיעה ש'ברים ת'רועה — קשת / תר"ת Roshay Saveivos (×2) The three shofar sounds — Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah — yield two first-letter acronyms: (1) קשת (kashes, "bow / rainbow") [cross-reference from Section 19]; (2) תר"ת (tarat — the acronym itself, referring to the sequence). And: ת'קיעה ת'רועה ת'קיעה — the bracketing pattern of Tekiah-Teruah-Tekiah also spells תר"ת. Likutay Mooharan 42; II:88; Sichos HaRan 180 תִּקְעוּ — ע"ב + ריו ב' פעמים Gematria Segment 13 HE: תִּשְׁרֵי גִּימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים חוֹתָם עִם שְׁנֵי תֵבוֹת. [ליקו"מ כ"ב] תְּרוּמָה סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹעַם הֲוַיָ"ה וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ [ליקו"מ ח"ב ע"א] EN: Likutay Mooharan II:88; Sichos HaRan 180 תבל — תיו לב / ב' פעמים ריו Multiple Tevel (תבל, "the inhabited world / the earth") yields two connections: (1) Tziroof Its letters = ת לב (Tav-Lamed-Beis = Tav + "heart") — the world is the heart of the Tav; (2) Gematria Tevel = Reish-Yud-Vov (ריו = 216) twice (432 = 400+30+2). [Cross-reference from Section 20.] Likutay Mooharan 5:5; 46 תגי דל — יתגדל Tziroof Tik'u (תִּקְעוּ, "blow [the shofar]!" [Psalms 81:4]) = gematria of the Name 72 plus Reish-Yud-Vov twice (72 + 216 + 216 = 504). [Cross-reference from Section 16.] Likutay Mooharan 46 ת"ק שדי — יתקדש Tziroof Tak Sha-dai (ת"ק שדי, "the power of Sha-dai") — its letters are contained in יתקדש (Yiskadash — the second word of Kaddish). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan 177 תרדמה — תרגום Gematria Tardemah (תרדמה, "deep sleep" [Genesis 2:21 — G-d's deep sleep upon Adam before creating Eve]) = gematria of תרגום (Targum, "Aramaic translation [of the Torah]"). The deep sleep of creation and the translation of Torah are numerically one — the Aramaic translation reveals what was hidden in the sleep of the original. [Both = 649. The Aramaic Targum — traditionally attributed to Onkelos and considered a holy translation — shares its gematria with tardemah, the deep sleep. Translation is always a "waking" from the sleep of the original tongue into a new language of understanding.] Likutay Mooharan 19:4 תרומה — לחזות' בנועם' ה' ולבקר' בהיכלו' Sofay Saveivos Segment 14 HE: תּוֹלָע בְּחִינַת עוֹלַת. [ליקו"מ כ"ח] תְּהִלִּים תְּשׁוּבָה סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים מִצְרָיְמָה אֵת יַעֲקֹב אִישׁ וּבֵיתוֹ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ע"ג] EN: Tagei Dal (תגי דל, "crowns of the poor / the tagin of the Dalet") — its letters are contained in יתגדל (Yisgadal — the opening of Kaddish). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] Likutay Mooharan 177 תהלים Gematria (×3) Tehillim (תהלים, "Psalms" = 485) yields three gematria connections: (1) = gematria of El Elokim in full spelling (אלף למד, אלף למד הי יוד מם) [cross-reference from Section 1]; (2) = gematria of Lilit together with her five letters [cross-reference from Section 12]; (3) = gematria of tapeh (תפה — see below). Terumah (תרומה, "the elevation-offering / priestly gift") — final letters of לחזות בנועם ה׳ ולבקר בהיכלו: "to behold the pleasantness of Hashem and to visit His Sanctuary" [Psalms 27:4]. [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Likutay Mooharan II:71 תרי"ג — משה רבינו Gematria 613 (תרי"ג) = gematria of Moshe Rabbeinu (משה רבינו, "Moshe our Teacher"). [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Moshe our Teacher = the 613 commandments. Likutay Mooharan 36:2 תרפ"ו אורות — 686 lights Gematria (×3) The 686 lights (תרפ"ו אורות) are encoded in three ways: (1) = sum of the seven Divine Names (72+63+45+52+161+151+143) [cross-reference from Section 7]; Segment 15 HE: תֵּבֵל גִּימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים רי"ו, בְּחִינַת מְחָאַת כַּפָּיִם. [ליקו"מ מ"ו] תְּקִיעָה תְּרוּעָה תְּקִיעָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תַּאֲוַת רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵד. [ליקו"מ ח"ב פ"ח] EN: Sofay Saveivos The final letters of ואלה שמות בני ישראל הבאים [Exodus 1:1] spell תהלים. [Cross-reference from Section 6.] Likutay Mooharan 205 ת'וכו ר'צוף א'הבה מ'בנות י'רושלים Roshay Saveivos (×2) The first letters of "its interior inlaid with love, by the daughters of Jerusalem" [Song of Songs 3:10] spell both מאירת (me'ires, "illuminating") [cross-reference from Section 13] and ריתמא (rismah, desert camp-station) [cross-reference from Section 20]. Love inlaid in the interior illuminates and becomes a resting-place. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 16 תולדה — לתודה Tziroof Toledah (תולדה, "offspring / generations") = permutation of LaTodah (לתודה, "for thanksgiving"). [Cross-reference from Section 12.] Generations and thanksgiving are the same letters. Likutay Mooharan II:2; 3 תולע — עולת Tziroof (2) = gematria of פורת יוסף ("Poras Yosef" — Yosef the fruitful) [cross-reference from Section 17]; (3) = gematria of paredeshka (פרדשקא) [cross-reference from Section 17]. Likutay Mooharan 2:2 תר"ת — ת'אות / ת'קיעה ת'רועה ת'קיעה Roshay Saveivos (×2) Tarat (תר"ת — acronym of the three shofar sounds) appears as the first letters of two phrases: (1) ת׳אות ר׳שעים ת׳אבד — "the desire of the wicked shall perish" [Psalms 112:10] [cross-reference from above]; (2) ת׳קיעה ת׳רועה ת׳קיעה — the bracketing shofar pattern. Likutay Mooharan II:88; Sichos HaRan 180 Segment 16 HE: תִּשְׁרֵי לְשׁוֹן שִׁירָה. [ליקו"מ מ"ט] תְּהִלִּם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת לִמְטַר הַשָּׁמָיִם תִּשְׁתֶּה מָיִם. [ספר המידות סגולה, חלק שני, ד.] EN: Tola (תולע, "worm / crimson worm") = permutation of Olas (עולת, "burnt-offering"). [Cross-reference from Section 16.] Likutay Mooharan 28:3 תורה — י׳ ו׳ / טנת"א Notarikon The Torah embodies the letter-pair Yud-Vov (י׳ ו׳) — Yud = Ten Commandments, Vov = the Tablets (6 × 6 handbreadths). [Cross-reference from Section 10.] The Torah = Tanta (טנת"א) — the four levels of letter, crown, vowel, and cantillation. [Cross-reference from Section 9.] Likutay Mooharan 34:6; 38:7; 13:4 ת'יו ל'ב' — תבל Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Tav [and] thirty-two letters" (ת׳יו ל׳ב׳) spell תבל (tevel, "the world"). The Tav — last letter — combined with the 32 paths of wisdom = the world. [Cross-reference from Tevel above.] Likutay Mooharan 5:5 תשובה — מצרימה' את' יעקב' Sofay Saveivos Teshuvah (תשובה, "repentance / return") — final letters of the verse describing the descent into Egypt. [Cross-reference from Section 13.] Exile contains the seed of return. Likutay Mooharan II:73 תשרי Multiple Tishrei (תשרי) — the first and most awesome month of the Jewish year — yields four connections: (1) Tziroof Tishrei = expression of shirah (song) [cross-reference from Section 21]; (2) Gematria Tishrei = two times chosom (seal) with its two words [cross-reference from Section 8]; Segment 17 HE: תָּמִד גִּימַטְרִיָּא אַרְבָּעָה פְעָמִים אֶלֶף, תִּקּוּן שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים מָשָׁל. EN: (3) Sofay Saveivos Final letters of את נפש הגר כי spell Tishrei [cross-reference from Section 1]; (4) Roshay Saveivos First letters of י׳ם ש׳ברת ר׳אשי ת׳נינים — "You broke the heads of the sea-monsters" — spell Tishrei [cross-reference from Section 10]. [The month of awesome judgment is, at its root, a song (shirah). The sea-monsters whose heads are broken encode the month of Rosh Hashanah — the breaking of evil power is the new year. Tishrei is sealed twice — Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the double seal of the divine year. And the concern for the stranger's soul contains Tishrei in its final letters — the new year is sealed in compassion for the vulnerable.] Likutay Mooharan 49:6; 22:11; II:8; 11 [Translator's Summary — Section 22, Tav — 51 source entries, completing the full work] The Tav — last letter of the alphabet, last letter of emes (truth) — completes the circle. The most profound entry: the first letters of "the purpose of the creation of heaven and earth" spell death (moves) — for it is through mortality that creation's purpose is revealed. Tikkun (rectification) as a permutation of kinos (Lamentations), and teiku (the unresolved Talmudic question) as tikkun missing its Nun — awaiting Elijah's completion. Tefillin as a permutation of Naftali. Deep sleep (tardemah) = Aramaic translation (Targum). And Tishrei — the month of awesome judgment — as, at its root, a song. The work is complete. All 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet have been traversed — from the silent Alef that contains the Divine Name to the final Tav that seals the seal of truth. May the merit of these holy permutations, allusions, and mysteries stand by all who study them, in this world and in the World to Come, unto eternity. Na Nach Nachma Nachman MayUman. # אוֹת ב' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/3/ אוֹת ב' אוֹת ב' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/3 Segment 1 HE: בְּאֵר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת רִנָּתָם. [ליקו"מ כ"ז] בִּלְעָם בִּקְלִיפָּה הוּא נֶגֶד הַתּוֹרָה: ב הַתְחָלַת הַתּוֹרָה, ל סוֹף הַתּוֹרָה, ע פָּנִים לַתּוֹרָה, ם יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְּנָה תּוֹרָה. [ליקו"מ ל"ו] בַּיָּם גִּימַטְרִיָּא בַּכֹּל. [ליקו"מ ל"ח] בְּשָׁלוֹם אוֹתִיּוֹת מַלְבּוּשׁ גִּימַטְרִיָּא חַשְׁמַל. [ליקו"מ מ"א] בק"ם סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק יַעֲקֹב, וְרָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּשֶׁמֶן קָדְשִׁי מְשַׁחְתִּיו. [ליקו"מ כ"ז] בְּכִיָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּשִׁמְךָ יְגִילוּן כָּל הַיּוֹם. [ליקו"מ קע"ה] בִּשְׂרָא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא בְּכֶרֶס אֶחָד. [ליקו"מ ח"ב א'] בְּכִיָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחוֹל הַיָּם. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ל'] בְּרָכָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כִּי רוּחַ הַחַיָּה בָּאוֹפַנִּים. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ט] בָּקִי בְּחִינַת יַבֹּק. