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The
Twelve Simple Letters are
Heh, Vav, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yod, Lamed,
Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Tzadi, Kuf.
Their foundation is
speech, thought, motion, sight, hearing,
action,
sex, smell, sleep, anger, taste, and laughter.
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The foundation
of the Twelve Simple Letters
Heh, Vav, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yod, Lamed,
Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Tzadi, Kuf -
is also the twelve diagonal boundaries (or
the 12 edges of a cube).
They extend continually forever and ever.
They are called the boundaries of the universe.
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The Twelve Simple Letters
Heh, Vav, Zayin, Het, Tet, Yod, Lamed,
Nun, Samekh, Ayin, Tzadi, Kuf.
He engraved them, carved them, permuted
them, weighed them, transformed them. With
them He formed twelve constellations in
Space, twelve months in Time,
and twelve directors in male and female
Souls.
The twelve constellations in Space
are
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo,
Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn,
Aquarius and Pisces.
The twelve months in Time are
Nissan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamuz, Av, Elul,
Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat
and Adar.
The twelve directors in male and female
Souls are
the two hands, the two feet, the two kidneys,
the gall bladder, the intestines, the liver,
the stomach, pancreas and the spleen.
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He made the letter Heh
king over speech.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Aries in Space, Nissan in Time,
and the right foot in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Vav
king over thought.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Taurus in Space, Iyar
in Time,
and the right kidney in male and female
Souls.
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He made the letter Zayin
king over motion.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Gemini in Space, Sivan in Time,
and the left foot in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Het king
over sight.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Cancer in Space, Tamuz in Time,
and the right foot in male and female Souls.
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He made
the letter Tet king over hearing.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Leo in Space, Av in
Time,
and the left kidney in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Yod
king over action.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Virgo in Space, Elul
in Time,
and the left hand in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Lamed
king over sex.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Libra in Space, Tishrei
in Time,
and the gall bladder in male and female
Souls.
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He made the letter Nun
king over smell.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Scorpio in Space, Cheshvan in
Tim,e
and the intestine in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Samekh
king over sleep.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Sagittarius in Space, Kislev
in Time,
and the stomach in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Ayin
king over anger.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Capricorn in Space, Tevet
in Time,
and the liver in male and female Souls.
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He made the letter Tzadi
king over taste.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Aquarius in Space, Shevat
in Time,
and the pancreas in male and female Souls.
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He
made the letter Kuf king over
laughter.
He tied a crown to it, combined it with
the other letters,
and formed Pisces in Space, Adar
in Time,
and the spleen in male and female Souls.
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