Letters

When the Sefirot are presented in the Tanya (the classic text from the first Lubavitcher Rebbe) they are called 3 Mothers and 7 Doubles.  The 3 Mothers refer to the three higher Sefirot.  The Seven Doubles refer to the seven lower Sefirot.

However, the original source of the terms Three Mothers and Seven Doubles is the Sefer Yetzirah, where the 22 Hebrew Letters are presented as three groups - 3 Mothers, 7 Doubles and 12 Simples.

In this picture I joined both together and placed א in Keter (Crown), מ in Chochmah (Wisdom) and ש in Binah (Understanding) - these… more

"With 32 Mystical Paths of Wisdom God (Yah...) engraved and created His Universe with 3 ספרים Sefarim:  With Sefer ספר (letters), with Sefar ספר (numbers) and with סיפר Sippur (a story).

(These 32 Paths are:) 10 Sefirot of Nothingness and 22 Foundation Letters -
3 Mother Letters, 7 Double Letters and 12 Simple Letters."

The 32 Paths of Mystical Wisdom derive from the first chapter of Genesis, the story of Creation in which the Name of God אלהים (Elohim) is mentioned 32 times.  Elohim, a plural Name of God, is used in the Story of Creation because… more