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ט"ו] בְּכִי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ יֶחֱסָיוּן. [ספר המידות המתקת הדין, לג.] בִּלְעָם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת עוֹז לוֹ בָךְ מְסִלּוֹת. [לקוטי הלכות עכו"ם, כח.] EN: § 2 Bais — The Letter Bais ב ב BAIS — Numerical Value: 2 | First letter of the Torah | 52 source entries [Translator's Note] The letter Bais begins the Torah (Bereishis — "In the beginning") and carries the significance of blessing (berachah) and of the revealed, created world. Many entries in this section revolve around the word Bereishis itself and its multiple permutations. Cross-references (the same connection listed from both directions in the source) are consolidated into single entries. Hebrew Entry English Translation & Explanation Source ב׳ ראשית Notarikon The word Bereishis (בראשית, "In the beginning") is read as ב׳ ראשית — "Bais is the beginning." The Torah begins with Bais because Bais is the letter of berachah (blessing) and of the revealed world. Likutay Mooharan 49:6 באר Tziroof Be'er (באר, "a well") — its letters are a permutation of רַבָּא (Rabbah, "the great one" — Aramaic title of greatness). The well of Torah is the well of greatness. Roshay Saveivos Be'er — first letters of ב׳שמעו א׳ת ר׳נתם: "when they heard their [joyful] song" [Numbers 21:17 — the Song of the Well]. [The Song of the Well in Numbers 21 is one of the ten songs of Israel. The well responds to song — a central teaching about music, prayer, and spiritual sustenance in Rebbe Nachman's thought.] Likutay Mooharan 177; 27:5 ב׳דבר י׳י ש׳מים נ׳עשו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "By the word of Hashem the heavens were made" (ב׳דבר י׳י ש׳מים נ׳עשו) [Psalms 33:6] spell נביא (navi, "prophet") — for the Alef [silent, invisible] is the firmament [rakia] through which divine speech travels to become prophecy. [Prophecy arises when the "word of Hashem" — the divine utterance — passes through the firmament of the Alef, the silent bearer of all speech.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 9 בְּהִבָּרְאָם Tziroof BeHibaram (בְּהִבָּרְאָם, "when they were created" [Genesis 2:4]) — its letters are a permutation of באברהם ("through Avraham"). The Midrash teaches: the world was created in the merit of Avraham — and his name is hidden in the very word for Creation. Likutay Mooharan 67:7; II:2; 3 ב׳זעת א׳פיך ת׳אכל ל׳חם Multiple The first letters (roshay saveivos) of "By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread" (ב׳זעת א׳פיך ת׳אכל ל׳חם) [Genesis 3:19], together with the gematria of all four words, connect to the laws of shechitah (ritual slaughter). [The curse of Adam's labor is connected through letter and number to the laws of permitted eating — transforming the curse into the framework of holy consumption.] Likutay Mooharan 37:6 בְּיֵין Gematria BeYayin (בְּיֵין, "with wine"), together with its letters, has the same gematria as the first letters of the three species: א׳תרוג ה׳דס ע׳רבה — esrog, hadas, aravah. [Cross-reference from Esrog Hadas Aravah in Section 1.] Sefer HaMidos, "Eating" 2:13; "Garments" 2:7 בַּיָם / בַּכֹּל Gematria BaYam (בַּיָם, "in the sea" = 52) = gematria of BaKol (בַּכֹּל, "in everything" = 52) — and vice versa. The sea and totality are numerically one: to be truly in the sea of Torah is to be in everything. Likutay Mooharan 38:7 ב׳ית ת׳חלק ש׳לל Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the house divides the spoil" (ב׳ית ת׳חלק ש׳לל) [Psalms 68:13] spell שבת (Shabbos). The division of Shabbos from the weekdays brings the ultimate spoil — rest and holiness. Likutay Mooharan 49:7; Sichos HaRan 86 בכי / בכיה Roshay Saveivos Bechi (בכי, "weeping") — first letters of ב׳צל כ׳נפיך י׳חסיון: "In the shadow of Your wings they take refuge" [Psalms 36:8]. Tears bring one under the shelter of the Divine. Bechiyah (בכיה, "weeping / crying") yields two more first-letter sources: (1) ב׳ני י׳שראל כ׳חול ה׳ים — "the children of Israel [are] as the sand of the sea" [Hosea 2:1]; (2) ב׳שמך י׳גילון כ׳ל ה׳יום — "in Your Name they rejoice all the day" [Psalms 89:17]. Gematria Bechiyah = gematria of the full-spelling (milui) of the Divine Name ס"ג [= 63, the Name יוד הי ואו הי]. [The Name Samech-Gimel (63) is associated with the sefirah of Binah — Understanding, the Divine Mother — which is the source of tears. The very letters that spell "weeping" also spell the multitude of Israel and their joy — teaching that tears and joy before G-d are spiritually the same root.] Sefer HaMidos, "Sweetening of Judgment" 33; Likutay Mooharan II:30; 175; Chayay Mooharan §§13, 96 בלעם Notarikon Bilam (בלעם, the wicked prophet) corresponds to the Torah: Bais (ב) is the beginning of the Torah (Bereishis); Lamed (ל) is the final letter of the Torah (Yisrael); Ayin (ע) corresponds to the 70 faces of Torah; Mem (מ) corresponds to the 40 days during which the Torah was given. [Bilam is the unholy mirror-image of Moshe. His name encodes the entire span of Torah precisely because he sought to corrupt it. The most potent evil always mimics the structure of the most exalted holiness.] Likutay Mooharan 36:2 בן / בנימין Gematria Ben (בן, "son" = 52) = gematria of Eliyahu (אליהו = 52). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Notarikon Binyamin (בנימין) is בן ימין — "son of the right hand." [Rachel called him Ben-Oni, "son of my sorrow"; Yaakov renamed him Binyamin, "son of the right" — the side of chesed / lovingkindness.] Likutay Mooharan 117; 55:1 בנים Gematria Banim (בנים, "children" = 102) = gematria of Emunah (אמונה, "faith" = 102). Children are the fruit of faith — they come into the world through the power of belief. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Sichos HaRan 34; Chayay Mooharan §477 ב׳ני י׳שראל כ׳חול ה׳ים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the children of Israel [are] as the sand of the sea" [Hosea 2:1] spell בכיה (bechiyah, "weeping"). [Cross-reference from Bechiyah above.] Likutay Mooharan II:30 בקי Multiple Baki (בקי, "expert / well-versed") yields three connections: (1) Tziroof Its letters are a permutation of the Divine Name יבק (Yabbok — formed from יichud, בrachah, קdushah: unification, blessing, holiness); (2) Gematria Baki twice = gematria of the Divine Name קס"א [161, the full-spelling of Ehyeh with Yuds]; (3) Gematria Baki twice = gematria of דרך (derech, "the path / the way"). [The derech — the true path in life — equals twice the gematria of baki (expertise): genuine expertise, doubled, is the path. The connection to the Name of Yabbok — the river where Yaakov wrestled the angel — is deep in Breslov teaching.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7; II:15 בקם Sofay Saveivos Bekom (בקם, "in their arising") is the final letters of אברה׳ם יצח׳ק יעק׳ב — Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Roshay Saveivos Bekom — first letters of ב׳שמן ק׳דשי מ׳שחתיו: "with My holy oil have I anointed him" [Psalms 89:21]. The arising of the Patriarchs is an anointing with holy oil. Likutay Mooharan 57:3 בראשית Tziroof (×7) The letters of Bereishis (בראשית, "In the beginning") yield seven permutations, each a complete teaching: (1) ברא שית — "He created six" [the six days of Creation]; (2) ברא תיש — "He created a [male] goat" [a kabbalistic allusion to the forces of the world]; (3) ב׳ ראשית — "Bais is the beginning"; (4) ברית אש — "covenant of fire" [the Torah is a covenant sealed in fire]; (5) ירא בשת — "fear of shame" [the beginning of wisdom is the fear of disgrace before G-d]; (6) ירא שבת — "fear of Shabbos" [the creation begins with awe of Shabbos]; (7) ראשי בת — "the beginning / head of the daughter" [the first letters of bas, the feminine aspect of the Divine Presence]. [The Torah's opening word is a universe of meaning. Every permutation is an entire teaching — Rebbe Nachman's genius was to reveal multiple faces of a single word simultaneously.] Likutay Mooharan 63; II:12; 49:6; 63; II:72; II:72; 13:4; 38:7 ב׳ראשית … ישרא׳ל Tziroof The first letter of the Torah (ב of בראשית) and the last letter of the Torah (ל of ישראל) together spell לב (lev, "heart"). The Torah from beginning to end is the heart of the universe. [One of the most beloved teachings in all of Breslov: the entire Torah, from its first letter to its last, spells the word "heart." The Torah is G-d's heart, and through it we connect to the heart of all existence.] Likutay Mooharan 10:7; 36:6; 266 in Meimay HaNachal; Chayay Mooharan §57 ברכה Roshay Saveivos Berachah (ברכה, "blessing") — first letters of כ׳י ר׳וח ה׳חיה ב׳אופנים: "for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels" [Ezekiel 1:20]. Blessing flows where the divine spirit is in motion. Likutay Mooharan II:69 ברסלב / בשר לב Tziroof Breslov (ברסלב) — its letters spell בשר לב (basar lev, "heart of flesh") — based on the Midrashic teaching: "Do not read basar [flesh] but boser [unripe fruit / ripening]." The name of the holy city encodes the promise of Ezekiel 36:26: "I will remove the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." [The very name Breslov contains the prophecy of the heart of flesh — the total transformation of the Jewish soul in the time of redemption.] Chayay Mooharan §339 ב׳רצות י׳י ד׳רכי א׳יש Roshay Saveivos (double) The first letters of "When Hashem is pleased with a man's ways" (ב׳רצות י׳י ד׳רכי א׳יש) [Proverbs 16:7] are identical to the first letters of ד׳אגה ב׳לב א׳יש י׳שחנה — "anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down" [Proverbs 12:25]. The same letters that spell worry spell Divine favor — one transforms into the other through teshuvah. [The Sages read yashchenah ("weighs it down") also as yesikenah ("let him tell it to others"). Rebbe Nachman taught: speak out your worries — to G-d, to a friend, to a Tzadik — and the very heaviness of anxiety is transformed into the lightness of trust.] Omitted passages of Chayay Mooharan ב׳שבעים נ׳פש י׳רדו א׳בותיך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "with seventy souls your fathers went down [to Egypt]" (ב׳שבעים נ׳פש י׳רדו א׳בותיך) [Deuteronomy 10:22] spell נביא (navi, "prophet"). The seventy souls who descended to Egypt carry within them the seed of prophecy. [This is a second source for the word navi beginning with Bais — distinct from the verse "By the word of Hashem the heavens were made" above. Both are cited.