אוֹת י'

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.