Sefer Yetzirah — The Book of Formation
Historical edition · 1877 · 3,579 words
A concise meditation on creation through numbers, letters, and the structure of the cosmos. This foundational work of Jewish esoteric thought became a focus of centuries of interpretation, despite uncertainty about its precise origins.
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1:1. Yah, the Lord of hosts, the living God, King of the Universe, Omnipotent, All-Kind and Merciful, Supreme and Extolled, who is Eternal, Sublime and Most-Holy, ordained (formed) and created the Universe in thirty-two mysterious paths of wisdom by three Sepharim, namely: 1) סְפָר S'for; 2) Sippur סִפּוּר; and 3) Sapher סֵפֶר which are in Him one and the same.
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