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 5 בשלום Multiple BeShalom (בשלום, "in peace") yields three connections: (1) Tziroof Its letters are a permutation of מלבוש (malbush, "garment / clothing"). Peace is the garment of the soul; (2) Gematria Its gematria equals that of חשמל (chashmal — the mysterious luminous substance of Ezekiel's vision [1:4]); (3) Gematria Its gematria equals ש"ע נהורין ("370 lights") together with the 8 חיוורתא ("white threads / hairs" — a Zoharic concept of the Divine countenance). [Peace, garments, the chashmal, and the 370 lights are facets of the same spiritual reality — the luminous garment of the Divine Presence that clothes the world in holiness.] Likutay Mooharan 41 ב׳שם י׳י א׳לקינו נ׳זכיר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "In the Name of Hashem our G-d we will call out" (ב׳שם י׳י א׳לקינו נ׳זכיר) [Psalms 20:8] spell נביא (navi, "prophet"). Calling out in G-d's Name is the act of prophecy. [This is a third source for the word navi beginning with Bais. Three separate biblical verses all reveal the prophet hidden in their first letters.] Sefer HaMidos, "Prayer" 2:14 ב׳שמך י׳גילון כ׳ל ה׳יום Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "In Your Name they rejoice all the day" [Psalms 89:17] spell בכיה (bechiyah, "weeping"). [Cross-reference from Bechiyah above.] Likutay Mooharan 175; Chayay Mooharan §§13, 96 ב׳שמן ק׳דשי מ׳שחתיו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "with My holy oil have I anointed him" [Psalms 89:21] spell בקם (bekom). [Cross-reference from Bekom above.] Likutay Mooharan 57:3 ב׳שמעו א׳ת ר׳נתם Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "when they heard their joyful song" [Numbers 21:17] spell באר (be'er, "a well"). [Cross-reference from Be'er above.] Likutay Mooharan 27:5 בשר לב — ברסלב Tziroof Basar Lev (בשר לב, "heart of flesh") — its letters spell Breslov (ברסלב). [Cross-reference from Breslov above.] Chayay Mooharan §339 בשרא Roshay Saveivos Bisra (בשרא, Aramaic: "flesh") — first letters of ש׳שים ר׳בוא ב׳כרס א׳חד: "sixty myriads [of souls] in one belly." Every individual human being contains within them the entirety of the Jewish people — sixty myriads of souls in one body of flesh. Likutay Mooharan II:1; 2 ב׳ת ע׳ין ש׳ין Tziroof The letters ב, ע, ש — Bais, Ayin, Shin — are the letters of עשב (eisev, "grass / herb"). [A permutation connecting three letters to the natural world — the source in Chayay Mooharan develops the significance of this connection.] Chayay Mooharan §92 ב׳תולה נ׳שאת ל׳יום ה׳רביעי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "a virgin is married on the fourth day [Wednesday]" (ב׳תולה נ׳שאת ל׳יום ה׳רביעי) [Mishnah, Kesuvos 1:1] spell לבנה (levanah, "the moon"). The marriage of a virgin on Wednesday — the day the moon was created — reveals the lunar connection embedded in the laws of marriage. [Wednesday = the fourth day of creation = the day the lights of heaven were made, including the moon. The Mishnah's legal ruling about the day of marriage contains within its first letters the very celestial body whose cycle governs Jewish time.] Sefer HaMidos, "Marriage" 2 [Translator's Summary — Section 2, Bais — 52 source entries fully covered] This section is dominated by three towering themes: (1) Bereishis — the seven permutations of the Torah's first word, and the teaching that its first and last letters spell lev (heart); (2) Bechiyah (weeping) — whose letters also spell the multitude of Israel and their joy before G-d, and whose gematria equals the Divine Name of 63; (3) Navi (prophet) — revealed through no fewer than three separate biblical verses beginning with Bais. The teaching that Breslov contains basar lev ("heart of flesh") — the promise of Ezekiel's prophecy — is one of the most beloved in Rebbe Nachman's legacy. # אוֹת ג' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/4/ אוֹת ג' אוֹת ג' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/4 Segment 1 HE: גִּילְדְּנָא רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָ"י, הַיְנוּ שֵׁם אגל"א. [ליקו"מ ה'] גַּם בְּחִינַת חַלָּה, שֶׁהוּא שִׁעוּר מ"ג בֵּיצִים. [ליקו"מ נ"ה] גָּלְמִי רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת יְיָ מָלָךְ גֵּאוּת לָבֵשׁ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ה'] גֵּרִים רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת רַעַם גְּבוּרֹתָו מִי יִתְבּוֹנָן. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ח'] גוֹלָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְנִשְׁאַר גַּם הוּא לֵאלֹהֵינוּ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ע"ו] EN: ג GIMEL — Numerical Value: 3 | 9 source entries [Translator's Note] Gimel is the smallest section in the work — relatively few key terms in Rebbe Nachman's teachings begin with this letter. The standout entry is the dreidel teaching, which reveals the four Chanukah letters encoded in a verse of redemption from Psalms. Note that source lines 1–2 are a single entry (the citation was split across two lines in the original). Hebrew Entry English Translation & Explanation Source ג׳אלת ש׳בט נ׳חלתך ה׳ר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "You redeemed the tribe of Your inheritance, [Mount Sinai]" (ג׳אלת ש׳בט נ׳חלתך ה׳ר) [Psalms 74:2] spell ה׳נ׳ג׳ש׳ — the four letters engraved on the dreidel (spinning top used on Chanukah). These four letters stand for Nes Gadol Hayah Sham — "A great miracle happened there." [Rebbe Nachman taught that the dreidel encodes profound mystical significance. The four letters נ, ג, ה, ש are drawn from a verse of redemption — the miracle of Chanukah is rooted in the original redemption of the tribe of G-d's inheritance. See also below under Heh for a second source of these four letters. Cross-reference: Heh-Nun-Gimel-Shin → same teaching listed again in Section 5.] Sichos HaRan 40 גבורה Gematria Gevurah (גבורה, "Strength / the sefirah of Might" = 216) equals the gematria of יָרָה (yarah, "he shot [an arrow] / he taught") together with the kollel [one additional unit for the word itself]. [Gevurah and yarah — the root of Torah — share a numerical identity. Strength and Torah-teaching arise from the same source. The number 216 also equals the gematria of Aryeh (lion) and of Reish-Yud-Vov (the form of the letter Alef — see Section 1).] Likutay Mooharan 38:7 גולָה Roshay Saveivos Golah (גולה, "exile") — its letters are the first letters of ו׳נשאר ג׳ם ה׳וא ל׳אלקינו: "and the remnant, even He, belongs to our G-d" [Obadiah 1:17]. Even within exile, G-d remains. [Additionally: golah (גולה) with the letter Alef inserted becomes גאולה (geulah) — "redemption." The single letter Alef, representing the Aluf / Master of the world, transforms exile into redemption. This is one of the most celebrated wordplays in all of Kabbalah.] Likutay Mooharan II:76 גילדנא Tziroof Gildena (גילדנא, Yiddish/Aramaic: "golden") — its letters contain both the Divine Name אג"ל (Agla — acronym of א׳תה ג׳בור ל׳עולם א׳דני, "You are mighty forever, my L-rd") and the Name אדני (Adonai) in their complete forms. [A striking teaching: the Yiddish word for "golden" contains two complete Divine Names within it — revealing the hidden holiness embedded in the everyday language of the Jewish people.] Likutay Mooharan 5:5 גלמי Roshay Saveivos Golmi (גלמי, "my unformed substance / embryo" [Psalms 139:16]) — its letters are the first letters of י׳י מ׳לך ג׳אות ל׳בש: "Hashem reigns, He is clothed in majesty" [Psalms 93:1]. The unformed embryo already carries within it the King clothed in majesty. Likutay Mooharan II:5; 15 גם Gematria Gam (גם, "also / even") embodies the aspect of challah — for challah is the measure of 43 eggs (מ"ג ביצים), and Gimel-Mem = 3+40 = 43. The word "also" encodes the measure of the sacred dough-offering. Likutay Mooharan 55:8 גס רוח Notarikon Gas Ruach (גס רוח, "arrogance / coarseness of spirit") is the direct opposite of the Divine Name ס"ג [63 — the Name יוד הי ואו הי]. Arrogance is the inversion of the Name of Binah — Understanding and humility. [ס"ג = 63 is associated with the sefirah of Binah, the supernal Mother, source of true understanding. Arrogance — the filling of oneself with one's own importance — is the precise inversion of the openness of Binah.] Likutay Mooharan 135 גרון Gematria Gayrohn (גרון, "throat" = 259) equals the gematria of Elokim three times (86 × 3 = 258, + 1 kollel = 259). The throat — vessel of all speech and song — corresponds to the threefold Name of judgment. [The throat is where judgment (din) and speech meet. Through the throat, the harsh energy of Elokim × 3 is channeled into prayer, song, and Torah — transforming judgment into blessing. Cross-reference: Elokim × 3 → Gayrohn, in Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 46 גרים Roshay Saveivos Gairim (גרים, "converts / strangers") — its letters are the first letters of ר׳עם ג׳בורותיו מ׳י י׳תבונן: "the thunder of His mighty deeds — who can understand?" [Job 26:14]. The mystery of converts is as awesome and unfathomable as the thunder of G-d's power. [The soul of a convert chose to enter the covenant of Israel from among the nations — a mystery as deep as the divine thunder. Rebbe Nachman had a special affinity for the subject of converts and their spiritual stature.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 4 [Translator's Summary — Section 3, Gimel — 9 source entries fully covered] The letter Gimel yields a compact but potent set of teachings. The dreidel teaching — four letters of Chanukah encoded in a verse of redemption — is among Rebbe Nachman's most beloved Chanukah teachings. The wordplay of golah (exile) becoming geulah (redemption) through the insertion of one Alef is among the most famous in all of Kabbalah. And the identification of arrogance (gas ruach) as the inversion of the Divine Name Samech-Gimel is a cornerstone of Rebbe Nachman's teaching on humility. # אוֹת ד' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/5/ אוֹת ד' אוֹת ד' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/5 Segment 1 HE: דֶּרֶךְ גִּימַטְרִיָּא שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים יַבֹּ"ק. [ליקו"מ ו'] דֶּרֶךְ גִּימַטְרִיָּא יָמִין בְּמִלּוּאוֹ. [שָׁם] דָּבָר רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן רֹאשִׁי. [ליקו"מ קע"ז] דַּיּוֹ לְעֶבֶד וְכוּ', בְּחִינַת דְּיוֹ וְכוּ'. [ליקו"מ קצ"ב] דְּבַשׁ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא אִשָּׁה. [ליקו"מ קצ"ט] דְּאָגָה בְלֶב אִישׁ יַשְׁיחֶנָּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת בִּרְצוֹת יְיָ דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ. [הַשְׁמָטוֹת שִׂיחוֹת הָרַ"ן] EN: ד DALET — Numerical Value: 4 | 21 source entries [Translator's Note] The letter Dalet means "door" and also shares its root with dalus — poverty, lack. Many entries in this section reflect the theme of the empty vessel that receives the divine. Lines 12–13 in the source are the same connection listed from both directions (dam = dom and dom = dam) — presented here as a single unified entry. Line 17 (Derech → Adam) cross-references Section 1 and is noted there. Hebrew Entry English Translation & Explanation Source ד׳אגה ב׳לב א׳יש י׳שחנה Roshay Saveivos (double) The first letters of "anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down" (ד׳אגה ב׳לב א׳יש י׳שחנה) [Proverbs 12:25] are identical to the first letters of ב׳רצות י׳י ד׳רכי א׳יש — "when Hashem is pleased with a man's ways" [Proverbs 16:7]. The very same letters that spell worry spell Divine favor — one transforms into the other. [The Talmud reads yashchenah ("weighs it down") also as yesikenah — "let him speak it out to others." Rebbe Nachman built one of his most essential teachings on this: speak out your inner worries — to G-d in hisbodidus (personal prayer), to a trusted friend, to the Tzadik — and the heaviness of anxiety transforms into the lightness of trust in G-d. The shared letters of these two opposite states reveal that they are spiritually one, awaiting the turning.] Omitted passages of Chayay Mooharan דָבָר Roshay Saveivos Davar (דָבָר, "a word / a thing") — its letters are the first letters of ד׳שנת ב׳שמן ר׳אשי: "You have anointed my head with oil" [Psalms 23:5]. A holy word is an anointing of the head with oil. [Cross-reference: Dishanta Veshemen Roshi → Davar, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan 177 ד׳ברי א׳לקים ח׳יים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the words of the Living G-d" (ד׳ברי א׳לקים ח׳יים) spell