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One of the most complex meditative techniques of the Kabbalah uses the 72 three-letter Names of God in this picture.  These 216 letters (72 x 3 = 216) actually comprise One Name. This Name is mentioned in the Bahir and the Zohar, in Rashi’s commentary on the Talmud, but it was Rabbi Abraham Abulafia, the controversial 13th Century Kabbalist, who taught how to use this Name in order to attain prophetic insight.
 
The triplets of this Name are derived from three verses in Exodus Chapter 14 (verses 19, 20, and 21) that tell the story of the splitting of the Red Sea when the… more