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Sefer Yetzirah §§ 1-2 -- the thirty-two paths and the ten Sefirot (v2, full scaffolding)

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Sefer Yetzirah §§ 1-2 -- the thirty-two paths and the ten Sefirot (v2, full scaffolding)

Sefer Yetzirah

Hebrew · c. 2nd-9th c. CE · canonical

Anonymous; pseudepigraphically ascribed to the patriarch Abraham. Composed c. 2nd-9th century CE; the dating is contested, with Hayman 2004 favoring an earlier (late-antique) provenance.

בִּשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם נְתִיבוֹת פְּלִיאוֹת חָכְמָה חָקַק יָהּ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם אֵל שַׁדַּי רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן רָם וְנִשָּׂא שׁוֹכֵן עַד וְקָדוֹשׁ שְׁמוֹ
By thirty-two wondrous paths of wisdom did Yah, YHVH of Hosts, God of Israel, the Living God and King of the universe, El Shaddai, merciful and gracious, high and exalted, dwelling-forever, and holy is His Name, engrave —
וּבָרָא אֶת עוֹלָמוֹ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה סְפָרִים: בְּסֵפֶר וּסְפָר וְסִפּוּר׃
and He created His world by three books (sefarim): by writ (sefer), by number (sefar), and by telling (sippur).
עֶשֶׂר סְפִירוֹת בְּלִי מָה, וְעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם אוֹתִיּוֹת יְסוֹד: שָׁלֹשׁ אִמּוֹת וְשֶׁבַע כְּפוּלוֹת וּשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה פְּשׁוּטוֹת׃
Ten sefirot of nothingness (beli mah), and twenty-two foundational letters: three mothers, seven doubles, and twelve simples.

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