אוֹת ט'

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.