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The Mysticism of the Hebrew Alphabet Part 1 Rabbi Leiby Burnham 11 2 2016

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Rabbi Leiby Burnham

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okay our topic the theory is the wonders the mystical secrets of the out alphabet alphabet the Alice base Alice base what are the mysteries of these letters why do I still lose any mysteries in the letters right are there any mysteries in the letters of the alphabet right alpha beta gamma right orser's you know what's going on with Delta V is Delta what was Delta mean I don't know it's a shapes the symbols of Greek signs who even says that there is Greek signs who even says that there is anything about the even rasa business Columbus be firmness and the surface well for starters what is the word for a letter a Hebrew osios would be indeed oral the word oath right in the singular is the word for a letter in Hebrew what is the word oats means Shabbos is described as a team Lowell um it's a sign forever between me and the Jewish people that I created the world in six days erection of the seventh the Morgan days erection of the seventh the Morgan owes me to sign the word for letter means sign it tells you this is a sign I always point to something bigger and greater right I don't put up a sign on my block saying there's another sign five hundred yards ahead I say there's a yard sale five hundred yards ahead I'm not sure when you'd rather have a yard sale just another time but the reality is when I'm pointing something saying this letter if not just a letter it's a sign of something greater something deeper we're going to see wild and

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