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Kabbalah In General Sefer Yetzirah
A Cure for Messianic Madness One Breath
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Sefer Yetzirah - Chapter Four
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The Seven Double Letters are Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh, Tav.
They direct themselves with two pronunciations.
Their structure is thus both soft and hard, both strong and weak.

The Seven Double Letters Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh, Tav -
their foundation is Wisdom, Wealth, Seed, Life, Dominance, Peace and Grace.

 
 

The Seven Double Letters are in speech and its opposite.
The opposite of Wisdom is Folly,
the opposite of Wealth is Poverty,
the opposite of Seed is Desolation,
the opposite of Life is Death,
the opposite of Dominance is Subjugation,
the opposite of Peace is War,
and the opposite of Grace is Ugliness.

The Seven Double Letters Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh, Tav also represent
Up and Down, East and West, North and South,
and the Holy Palace is precisely in the center, supporting them all.

   

The Seven Double Letters Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh, Tav -
seven and not six, seven and not eight.
Examine with them and search with them.
Raise every thing to its essence and seat the Creator on his base.

The Seven Double Letters Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh, Tav -
He engraved them, carved them, permuted them, weighed them, transformed them. With them He formed seven planets in Space, seven days in Time,
and seven gates in male and female Souls.

The Seven planets in Space are
the Moon, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter.
The seven days in Time are the seven days of the week.
The seven gates in male and female Souls are
the two eyes, the two ears, the two nostrils and the mouth.

 
   
He made the letter Bet king over Wisdom.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed the Moon in Space, Sunday in Time,
and the right eye in male and female Souls.
 
 
He made the letter Gimel king over Wealth.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed Mars in Space, Monday in Time,
and the right ear in male and female Souls.
He made the letter Dalet king over Seed.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed the Sun in Space, Tuesday in Time,
and the right nostril in male and female Souls.
 
 
He made the letter Kaf king over Life.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed Venus in Space, Wednesday in Time,
and the left eye in male and female Souls.
He made the letter Peh king over Dominance.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed Mercury in Space, Thursday in Time,
and the left ear in male and female Souls.
 
He made the letter Resh king over Peace.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed Saturn in Space, Friday in Time,
and the left nostril in male and female Souls.
He made the letter Tav king over Grace.
He tied a crown to it and combined it with the other letters.
With them He formed Jupiter in Space, Saturday in Time,
and the mouth in male and female Souls.
 


The Seven Double Letters Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Kaf, Peh, Resh, Tav.
With them were engraved seven worlds, seven firmaments,
seven lands, seven seas, seven rivers, seven deserts,
seven days, seven weeks, seven years, seven sabbaticals, seven jubilees,
and the Holy Palace.
Therefore, He made sevens beloved under all the heavens.

Two stones build two houses;
three stones build six houses;
four stones build twenty-four houses;
five stones build one hundred and twenty houses;
six stones build seven hundred and twenty houses;
seven stones build five thousand and forty houses.

From here on go out and calculate
that which the mouth cannot speak and the ear cannot hear.