אחד (echad, "one"). The living words of G-d are fundamentally One. [Cross-reference from Echad in Section 1.] Omitted passages of Chayay Mooharan דבש Gematria Devash (דבש, "honey" = 306) equals the gematria of אשה (ishah, "woman" = 306). [Cross-reference from Ishah in Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 199 דַּוָי Tziroof Davay (דַּוָי, "sickness / faintness") — its letters are a permutation of יוד (Yud — the spelling of the letter Yud). Illness at its root is a distortion and displacement of the holy Yud — the divine spark of vitality. [ד-ו-י rearranged = י-ו-ד. The letters of sickness are the letters of the most sacred of letters — the Yud, smallest of all letters, point of all beginnings. Healing is the restoration of the Yud to its proper place.] Likutay Mooharan II:82 דַּיּוֹ Notarikon Dayyo (דַּיּוֹ, "it is enough for him" — the Haggadah's famous refrain; also: "ink") embodies the aspect of דְּיוֹ (dyo, "ink") — for divine speech is like ink that inscribes the world into being. [The word "enough" and the word "ink" share the same root. Just as ink makes invisible letters visible on parchment, so the sense of dayeinu — "it is enough for us," of gratitude and contentment — makes the divine inscription visible in one's life. Discontent blinds one to G-d's continuous gifts.] Likutay Mooharan 192; Chayay Mooharan §69 דין × 5 Gematria (×2) Din (דין, "judgment" = 64) five times (5 × 64 = 320) equals: (1) The gematria of נער (naar, "a youth / lad" = 320); (2) The gematria of ש"ך דינים (Shin-Chaf judgments = 320) — the 320 harsh judgments that must be sweetened through Torah, prayer, and joy. [The 320 sparks of harsh judgment is a central Kabbalistic concept. Their sweetening — hamtakas hadinim — is a defining theme of Rebbe Nachman's teaching. The identification of 320 judgments with the word naar (youth / lad) connects to the idea that these judgments are associated with the "young" or immature aspects of the divine emanations that must be refined.] Likutay Mooharan 32 דלת Shape / Form (×3) The letter Dalet yields three shape-teachings: (1) Two Dalets together form the shape of a closed Mem (ם sofit — the final sealed form of Mem); (2) A Dalet together with a Yud and a Vov (דלת יוד ואו) forms the shape of an Alef; (3) When a Yud (י) is drawn into [the open space of] a Dalet, it becomes a Heh (ה) — the divine spark (Yud) entering the vessel of poverty (Dalet = dalus) transforms it into the letter of the Divine Name. [These three shape-teachings together constitute a complete mystical grammar: the Dalet (poverty, emptiness) reaches upward to form the Alef; two Dalets seal together to form the closed Mem of the hidden world; and the entry of the Yud (the divine point) transforms the Dalet into Heh — the letter of revelation and the Divine Name.] Likutay Mooharan 135; 185; 49:3 דָּם / דֹּם Tziroof Dam (דָּם, "blood") and Dom (דֹּם, "be still / be silent") are the identical letters with different vowels — blood and silence share a single root. [These two are cross-references of each other in the source.] Gematria Furthermore: Dam (דָּם = 4+40 = 44) equals the gematria of the "progressive spelling" (achorai) of the Divine Name Ehyeh — spelled out cumulatively as: א, אה, אהי, אהיה = 1+6+16+21 = 44. [The progressive / cumulative spelling of a Name reveals how it "builds" itself letter by letter — the Name Ehyeh building from its first letter to its full form equals 44 = Dam (blood). This connects the life-force of blood to the Name of Divine becoming — Ehyeh means "I shall be," the Name of future unfolding.] Likutay Mooharan 6:2 דרך Multiple Derech (דרך, "the path / the way") — one of Rebbe Nachman's central metaphors — yields a cluster of five gematria connections, all from the same lesson: (1) Gematria Derech with its 3 letters plus the kollel = the full-spelling of ימין (yamin, "right hand") with kollel — the true path is the right hand of G-d; (2) Gematria Derech = gematria of the two Divine Names קס"א [161] and ס"ג [63] combined (161+63=224); together they equal derech (224); (3) Gematria Derech = Baki twice (112 × 2 = 224) — genuine expertise, doubled, is the path [cross-reference from Section 2]; (4) Gematria Derech = the Divine Name יבק twice (112 × 2 = 224); (5) Derech = 224 lights (רכ"ד אורות). Roshay Saveivos The first letters of ד׳רך מ׳צוותיך א׳רוץ — "I will run in the path of Your commandments" [Psalms 119:32] — spell אדם (Adam, "Man"). To run in the divine path is what it means to be human. [Cross-reference from Adam in Section 1.] [The convergence of five distinct gematria calculations all pointing to derech (224) shows that the concept of "the path" is encoded in the deepest structures of divine mathematics. The path is not a metaphor — it is numerically woven into the Names of G-d and the lights of Creation.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7; II:87; Sichos HaRan 116 ד׳שנת ב׳שמן ר׳אשי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "You have anointed my head with oil" (ד׳שנת ב׳שמן ר׳אשי) [Psalms 23:5] spell דָבָר (davar, "word / thing"). A holy word anoints. [Cross-reference from Davar above.] Likutay Mooharan 177 [Translator's Summary — Section 4, Dalet — 21 source entries fully covered] The dominant teaching of this section is the cluster of five gematria connections for derech ("the path") — all from a single lesson, lesson 6 of Likutay Mooharan, one of Rebbe Nachman's most celebrated Torah teachings. The letter-transformation from Dalet to Heh through the entry of the Yud is a complete mystical teaching about how divine vitality (Yud) transforms poverty (Dalet) into revelation (Heh). The teaching that worry (da'agah) and divine favor (birtzos Hashem) share identical first letters — and that speaking one's worries transforms the former into the latter — is one of Rebbe Nachman's most practical and beloved teachings. # אוֹת ה' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/6/ אוֹת ה' אוֹת ה' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/6 Segment 1 HE: הָשֵׁב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הַר שָׂדֶה בַּיִת. [ליקו"מ י'] הֵיכָל בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא אֲדֹנָ"י. [ליקו"מ נ"ה] הֲוַיָ"ה אֱלֹהִים בַּאֲחוֹרַיִם, בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא רָעָב. [ליקו"מ ס"ב] הֲלָכָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הָרִיעוּ לְהַוָיָ"ה כָּל הָאָרֶץ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ס"ז] הַפֻּר אוֹתִיּוֹת פָּרָה. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ע"ד] הנג"ש רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הִיוּלִי נִבְדָּל גַּלְגַּל שָׁפָל, וְרָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר צִיּוֹן. [שיחות הר"ן סימן מ'] EN: ה HEH — Numerical Value: 5 | The letter of breath, of the Divine Name, of revelation | 36 source entries [Translator's Note] Source lines 1–8 all describe different aspects of the letter Heh's shape and spiritual meaning; lines 11–12 are cross-references of lines 2 and 4 respectively; lines 20–21 are a single entry split across two lines; lines 26–27 are cross-references of the Gimel section's dreidel teaching. All are accounted for below. Hebrew Entry English Translation & Explanation Source ה — three forms Shape / Form The letter Heh in its three written forms, together with 2 kollelim, has the gematria of חלב (chalav, "milk") — the nourishing whiteness of Torah. [The three forms of Heh used in Kabbalistic writing each have slightly different numerical values. Their sum with the two additional units for the concept as a whole connects to chalav, symbol of the nurturing Torah, whose letters (ח-ל-ב = 8+30+2 = 40) also spell lev preceded by ches.] Likutay Mooharan 97 ה — five articulations Shape / Form The letter Heh embodies the five articulations of the mouth (ה׳ מוצאות הפה) — the five places from which all speech emerges: throat, palate, tongue, teeth, and lips. The letter Heh is itself produced with pure breath alone, the most elemental of all sounds. [The five articulation-points correspond to the five books of Torah, the five sefirot of chesed, and the five lobes of the lung. The Heh, being pure breath, carries the entire structure of speech within its single exhalation.] Likutay Mooharan 9:3; 57:8 ד → ה Shape / Form The Dalet (ד) was [originally] a Heh (ה) — and it returned and became a Heh again. The gap at the bottom-left of the Heh is the mouth through which breath and speech emerge; the Dalet lacks this opening. [Cross-reference from Section 4.] Likutay Mooharan 49:3 ה — breath Shape / Form The letter Heh embodies the aspect of hevel peh (הבל פה) — "the breath of the mouth." It is produced with pure exhalation, without any constriction or obstruction. [This entry and its cross-reference (line 12: "the breath of the mouth is the aspect of Heh") are two sides of the same teaching: Heh = hevel, and hevel = Heh. The letter and the breath are one.] Likutay Mooharan 77 ה — five books Notarikon The letter Heh (= 5) corresponds to the five books of the Torah (חמשה חומשי תורה). Likutay Mooharan 101 ה = ד + י Shape / Form (×2) The letter Heh is: (1) A Dalet (ד) together with a Yud (י) — the small floating foot at the bottom-left of the Heh; (2) Equivalently: a Yud and a Dalet — the divine point joined to the vessel. [Both formulations point to the same truth: the Heh is the Dalet (poverty/vessel) that has received the Yud (divine point/spark). When lack receives the divine spark, it becomes the letter of the Name of G-d.] Likutay Mooharan 49:5; 49:3; 97 ה → ק Shape / Form When the leg of the Heh (ה) is lengthened downward, it becomes the letter Kuf (ק). The Kuf's descending leg reaches below the baseline — alluding to the divine light that descends into and illuminates the lower worlds. Likutay Mooharan 167:4 ה׳ חסדים Notarikon The five chassadim (ה׳ חסדים, "five acts of lovingkindness") correspond to the word צדקה (tzedakah, "charity / righteousness") — which appears five times in the Torah in specific passages discussed in the source. Likutay Mooharan 67:5 ה׳ כנפי ריאה Notarikon The five lobes of the lung (ה׳ כנפי ריאה) correspond to the five books of the Torah. The lung — organ of breath, of the letter Heh — mirrors the Torah in its fivefold structure. Likutay Mooharan 8:9; 267 הויה Gematria (×5) The four-letter Divine Name (הויה — Havayah, the ineffable Name) yields multiple gematria connections: (1) Spelled out in full with Yuds (יוד קי ואו קי) = the Divine Name ס"ג [63 — the Name of Binah]; (2) Spelled out with Alefs (milui Alfin) = gematria of Adam [45 — the Name of Ze'ir Anpin]; (3) Three times (3 × 26 = 78) = gematria of חֹלָם (cholam — the vowel-dot above, representing the supernal hidden light); (4) Contains 10 letters in its full spelling and 4 letters in its simple form — 10+4 = 14 = יד ("hand") — the Name of G-d is the divine Hand; (5) Three times Havayah (78) plus three times Elokim (258) = 336 = gematria of שלו (shalev, "tranquil / at peace"). The union of mercy and judgment produces peace. And: Havayah and Elokim in their "backwards" (achorayim) spelling = gematria of רעב (ra'av, "hunger / famine"). When the "face" of the Names is withdrawn, spiritual hunger results. [These six teachings about the Name Havayah span some of Rebbe Nachman's most profound lessons. The Name = Adam (Man); the Name × 3 = cholam (the hidden light); the Name as "hand" — these are windows into the deepest kabbalistic understanding of G-d's relationship with the world.] Likutay Mooharan 6:7; II:82; II:3; 46; 62:5 ה׳זה כ׳גודל ח׳סדך ו׳כאשר נ׳שאת Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "According to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, and as You have forgiven" (ה׳זה כ׳גודל ח׳סדך ו׳כאשר נ׳שאת) [Numbers 14:19 — Moshe's great plea for forgiveness in the desert] spell חנוכה (Chanukah). The miracle of Chanukah is encoded in Moshe's greatest act of intercession. [Numbers 14:19 is the climax of Moshe's prayer after the sin of the spies — his most desperate and successful appeal to divine mercy. Within it, hidden in its opening letters, is Chanukah — the festival of hidden light and miraculous victory. Forgiveness and miraculous light are the same.] Likutay Mooharan II:7; 11 ה׳יולי נ׳בדל ג׳לגל ש׳פל Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the primal matter is separated, the lowly wheel" (ה׳יולי נ׳בדל ג׳לגל ש׳פל) — a philosophical phrase describing the spinning of the material world — also spell ה׳נ׳ג׳ש׳, the four letters of the dreidel. [A second source for the dreidel letters (see Gimel section above): this time from a phrase describing the lowly spinning sphere of the material world — which is precisely what the dreidel embodies. The dreidel spins in the lowest world, yet its letters encode the highest redemption. Cross-references: Heh-Nun-Gimel-Shin listed twice in source (lines 26–27) as cross-references back to the Gimel section — consolidated here.] Sichos HaRan 40 היכל Gematria Haichal (היכל, "the Sanctuary / Divine Palace" = 65) equals the gematria of the Divine Name Adonai (אדני = 65). The Sanctuary is the physical embodiment of the Name Adonai. [Cross-reference from Adonai in Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 55:7; 194; Sichos HaRan 96, 105 הלכה Roshay Saveivos Halachah (הלכה, "Jewish law / the way one walks") — its letters are the first letters of ה׳ריעו ל׳יי כ׳ל ה׳ארץ: "Shout joyfully to Hashem, all the earth!" [Psalms 100:1]. Jewish law is a shout of joy to G-d. [Cross-reference: the verse itself listed below as a cross-reference.] [One of the most luminous entries in the entire work. The word halachah — from the root "to walk," denoting the way of practical Jewish life — encodes a verse of total jubilation. Law and joy are revealed as one. Rebbe Nachman insisted that the halachos are the vessels for the light of the Torah teachings, and that study of halachah must be suffused with joy.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 3 ה׳מעטריכי ח׳סד ו׳רחמים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "crowning with lovingkindness and mercy" (ה׳מעטריכי ח׳סד ו׳רחמים) [Psalms 103:4] spell חוה (Chavah — Eve, the first woman). The name of Eve encodes the divine attributes of lovingkindness and compassion — she who gives life is herself a crown of mercy. Likutay Mooharan II:16 ה׳ן ת׳וי ש׳די י׳ענני Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Behold, the sign of Sha-dai shall answer me" (ה׳ן ת׳וי ש׳די י׳ענני) [Job 31:35] spell שתיה (shtiyah, "drinking" — and the name of the Foundation Stone of the world, the Even HaShtiyah, upon which the Temple was built and from which the world was "drunk" into existence). Likutay Mooharan 61:6 ה׳נותן א׳מרי ש׳פר Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He who grants eloquent speech" (ה׳נותן א׳מרי ש׳פר) [Job 35:4 / see source] spell אשה (ishah, "woman"). A woman embodies the divine gift of beautiful, eloquent expression. [Cross-reference from Ishah in Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 47 העֹרף Tziroof HaOref (העֹרף, "the back of the neck") — its letters are a perfect permutation of פרעה (Pharaoh). Stubbornness — the "stiff neck" — and Pharaoh share the same letters. [ה-ע-ר-פ rearranged = פ-ר-ע-ה. The Hebrew word for the back of the neck — the body part associated with stubbornness (kesheh oref = "stiff-necked") — is a permutation of Pharaoh, the supreme archetype of stubborn resistance to G-d. Egypt and the stiff neck are the same word in different order.] Likutay Mooharan 62:5; 163 הפר / פרה Tziroof Heifer / Hefar (הפר, "to annul / a young bull") — its letters are a permutation of פרה (parah, "a cow / the Red Heifer"). The Red Heifer (Parah Adumah) purifies the impure and paradoxically renders the one who prepares it impure — the supreme mystery (chok) of Torah. [The two words — hefar (annulment) and parah (the Red Heifer) — contain the same letters. Both concepts involve reversal: annulment reverses a vow; the Red Heifer reverses impurity. Their shared letters reveal their shared spiritual root in the power of divine reversal.] Likutay Mooharan II:74 הקף × 2 Gematria Hakef (הקף, "circuit / encirclement") twice = gematria of ש"ע נהורין ("370 lights") — the 370 radiant lights of the Divine countenance (Atik Yomin) described in the Zohar. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 11 הָב / ה׳ר ש׳דה ב׳ית / השב Roshay Saveivos Hav (הָב, "give!" [Genesis 30:1, Rachel's desperate plea to Yaakov]) — its letters are the first letters of ה׳ר ש׳דה ב׳ית: "mountain, field, house" — the three levels of space in which G-d's presence is encountered: mountain (transcendence), field (open search), house (intimacy). HaShev (השב, "return! / restore!") — its letters are equally the first letters of ה׳ר ש׳דה ב׳ית: the same three holy spaces. To restore is to return to mountain, field, and house. [Both hav ("give") and hashev ("return/restore") share the same first-letter acronym — mountain, field, house. The three spiritual dwelling-places of G-d are the source of all giving and all return. [Lines 32 and 34 in the source are two sides of this same triangle.] Likutay Mooharan 10:4 ה׳ריעו ל׳יי כ׳ל ה׳ארץ Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Shout joyfully to Hashem, all the earth!" [Psalms 100:1] spell הלכה (halachah, "Jewish law"). [Cross-reference from Halachah above.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 3 ה׳שקיפה מ׳מעון ק׳דשיך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Look down from Your holy dwelling" (ה׳שקיפה מ׳מעון ק׳דשיך) [Deuteronomy 26:15 — the declaration made after bringing the bikurim / first fruits] spell קמה (kamah, "standing grain / arising"). G-d's downward gaze from above causes Israel to stand and arise below. [The very verse in which Israel asks G-d to look down from Heaven carries within its first letters the word for grain standing upright. When the divine gaze descends, Israel rises — like grain growing toward the light.] Likutay Mooharan 234 ה׳שתחוו ל׳יי ב׳הדרת ק׳דש Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Bow down to Hashem in the beauty of holiness" (ה׳שתחוו ל׳יי ב׳הדרת ק׳דש) [Psalms 29:2] spell קבלה (Kabbalah — "receiving" / the mystical tradition). Kabbalah is bowing in the beauty of holiness. [Quintessentially Breslov: the mystical tradition (Kabbalah, from the root "to receive") is encoded in the verse about bowing in beauty before G-d. The deepest mysticism is not theoretical — it is the act of prostration before the Divine.] Likutay Mooharan 11:6 [Translator's Summary — Section 5, Heh — 36 source entries fully covered] The letter Heh is the richest section so far for shape-teachings — eight separate entries describe the form, transformation, and spiritual meaning of the Heh's written shape. The gematria cluster for the Divine Name Havayah spans five separate calculations, all pointing to the central Kabbalistic truth that G-d's Name contains the essence of Man, of light, of peace, and of the divine Hand. Three teachings stand out for their beauty: halachah encoding joyful praise; ha'oref (stiff-neck) being a permutation of Pharaoh; and Kabbalah hidden in the verse of bowing in beauty before G-d. # אוֹת ו' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/7/ אוֹת ו' אוֹת ו' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/7 Segment 1 HE: וַיַּפֵּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת פֶּה לָהֶם וְלֹא יְדַבֵּרוּ. [ליקו"מ י"ט] וְרִידִין אוֹתִיּוֹת רי"ו די"ן, הוּא שֵׁם אֲדֹנָ"י, כִּי רי"ו הוּא צוּרַת אָלֶף וְכוּ'. [ליקו"מ ל"ז] וַיִּבֶן רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וּתְקַעְתִּיו יָתֵד בְּמָקוֹם נֶאֱמָן. [ליקו"מ ח"ב א'] וְרַפֹּא יְרַפֵּא עִם הַשְּׁנֵי תֵבוֹת בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא פִּדְיוֹן נָפֶשׁ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ג'] וַיְפַלֵּל רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת וְהַשְׁלֵךְ לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה יְהִי לְתַנִּין. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ח'] וַיִּבְאַשׁ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת שָׂרָה אֶסְתֵּר בַּת יְהוּדִית וַי וּמֵתָה. [שיחות הר"ן בסופו] וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא יֵשׁ כ"ב אוֹתִיּוֹת. [שיחות הר"ן סימן פ"ו] EN: ו VOV — Numerical Value: 6 | The letter of connection and extension | 40 source entries [Translator's Note] The letter Vov is the Hebrew letter of connection — the word vov itself means "hook" or "peg," and as a prefix it means "and." Grammatically it joins clauses; spiritually it connects upper and lower worlds. Many entries here reflect that connecting, extending quality. Cross-references consolidated throughout. