The following is adapted from an answer I gave to a post on a list.  I've edited it to only include my one words and ideas and for clarity now that the context is removed, and to remove things that shouldn't be said publicly.  I'm going to ramble a bit, touching on a large number of subjects.  Just remember, I don't know anything, just like ( Read more... )

The eighth letter in the Hebrew Aleph-Beit is Chet, the Fence.  The mystical meaning of Chet comes from its shape.  Chet is a Vev on the right connected to a Zayin on the left, connected by a thin hunchback bridge, the chatoteret.  The Zayin represents G-d's power hidden, and the Vev represents G-d's power revealed.  Chet is the Fence between the ( Read more... )