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Is the World Made Out Of Letters?

3.3K views · Nov 5, 2024

Rabbi YY Jacobson

A discussion on the nature of creation and the role of letters in Jewish thought.

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he talked about a very profound psychedelic experience that he had where he was given this Revelation that the world is made out of words this is one of the most essential doctrines in Judaism especially in cabala in Jewish spirituality and mysticism the entire world is made up of words that's literally the language of the mystics in fact if you open up the Book of Genesis the entire universe is created by God's words God said let there be light and there was light ethics of the fathers

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