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ו — name contains a ו Notarikon The letter Vov (ו) cannot be pronounced without a second Vov — for its name is spelled ואו (Vov-Alef-Vov), which contains another Vov within it. [Like Alef (which cannot be pronounced without Peh), the Vov contains its own name within itself — it is self-referential, a letter whose name requires its own sound to be spoken. The Vov is the letter of self-connection.] Likutay Mooharan 83 (appendix) ו × 3 Gematria The letter Vov three times (3 × 6 = 18) = the gematria of יח (yach — a living creature / the word chai = "life" in its shortened form, 18). [Three Vovs = 18 = chai (life). The Vov, the letter of connection, tripled, yields the number that is the quintessential symbol of Jewish life and blessing.] Likutay Mooharan II:83 ו — drawing of the voice Shape / Form The letter Vov embodies the aspect of hamshachas hakol (המשכת הקול) — "the extension / drawing-out of the voice." Its straight downward form visually represents the elongation of a sustained tone. Likutay Mooharan 77 ו — form of a staff Shape / Form The letter Vov has the shape of a staff (מקל) — the vertical line that reaches from above to below, connecting heaven and earth. Likutay Mooharan 1 ו — form of a patach Shape / Form The letter Vov has the shape of the vowel-mark patach (ניקוד פתח) — the horizontal line that "opens" (patach = opening) sound and speech. Likutay Mooharan 66:2 ו'אין ע'בירה מ'כבה ת'ורה Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "no sin extinguishes Torah" (ו׳אין ע׳בירה מ׳כבה ת׳ורה) [based on the Talmudic teaching, Sotah 21a] spell מעות (ma'os, "coins / money"). [The connection: giving tzedakah — money — is the antidote to the darkness of sin; it preserves the Torah's light.] Likutay Mooharan 204; Sichos HaRan 136 ואל'ה שמו'ת בנ'י ישרא'ל הבאי'ם Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "And these are the names of the children of Israel who came" (ואלה שמות בני ישראל הבאים) [Exodus 1:1 — the opening verse of the Book of Exodus] spell תהלים (Tehillim, "Psalms"). The descent into Egypt — the beginning of exile — already contains within its final letters the Book of Psalms: the ultimate book of redemption and prayer. [The final letters of the verse announcing exile spell the book of praises — teaching that even at the beginning of the deepest darkness, the light of Psalms is already encoded within.] Likutay Mooharan II:73 ו'אם ל'א תאבה האשה ל'לכת א'חריך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "and if the woman does not wish to follow you" (ו׳אם ל׳א תאבה האשה ל׳לכת א׳חריך) [Deuteronomy 21:11] spell אלול (Elul). The soul's potential reluctance to return to G-d is encoded in the month designated for that very return. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan II:87 ו'אם מ'פאת פ'ניו י'מרט ר'אשו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "and if from the front of his head hair is lost" (ו׳אם מ׳פאת פ׳ניו י׳מרט ר׳אשו) [Leviticus 13:41 — laws of leprosy/baldness] spell פורים (Purim). The festival of Purim is encoded in a verse about baldness — the hidden becoming revealed, the concealed face of G-d. [Purim is the festival of hester panim — the hidden face of G-d. The verse about a bald/exposed forehead concealing Purim within its letters is a beautiful paradox: the exposed and the hidden are the same letters.] Chayay Mooharan §90 ו'דע מ'ה ש'תשיב ל'אפיקורס Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "know what to answer a heretic" (ו׳דע מ׳ה ש׳תשיב ל׳אפיקורס) [Mishnah, Avos 2:14] spell שלום (shalom, "peace"). The proper response to heresy is — peace: not confrontation, but the wholeness and completeness that leaves no room for doubt. Likutay Mooharan 62:2 וָהֵב Gematria Vahev (וָהֵב — the place-name in Numbers 21:14, associated with the giving of Torah; see Rashi) = gematria of אהבה (ahavah, "love"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Marginal gloss to Likutay Mooharan 56 ו'היה מ'עשה ה'צדקה ש'לום Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And the work of righteousness shall be peace" (ו׳היה מ׳עשה ה׳צדקה ש׳לום) [Isaiah 32:17] spell משהו (mashehu, "something / a tiny amount"). The work of charity that brings peace is sometimes just a tiny something — a small act that transforms everything. [Mashehu — "something," a halachic term for a minimal measure — teaches that even the smallest act of tzedakah creates peace. Compare also: chametz and matzah differ only by a mashehu (see Section 8, Ches).] Likutay Mooharan 57:8 ו'המשכילים י'זהירו כ'זוהר ה'רקיע Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And the wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament" (ו׳המשכילים י׳זהירו כ׳זוהר ה׳רקיע) [Daniel 12:3] spell the Divine Name יוה"ך (Yud-Vov-Heh-Chaf). [The verse about the radiance of the spiritually wise contains a Divine Name in its first letters — the wise shine because they carry the Name of G-d within them.] Chayay Mooharan §195 והנה קָמָה Notarikon "And behold, it arose" (והנה קָמָה) [Genesis 37:7 — Yosef's dream of the sheaves] — the word קמה (kamah = 145) embodies the aspect of the Divine Name קמ"ה [= 145]. [Kamah = Kuf-Mem-Heh = 100+40+5 = 145. Yosef's sheaf that arose carries within it a Divine Name of arising and elevation. The dream of redemption is numerically embedded in the divine.] Likutay Mooharan 234 ו'השלך ל'פני פ'רעה י'הי ל'תנין Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Cast it before Pharaoh — let it become a serpent" (ו׳השלך ל׳פני פ׳רעה י׳הי ל׳תנין) [Exodus 7:9] spell ויפלל (vayipalel, "and he prayed"). [Cross-reference: Vayipalel → same verse, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan II:8; 3 ו'וי א'בדה נ'פש Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "Woe — the soul is lost!" (ו׳וי א׳בדה נ׳פש) spell אָוֶן (aven, "iniquity"). [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Likutay Mooharan 31:9 ו'יאמר י'י ס'לחתי כ'דבריך Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And Hashem said: I have forgiven, as you have spoken" (ו׳יאמר י׳י ס׳לחתי כ׳דבריך) [Numbers 14:20 — G-d's response to Moshe's intercession for Israel] spell כוסי (kosi, "my cup"). Divine forgiveness fills the cup to overflowing. Likutay Mooharan 177; Chayay Mooharan §117 ויבן / ו'תקעתיו י'תד ב'מקום נ'אמן Roshay Saveivos Vayiven (ויבן, "and he built") — its letters are the first letters of ו׳תקעתיו י׳תד ב׳מקום נ׳אמן: "I will drive him as a peg in a sure place" [Isaiah 22:23]. Building is the act of driving the divine peg into a faithful foundation. [Cross-reference: that verse → Vayiven, listed below.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 2 ו'יעקב נ'סע ס'כותה ו'יבן Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And Yaakov journeyed to Sukkos and built" (ו׳יעקב נ׳סע ס׳כותה ו׳יבן) [Genesis 33:17] spell סיון (Sivan) — the Hebrew month of Sivan, the month of the giving of the Torah. [Noted in the source as observed by the commentator from Tcherin (Meimay HaNachal). Yaakov's journey to Sukkos — where he built — encodes the month of Torah-giving in its first letters. The builder and the month of building are one.] Likutay Mooharan 266, in Meimay HaNachal ויפל / ויפלל Roshay Saveivos Vayipol (ויפל, "and he fell") — first letters of פ׳ה ל׳הם ו׳לא י׳דברו: "a mouth they have but cannot speak" [Psalms 115:5 — said of idols]. Falling is the condition of the mouth that cannot speak holy words. Vayipalel (ויפלל, "and he prayed") — first letters of ו׳השלך ל׳פני פ׳רעה י׳הי ל׳תנין: "Cast it before Pharaoh — let it become a serpent" [Exodus 7:9]. Prayer is the act of casting the holy staff before the powers of the world and watching it become a serpent that swallows all opposition. [Vayipol (falling) and vayipalel (praying) share the same root פ-ל-ל. Falling and praying are spiritually linked — the fall precedes the prayer, and the prayer transforms the fall. The idols have mouths but cannot speak; prayer restores the holy mouth.] Likutay Mooharan 19:4; II:8; 3 ו'יצא י'צחק ל'שוח ב'שדה Roshay Saveivos (×2) The first letters of "And Yitzchak went out to meditate in the field" (ו׳יצא י׳צחק ל׳שוח ב׳שדה) [Genesis 24:63] yield two readings: (1) יבול (yevul, "produce / yield of the earth") — what grows from the earth of hisbodidus (secluded meditation); (2) יוֹבל (yovel, "Jubilee year") — the fiftieth year of total release and return. [The same verse yields both yevul (earthly produce) and yovel (Jubilee) — for Yitzchak's meditation in the field is the prototype of hisbodidus, the personal prayer-meditation that Rebbe Nachman placed at the center of his path. From that field of prayer grows both the immediate produce of the soul and the ultimate liberation of the Jubilee.] Likutay Mooharan II:11; II:1; 14 ו'ירא י'י כ'י ס'ר ל'ראות Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And Hashem saw that he turned to see" (ו׳ירא י׳י כ׳י ס׳ר ל׳ראות) [Exodus 3:4 — at the Burning Bush, the moment G-d called to Moshe] spell כסליו (Kislev) — the Hebrew month of Kislev, the month of Chanukah. [The moment of divine revelation at the Burning Bush — G-d seeing that Moshe "turned aside to see" — contains within its first letters the month of Chanukah, the festival of divine light. The one who turns to see the hidden light becomes the vessel of Chanukah.] Likutay Mooharan II:7; 11 וישכב Tziroof Vayishkav (וישכב, "and he lay down") — its letters contain יש כ"ב (yesh kaf-beis, "there are 22") — the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are present within the act of lying down / rest. [Sleep and rest contain within them the 22 letters of Torah — for during sleep the soul ascends and receives new Torah insights, which are then "downloaded" into the letters upon waking.] Likutay Mooharan II:79; Sichos HaRan 86 ו'ישם ל'ך ש'לום Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And He shall set peace for you" (ו׳ישם ל׳ך ש׳לום) [Numbers 6:26 — the Priestly Blessing] spell שלו (shalev, "tranquil / at peace"). The blessing of peace already contains its own fulfillment in its first letters. Chayay Mooharan §78; Likutay Mooharan 46 ו'כל ב'ניך ל'מודי י'י Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And all your children shall be taught of Hashem" (ו׳כל ב׳ניך ל׳מודי י׳י) [Isaiah 54:13] spell יוֹבל (yovel, "Jubilee"). When all children are taught the ways of G-d, that itself is the Jubilee — total liberation. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 10 ו'כתותי מ'פניו צ'ריו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "I will crush his enemies before him" (ו׳כתותי מ׳פניו צ׳ריו) [Psalms 89:24] spell צום (tzom, "fast"). Fasting crushes the enemies of the soul. Likutay Mooharan 57:6 ו'מגיד ל'אדם מ'ה ש'יחו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He declares to man what is his conversation / meditation" (ו׳מגיד ל׳אדם מ׳ה ש׳יחו) [Amos 4:13] spell שלום (shalom, "peace"). G-d's declaration of what lies in man's innermost speech is itself peace. Likutay Mooharan 239 ו'נח מ'צא ח'ן ב'עיני י'י Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And Noach found favor in the eyes of Hashem" (ו׳נח מ׳צא ח׳ן ב׳עיני י׳י) [Genesis 6:8] spell מביחו (meviacho — a word whose meaning is developed in the source). [The source in Chayay Mooharan §463 explains the significance of this word in the context of Noach's finding grace. Noach, by finding divine favor, unlocked a particular spiritual channel.] Chayay Mooharan §463 ו'נשאר ג'ם ה'וא ל'אלקינו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "and the remnant, even He, belongs to our G-d" [Obadiah 1:17] spell גולה (golah, "exile"). [Cross-reference from Section 3.] Likutay Mooharan II:76 ו'צבא ה'שמים ל'ך מ'שתחוים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "and the host of heaven bows down to You" (ו׳צבא ה׳שמים ל׳ך מ׳שתחוים) [Nehemiah 9:6] spell מלוה (milveh, "a loan"). The entire host of heaven bows in a posture of "lending" — giving of itself to the lower world. Likutay Mooharan II:1; 13 ורב חסד × 5 Gematria The phrase "and abundant in lovingkindness" (ורב חסד) [Exodus 34:6] five times = gematria of אלף תיו ה׳ — the letters of אתה ("You") spelled out as Alef-Tav-Heh. [Cross-reference from Section 1.] Chayay Mooharan §136 ורבים מישנ'י אדמ'ת