Discuss

[Gil Shir]

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

[Jeane Kelso]

What is the significance of the otiot having a parent sefira? How do they work together? E.G. How does Reish work with Hod and vice versa?

[Gil]

Each world and each sefira have their own qualities. Each world gives the 9 letters that are in it (or 4) the primary qualities, and the sefira it’s associated with it’s it’s qualities within the world.
E.G, image you put on glasses with a yellow tinted lens. This would influence everything you see and give it a yellow touch. Within that you will still be able to identify different colors, although they would all still have the influence of the yellow.

[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’

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