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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.