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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.