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[Gil Shir]

Share your insights and impressions from this lesson with fellow students.

[Angelica Watson]

Hello Gil,

is it important in which order do we draw the lines in each letter? Some of them feel more natural to me to draw in different sequence then it is suggested.

Thank you

[Gil]

It’s not a must, but as in your native language, there is the taught way to write each letter, and it’s based on convenience.  If you find it easier to do it your way, that is also fine.

[Spyros V]

Hello Gil, the ancient hebrew letters were the same with the aramaic ones?

Thank you

[Gil]

Hi,
No, the letters are different, although in many Kabbalistic texts the Hebrew letters are used to write Aramaic texts.
You can see the comparisons here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_alphabet

[Jeane Kelso]

Gil, how does one sense what world or worlds one has attained? Does each world feel differently according to the Kabbalists?

Todah raba!!! (This question came to me while watching your video re. Kabbalistic Concept – Devekut/Dalet).

 

[Gil]

Hi Jeane, Yes each spiritual degree has unique characteristics that are attained within a spiritual sense. Take the sense of sight for example – one can clearly see the difference between blue and red since they have different characteristics.

[Rune T. A.]

Hello Gil.

Is there no knowledge of the geometrical structure on Gimel, or did you perhaps forget to put it in the lesson? 😀

[Gil]

Hi Rune,
Currently there is only the geometrical structure of the letters alef, bet, dalet, hey vav and tzadik (partially).
Hopefully over the next 2 months we will be adding more letters.

[Adelina Santos]

Hi Gil

Why the letter alef has different pronunciations?

Thank you

Adelina

[Gil]

Hi Adelina,
The pronunciation of a letter depends on the word and vowel. To give an exmaple from english the word APPLE and AEROPLANE both start with the letter ‘A’ but the former sounds ‘Ah’ and the latter ‘Eh’

[Luthien Kennedy]

Hi Gil! I just finished the lesson on Black and White, and I was wondering if we should view ourselves as the light when bestowing to the friend (I.e.. we take the form of their desire by understanding their restriction in order to fulfill their desire, which was Created by the Creator) and as the letters when the friends are bestowing to us (I.e. we restrict ourselves from asking to receive for our own pleasure, to receive instead innbalance with what Creator/friends wish to bestow, thus reflecting them)?  In essence Torah is the friends, mitzvot is my bestowal to their desires, and Creator is the love and faith required to do this work selflessly?

[Gil]

I can’t say that is completely accurate, however in essense it is correct. When one wants to bestow upon a friend he is acting as the giver (the white light) and the friend is in the role of the reciever (black letter). These relations are similar to the Creator and the Created beings relationshiops. The letter however to describe the corrected state between the two forces.

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