עפ'ר יקיצ'ו Sofay Saveivos The final letters of "And many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awaken" (ורבים מישני אדמת עפר יקיצו) [Daniel 12:2 — the great prophecy of resurrection] spell יתרו (Yisro — the name of Moshe's father-in-law, the convert who became a pillar of Israel). The resurrection of the dead contains within its final letters the name of the great convert. [Yisro's name hidden in the final letters of the resurrection verse teaches that converts have a special share in the World to Come — and that the ingathering of exiles and the resurrection are connected to the spiritual contribution of those who choose to join Israel.] Likutay Mooharan II:72 ורידין Multiple Veridin (ורידין, "veins") yields two connections: (1) Gematria Veridin = gematria of מנצפ"ך (Mem-Nun-Tzadi-Peh-Chaf — the five final forms of Hebrew letters, used in kabbalistic calculations); (2) Tziroof Veridin contains the letters of ריו דין (Reish-Yud-Vov Din = 216 = the gematria-form of the letter Alef, associated with din / judgment). [The veins of the body carry blood and are numerically connected to the five final letters and to the hidden judgment encoded in the form of the Alef (216). The body's vascular system is a map of divine judgment flowing through creation.] Likutay Mooharan 37:6 ורפא ירפא Gematria "He shall surely heal" (ורפא ירפא) [Exodus 21:19 — the Torah's authorization for physicians to heal] — together with the two words, their gematria equals פדיון נפש (pidyon nefesh, "redemption of the soul"). Healing of the body is the redemption of the soul. Likutay Mooharan II:3 ו'תורתך ל'א ש'כחתי Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "and Your Torah I have not forgotten" (ו׳תורתך ל׳א ש׳כחתי) [Psalms 119:109] spell שלו (shalev, "tranquil / at peace"). Not forgetting Torah is itself peace. Likutay Mooharan 46 ו'תען ל'הם מ'רים ש'ירו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "And Miriam answered them: Sing!" (ו׳תען ל׳הם מ׳רים ש׳ירו) [Exodus 15:21 — Miriam's song at the Sea] spell שלום (shalom, "peace"). Miriam's call to song is encoded as peace — for song at the sea is the ultimate peace after ultimate redemption. Likutay Mooharan 27:6 ו'תקעתיו י'תד ב'מקום נ'אמן Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "I will drive him as a peg in a sure place" (ו׳תקעתיו י׳תד ב׳מקום נ׳אמן) [Isaiah 22:23] spell ויבן (vayiven, "and he built"). [Cross-reference from Vayiven above.] Likutay Mooharan II:1; 2 [Translator's Summary — Section 6, Vov — 40 source entries fully covered] The letter Vov, the letter of connection, yields an extraordinarily rich set of entries — the largest section yet after Alef. Standout teachings: the final letters of the opening verse of Exodus spelling Tehillim (exile contains the book of redemption within it); Purim encoded in a verse about baldness; the month of Sivan (Torah-giving) in Yaakov's journey to Sukkos; Chanukah in the verse of the Burning Bush; and the same verse about Yitzchak meditating in the field yielding both yevul (produce) and yovel (Jubilee). Three separate verses encode the word shalom (peace) — befitting the letter whose very function is to join and connect. # אוֹת ז' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/8/ אוֹת ז' אוֹת ז' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/8 Segment 1 HE: זְמַן מַתַּן תּוֹרָתֵנוּ רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תַּמֻז. [ליקו"מ רי"ז] זִכְרוּ תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת תַּמֻז. [ליקו"מ רי"ז] זֵיעָה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת זֶה הַיּוֹם עָשָׂה יְיָ. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ו'] EN: ז ZAYIN — Numerical Value: 7 | The letter of the seventh, of Shabbos, of completion | 8 source entries Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource ז׳ שמות Gematria The seven Divine Names — ע"ב, ס"ג, מ"ה, ב"ן, קס"א, קנ"א, קמ"ג (72, 63, 45, 52, 161, 151, 143) — together have the gematria of 686 (תרפ"ו) lights. [These seven Names correspond to the seven spellings of the four-letter Divine Name, each using different vowel-letters. Their sum (72+63+45+52+161+151+143 = 687... the source reads 686 using a specific calculation variant) represents the full spectrum of divine light.] Likutay Mooharan 2:2 זיעה / ז'ה ה'יום ע'שה י'י Roshay Saveivos Zeiah (זיעה, "perspiration / sweat") — its letters are the first letters of ז׳ה ה׳יום ע׳שה י׳י: "This is the day that Hashem has made" [Psalms 118:24]. And conversely: that verse's first letters spell zeiah. Perspiration — the effort of the body — is the expression of this day that G-d made. [The sweat of spiritual labor (zeiah) is encoded in the verse of the holy day. Physical exertion in the service of G-d sanctifies the body as much as the soul. The connection also suggests that joyful exertion — even to the point of perspiration — is itself a form of divine service.] Likutay Mooharan II:6 תמוז Roshay Saveivos (×2) The month of Tamuz (תמוז — written deficiently, without the Vov: תמז) yields two first-letter sources: (1) ז׳כרו ת׳ורת מ׳שה — "Remember the Torah of Moshe" [Malachi 3:22]; (2) ז׳מן מ׳תן ת׳ורתינו — "the time of the giving of our Torah" [the liturgical phrase for Shavuos]. [Both sources for Tamuz connect it to Torah — yet Tamuz is the month associated with the breaking of the Tablets and the sin of the Golden Calf. The Torah-letters hidden within it teach that even the month of the Tablets' breaking carries within it the memory and the time of the Torah's giving — for destruction and renewal are always intertwined.] Likutay Mooharan 217 ז'מן ק'וף צ'דיק י'שנים Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "the time of the sleeping of a righteous one" (ז׳מן ק׳וף צ׳דיק י׳שנים) — a kabbalistic phrase — spell יצחק (Yitzchak). The sleep of the righteous is the secret of Yitzchak — for Yitzchak embodies the sefirah of Gevurah / restraint, and his "sleeping" is the concealment of that power. [The source notes "see inner commentary" — the full teaching is in the Panim (inner explanatory notes) to the lesson.] Likutay Mooharan II:79 זקן — half of שדי Gematria Zaken (זקן, "an elder / old man" = 157) = half of the gematria of the Divine Name Sha-dai (שדי = 314). The elder carries half the power of the Divine Name Sha-dai within him. [Sha-dai = 300+4+10 = 314. Half of 314 = 157 = Zaken. An elder's wisdom is literally "half of Sha-dai" — one who has lived long enough embodies half the Name that sustains all of creation.] Sefer HaMidos, "Fear" 2; in Meimay HaNachal זקן — זה קנה חכמה Notarikon Zaken (זקן, "elder") is read as זה קנה חכמה — "this one has acquired wisdom." An elder is defined not by age alone but by wisdom acquired. [A well-known Talmudic teaching (Kiddushin 32b): zaken = ze kanah chochmah. What makes one an elder is not years but wisdom earned through experience, learning, and spiritual labor.] Likutay Mooharan 27:4; II:4; 8 [Translator's Summary — Section 7, Zayin — 8 source entries fully covered] Zayin is a concise but potent section. The seven Divine Names and their combined gematria of 686 lights anchors the section numerologically. The Tamuz entry — where the month of the Tablets' breaking contains Torah-letters within it — is among the most poignant teachings in the work. And the elder (zaken) as both "half of Sha-dai" and "one who has acquired wisdom" beautifully captures the Breslov reverence for genuine spiritual elders. # אוֹת ח' URL: https://ajew.org/reader-plain/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/9/ אוֹת ח' אוֹת ח' Source: https://ajew.org/reader/nosson-by-קונטרס-הצרופים/1/9 Segment 1 HE: חֹשֶׁךְ סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת יִשְׁלַח עֶזְרְךָ מִקֹּדֶשׁ [ליקו"מ י"ט] חוֹתָם שְׁנֵי פְעָמִים עִם שְׁנֵי הַתֵּבוֹת גִּימַטְרִיָּא תִּשְׁרֵי. [ליקו"מ כ"ב] חוֹתָם בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא נִדַּת. [שם] חַשְׁמַל לֵב בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שְׁמַע. [ליקו"מ ל"ה] חָלָב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת חַם לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי. [ליקו"מ ח"ב א'] חָלָב רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת חָלַל לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי. [שם] חֲלִיפוֹת רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת פִּי יְדַבֵּר חָכְמוֹת וְהָגוּת לִבִּי תְבוּנוֹת. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ז'] חֲנוּכָּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הַזֶּה כְּגֹדֶל חַסְדֶּךָ וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתָה [שם] חֲנוּכָּה סוֹפֵי תֵבוֹת וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן מָלֵא רוּחַ חָכְמָה כִּי סָמַךְ מֹשֶׁה אֶת יָדָיו. [שם] חַוָּה רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת הַמְעַטְּרֵכִי חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים. [ליקו"מ ח"ב ט"ז] חָכָם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶם. [ספר המידות בית, ח. - סגולה, י.] חָכָם רָאשֵׁי תֵבוֹת חֲסֵרִים מְלֵאִים כְּסִדְרָן. [לקוטי הלכות ראש חודש ו, יג.] EN: ח CHES — Numerical Value: 8 | The letter of the transcendent, of the eighth | 41 source entries [Translator's Note] Ches is the largest section after Alef and Vov. The letter 8 transcends the natural cycle of seven — hence many entries here touch on the miraculous and the supernal. Cross-references consolidated throughout; the Chashmal cluster is particularly rich with five interlocking entries. Hebrew EntryEnglish Translation & ExplanationSource חוה Tziroof Chavah (Eve, חוה) — her letters out of alphabetical order are ח, ו, ה — yet even disordered they spell her name. [A teaching about the nature of Chavah's soul — existing even outside her natural sequence.] Roshay Saveivos Chavah — first letters of ה׳מעטריכי ח׳סד ו׳רחמים: "crowning with lovingkindness and mercy" [Psalms 103:4]. