9Ø9إ9ج9ح9ؤ9ѳ9إ9®9ة9إ9®Mesorah Publications, 1983 - 238 Seiten For more than a generation, Rabbi Michael L. Munk, as a sidelight to his busy schedule of educational and communal work, has fascinated audiences with his learned and provocative lectures on the Hebrew alphabet. In the process of opening eyes and raising eyebrows, he has convinced countless people that his contention is true: the Hebrew alphabet abounds in scholarly and mystical meaning. He has developed and proven a profound thesis. The alphabet -- if correctly understood -- is a primer for life. Ethical conduct, religious guidance, philosophical insights, all are nestled in the curls, crowns, and combinations of the Hebrew letters. This is one of those rare books that is both interesting and profound, learned and readable. The wisdom and compassion of the author is evident in those subtle ways that do not intrude on the reader, but give him the satisfaction of knowing that a rich, warm, productive lifetime of experience is flavoring the text. |
Inhalt
Overview | x |
Primacy of Content | 16 |
Letters and Utterances | 22 |
Gods Oneness and Mastery | 43 |
Divinity king of the letters Might God Torah and Israel are One | 55 |
Written and Oral Two Tablets Commandments | 71 |
Torah Worship and Kind Deeds Gods overflowing | 78 |
Divinity Gentility and Specificity | 85 |
Crowning Accomplishment | 133 |
Faithfulness Soul and Emergence | 151 |
Sight and Insight | 171 |
Mans Essence A Time for Silence and a Time for SpeechConsistency | 180 |
Righteousness and Humility | 189 |
Choosing Between Greatness and Degradation | 199 |
55 | 205 |
Divine Power and Script but also Corruption | 207 |
Spirit Sustenance and Struggle | 104 |
Four Dimensions and Spiritual StagesDefiningLesson of the Letters | 111 |
Goodness | 118 |
Mastery and PeacePrayerful wSymbolism of its three headsthe Rain | 213 |
Appendix The Ksav Ashuris Script used in Torah Scrolls | 232 |
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Abraham Adam Akiva aleph Aleph-Beis alludes allusion angels Avos Bachya Bava beginning Berachos Bereishis Bereishis Rabbah blessing called Chaim commandments complete created Creation Creator crown denotes Deuteronomy Divine earth Eliyahu exile Exodus explains expressed eyes faith forty gematria Genesis God's halachah halachic hand HASHEM HaTorah heart heaven Hirsch Holy homiletically human humility ibid implies indicates interpretation Isaiah Israel Jacob Jerusalem Jewish Jews Ksav Ksav Ashuris learning letters Leviticus living Magen David Maharal Maharsha Malbim man's Midrash Mishnah mitzvah mitzvos Moses mouth nation Numbers numerical value Oral Law Osios person physical prayer prophet Psalms Rabbi Rambam Rashi repentance represents revealed righteous Rosh Hashanah Sabbath Sages Sanhedrin says script Scripture Sefer seventy Shabbos Shabbos 104a Shechinah Sinai soul spelled spiritual stands symbolizes Tablets Talmud teaches tefillin Temple teshuvah Torah scroll Torah study truth tzaddik universe verse Vilna Gaon word written Yalkut Yom Kippur Zohar אֶת כִּי