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan II:82; II:16 חומה / חימה Tziroof Chomah (חומה, "a wall") — when the wall is breached, the word becomes חימה (cheimah, "wrath / heat"). When the protective wall of sanctity is broken, wrath enters — the Vov of wholeness becomes the Yud of diminishment. [חומה → חימה: the Vov (full, upright) becomes a Yud (diminished point). The same letters that spell a protective wall, when their Vov shrinks to a Yud, spell wrath. The integrity of the wall is the difference between protection and fury.] Likutay Mooharan 59:5; 68 חותם Gematria (×2) Chosom (חותם, "a seal" = 454) = gematria of נדה (nidah, "a menstruant" = 59... the source uses a specific calculation) [see source for precise computation]. Chosom twice, together with the two words (454×2 + 2 = 910) = gematria of תשרי (Tishrei, the first month = 910). The divine seal is stamped twice in the month of Tishrei — the month of judgment and sealing. [Tishrei = Rosh Hashanah (the sealing of the new year) + Yom Kippur (the final sealing of judgment). The double-seal of chosom perfectly mirrors the double sealing of Tishrei.] Likutay Mooharan 22:1; 22:11 ח'זה צ'יון ק'רית מ'ועדנו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "See Zion, the city of our appointed times" (ח׳זה צ׳יון ק׳רית מ׳ועדנו) [Isaiah 33:20] spell מצחק (metzachek, "one who plays / laughs") — a word used in the source at the conclusion of a story about a humble king. [The source notes this as appearing at the end (sof maaseh) of the story of the humble king (melech anav). The vision of Zion — the holy city of appointed times — is connected to laughter and play, the joy of the divine rejoicing in its creation.] Likutay Mooharan (end of story of the humble king) ח"י ברכאן דצלותא Notarikon The eighteen blessings of prayer (ח"י ברכאן דצלותא — Aramaic: "18 blessings of prayer") correspond to טבע (teva, "nature") — for Teva = Tes-Bais-Ayin = 9+2+70 = 81... and also to אם כל חי (Eim Kol Chai, "the mother of all living" — Eve's name as given by Adam [Genesis 3:20]). [The 18 blessings of the Shmoneh Esrai prayer correspond to nature — for prayer is the vehicle by which the divine permeates and elevates the natural world. The connection to Eim Kol Chai (Eve / Mother of all life) teaches that prayer is itself a life-giving, maternal force. Cross-reference to Tes section below.] Likutay Mooharan 216 ח'יל ב'לע ו'יקאנו Roshay Saveivos The first letters of "He has swallowed down riches and will vomit them up" (ח׳יל ב׳לע ו׳יקאנו) [Job 20:15] spell the Divine Name חב"ו (Ches-Bais-Vov). Marginal gloss to Likutay Mooharan 56 חכמה Tziroof Chochmah (חכמה, "wisdom") — its letters contain כח מה (koach mah, "the power of mah [= 45]"). Wisdom is the power of the Divine Name מ"ה [= 45, the Name יוד הא ואו הא]. [ח-כ-מ-ה contains כח (power) + מה (the Name of 45). Wisdom is thus defined as the power inherent in the Name of Man — for Adam = 45 = the same Name. The power of wisdom is the power of the fully realized human being.] Likutay Mooharan II:82 חכם Roshay Saveivos (×3) Chacham (חכם, "a wise person") yields three first-letter sources: (1) כ׳לי ח׳מס מ׳כרותיהם — "instruments of violence are their weapons" [Genesis 49:5]; (2) ח׳כם ר׳שע ת׳ם ש׳אינו י׳ודע — the four sons of the Passover Haggadah: "the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one who does not know [how to ask]" — their first letters spell שחרית (Shacharis, the morning prayer); (3) ח׳כם ש׳ד י׳הודאי — "the wise one of Shad Yehuda'i" [a Talmudic phrase] — first letters spell שיח (siach, "speech / meditation"). [The four sons of the Seder encoding the morning prayer is a remarkable teaching: the entire spectrum of Jewish spiritual development — from the wise to the one who cannot yet ask — is contained within the daily act of morning prayer.] Sefer HaMidos "House" 2:8; "Segulah" 6; Likutay Mooharan 30:6; 28:3 חלב Gematria Chalav (חלב, "milk") = gematria of the letter Heh in its three written forms together with 2 kollelim. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Roshay Saveivos (×2) Chalav yields two first-letter sources: (1) ח׳ם ל׳בי ב׳קרבי — "My heart burned within me" [Psalms 39:4]; (2) ל׳בי ח׳לל ב׳קרבי — "My heart is slain within me" [Psalms 109:22]. [Both verses speak of the heart — one burning, one slain. Milk (chalav) as nourishment corresponds to both the burning of spiritual passion and the self-nullification of the heart before G-d. The two verses are two sides of the same spiritual state.] Likutay Mooharan 97; II:1; 4 חליפות Roshay Saveivos Chalifos (חליפות, "exchanges / alternations") — first letters of פ׳י י׳דבר ח׳כמות ו׳הגות ל׳בי ת׳בונות: "My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding" [Psalms 49:4]. The alternation between speech and silence, wisdom and understanding, is the rhythm of divine exchange. Likutay Mooharan II:7; 4 חֹלָם Gematria Cholam (חֹלָם, the vowel-dot above the letter = 78) = gematria of the Divine Name Havayah three times (3 × 26 = 78). [Cross-reference from Section 5.] Likutay Mooharan II:3 חמץ ומצה Tziroof Chametz (חמץ, leavened bread) and matzah (מצה, unleavened bread) differ between them only by mashehu (משהו, "a tiny something") — the letter Heh versus the letter Ches, which are visually almost identical but spiritually worlds apart. [חמץ and מצה share the letters Mem-Tzadi; the only difference is Ches vs Heh — two letters that differ by a single small stroke. The tiniest deviation — a mashehu of arrogance or haste — transforms the holy matzah into the forbidden chametz. Conversely, the smallest act of holiness transforms forbidden into sacred.] Likutay Mooharan 57:8 חמשה חומשי תורה / חמשה כנפי ריאה Notarikon The five books of the Torah (חמשה חומשי תורה) correspond to the letter Heh [= 5] and to the five lobes of the lung (חמשה כנפי ריאה). [Cross-references from Section 5; these two entries appear as cross-references in the source.] Likutay Mooharan 8:9; 92; 101; 267 חמשים Gematria Fifty (חמשים = 50) = two times 25 (כ"ה) — for each hand has five fingers, and the striking of the right hand against the left is five times five = 25; the striking of the left hand against the right is equally 25; together: 2 × 25 = 50. [A beautiful physical-numerical teaching: the number 50 — the number of the Jubilee, of the Gates of Understanding, of the fifty days from Pesach to Shavuos — is revealed through the simple act of clapping. Two hands clapping = 50. The body itself teaches the count of liberation.] Likutay Mooharan 45 חן ת — נחת א Tziroof The letters חן ת (chen-tav, "grace-Tav") are a permutation of נחת א (nachas Alef, "the nachas / gratification of the Alef"). Grace and divine gratification share their letters. Likutay Mooharan 1 חנוכה Notarikon (×2) + Roshay Saveivos Chanukah (חנוכה) yields three connections: (1) חנו כה — "they rested on the 25th [of Kislev]" — chanu (they rested) + koh (25, the 25th of Kislev, when the Maccabees rededicated the Temple); (2) Chanukah is the permutation of נון מלא ר'וח ח'כמ'ה כי ס'מ'ך מ'שה את י'ד'י'ו עליו — "a Nun filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moshe laid his hands upon him [Yehoshua]" [Numbers 27:18] — the letters of Chanukah are the initials of key words in this verse about the transmission of wisdom; (3) First letters of ה׳זה כ׳גודל ח׳סדך ו׳כאשר נ׳שאת — "According to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, and as You have forgiven" [Numbers 14:19]. [Cross-reference from Section 5.] [Chanukah = "chanu koh" = they rested on the 25th. The 25th of Kislev is when the Maccabees purified and rededicated the Temple after its defilement. This is the primary explanation of the name Chanukah — dedication/rest.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 6; II:7; 13; II:7; 11 חסד Gematria (×2) Chesed (חסד, "lovingkindness" = 72): (1) In Atbash (aleph-tav-beis-shin — the letter-substitution cipher) = קס"ח (168), corresponding to the 168 letters in the Psalm of Thanksgiving [Mizmor LeTodah, Psalms 100]; (2) Chesed = gematria of the Divine Name ע"ב [72 — the Name of 72 letters]. [Chesed = 72 = the Name of 72 — lovingkindness and the highest Divine Name are numerically one. The Atbash cipher reveals a second dimension: the thanksgiving-psalm has exactly 168 letters, connecting gratitude to the transformed face of chesed.] Likutay Mooharan II:2; 6; II:8; 10 חרון אף Gematria Charon Af (חרון אף, "burning anger" = 265+1+80 = 346 [Charon=264, Af=81, total = 345]) = gematria of משה (Moshe = 345). The burning anger of G-d and the name of Moshe are numerically identical — for Moshe's entire mission was to stand in the breach of divine anger and transform it. [Moshe's name equals divine anger — because Moshe embodies the capacity to absorb and transform divine wrath on behalf of Israel. He stands between G-d's anger and the people, numerically containing the very thing he opposes.] Likutay Mooharan 215 חשמל Notarikon Chashmal (חשמל — the mysterious luminous substance of Ezekiel's vision [1:4]) = חש (chash, "silence / swiftness") + מל (mal, "speech / circumcision") — the alternation of silence and speech. [The Talmud (Chagigah 13b) derives: chash = silent times, = speaking times. The chashmal embodies the divine rhythm of knowing when to be silent and when to speak — the foundation of all holy utterance.] Tziroof The letters חש מל are themselves the letters of chashmal — silence (chash) and speech (mal) intertwined. Gematria (×3) Chashmal (= 378) yields three equivalences: (1) = gematria of בשלום (beshalom, "in peace" = 378) [cross-reference from Section 2]; (2) = gematria of מלבוש (malbush, "garment" = 378); (3) = gematria of שלחן (shulchan, "table") combined with the ten sefirot that the chashmal clothes. Chashmal Lev (חשמל לב, "the chashmal of the heart" = 378+32 = 410) = gematria of שמע (Shema = 410) — the chashmal of the heart is the Shema. [Five interlocking teachings about the chashmal: it is silence-and-speech; it equals peace, garment, and the table of the ten sefirot; and its heart-dimension equals the Shema. The luminous substance of Ezekiel's vision is the divine fabric from which all these realities are woven.] Likutay Mooharan 82; 35:6; 41; Chayay Mooharan §476 חשך Sofay Saveivos Choshech (חשך, "darkness") — the final letters of ישל'ח עזר'ך מקד'ש: "May He send your help from the Sanctuary" [Psalms 20:3] spell חשך (darkness). The final letters of the verse of divine help spell darkness — for within the very act of seeking help from the Sanctuary, the darkness is already being named and addressed. Likutay Mooharan 19:8 חתך Multiple Chesech (חתך, "a cut / decree — the angel of decree") yields two connections: (1) Gematria Chesech = gematria of Ruach (רוח, "spirit/wind") twice (2 × 214 = 428 = 8+400+20 = 428); (2) Sofay Saveivos The final letters of פותח' את' ידיך' — "You open Your hand" [Psalms 145:16] — spell חתך (chesech). The divine cutting/decree is contained within the opening of G-d's hand. [Chesech is the name of the angel of decree in Kabbalistic tradition, derived from Daniel 9:24 (nechtech). That the final letters of "You open Your hand" spell chesech teaches: G-d's open, generous hand is the very act through which divine decrees are executed. The decree and the gift share the same letters.] Likutay Mooharan 66:2; II:5; 7; 12 חֲבָ מָה — מחשבה Tziroof Chav Mah (חֲבָ מָה — "what is hidden / obscure") — its letters are a permutation of מחשבה (machshavah, "thought"). Hidden things are the substance of thought. Likutay Mooharan II:82 [Translator's Summary — Section 8, Ches — 41 source entries fully covered] Section 8 is dominated by three rich clusters: Chanukah (three interlocking teachings); Chashmal (five interlocking teachings about the luminous speech-silence substance of Ezekiel's vision); and Chacham (three first-letter sources). Highlights: chametz and matzah differ by a single letter-stroke — a mashehu of haste or holiness; fifty equals two hands clapping (5×5 + 5×5); the burning anger of G-d (charon af) equals the gematria of Moshe — for Moshe stands in the breach of that very anger; and the heart's chashmal is the Shema.